Friendship goals – best buddies of 20 years move into local care home together

Two Stowmarket care home residents have been reunited after over a year apart. 

94-year-old Peggy Rozier, and 97-year-old Elsie Collins, who have been friends for over 20 years, had not seen each other since March 2020, when Peggy joined Elsie by moving into Care UK’s Cedrus House, on Bittern Crescent. 

 

After a year apart, and only able to catch up over the phone, the pair were delighted to be reunited when Elsie officially moved into the care home in July to be with her best friend. 

To celebrate their reunion, the pair headed down to the home’s coffee shop for a scone and a long awaited catch up. 

Peggy said: “I am delighted to have been reunited with Elsie after a year apart, and I can’t wait to show her photos of my family. We have been writing cards and letters to each other over the last year, and it’s just not the same as having a catch up in person.

 “We always used to go to for a scone at Alder Carr Farm Café, and it was wonderful to be able to do that again in the coffee shop.” 

Michelle Webster, Home Manager at Cedrus House, said: “Everyone at Cedrus House knows about Peggy and Elsie’s friendship – and we’ve loved hearing all about Elsie over the last year!
 
 “It has been wonderful to finally meet in her person, and even better to have her move into the home. The pair have been inseparable since Elsie moved in, and we expect they may be getting up to some mischief together now that they’re under one roof!”

Peggy and Elsie, who are both from Needham Market, met at St John the Baptist Church. Both members of the Mothers Union, the pair soon became great friends. They regularly met at Alder Carr Farm Café for a catch up, as well as taking trips together to the Isle of Man. 

Cedrus House is a modern care home which provides full-time residential, nursing and dementia care, as well as short-term respite care. Designed to enable its residents to live enjoyable and fulfilling lives, the care home has its very own cinema and hair salon, and there is plenty of space both in and outdoors for relaxation and recreation.  

To find out more about Cedrus House, please contact Senior Customer Relations Manager, Angela Hodge on 01449 797350 or email angela.hodge@careuk.com.

For general information please visit, careuk.com/care-homes/cedrus-house.