A PERSON with dementia was reminded of happy memories while visiting a farm to pick fruit.

Pensioner Ian Spreadbury, dementia sufferer from Camelot House and Lodge care home, Wellington, visited Halberton Court Farm near Tiverton, with fellow residents to pick strawberries.

Activities co-ordinator, Richard Dempslake, said: “Our aim is to keep people as active as we can and to get them involved in tasks to help stimulate their minds, we knew Ian used to love going strawberry picking when he was younger and hoped it would jog his memory about days gone by.”

Ian’s wife, Jenny, said: “In the late 1970s and early 1980s pick-your-own was a new concept.

“He and our three young children loved being allowed to go and pick strawberries at a farm near our home in Batheaston – sometimes as much as 5lbs of fruit at a time. Ian was surprised and very pleased to be offered the chance this year to pick some of his favourite fruit.”

The care team at Camelot Lodge which had helped to look after Ian were recently named winners for End of Life Care in the 2017 Care Focus South West Awards.