A 102-year-old care home resident in Glasgow has been showing staff how to dance on TikTok.
Percy Mann, a retired policeman from Ipswich, has put a smile on the faces of the staff at Renaissance Care Whitecraigs Care Home in Glasgow, showing them how TikTok videos are done with his daily exercise routine.
Mr Mann performed with two of the care staff at the home, showing that at 102 years old, he still knows how to move.
Percy, who is a father to 11 children, grandfather to 20 and great grandfather to 16, said: “I’m a bit of a fitness maniac. I played football for school and The Boys’ Brigade, as well as tennis, and I still do my exercises every morning.”
READ MORE: Coronavirus: Airlines and holiday firms 'breaking the law' over travel refund failures
The staff at Whitecraigs Care Home have been filming TikTok videos with the residents daily as a fun way to lift their spirits and keep them active during lockdown. They have also been sharing the videos with the residents’ loved ones, helping to keep them connected while they can’t visit the home.
Mr Mann’s family were thrilled to see him dancing away in high spirits.
His youngest granddaughter Clare Macleod,22, said: “Initially we were worried about not being able to visit him (Percy) as he is still so aware and was used to having a daily visitor. However, the staff have been amazing at keeping him moving, as he’s up and dancing every day.
“We’ve absolutely loved seeing his videos. It’s funny that at 102, my grandad is more active on TikTok than me.”
READ MORE: Loneliness has more than doubled in Scotland during coronavirus lockdown, study suggests
“He’s such an inspiration to our family, we are so glad we get to share these moments with others and hopefully his moves brighten other people’s days too. I am twenty-two and he knows the Tik Tok dances better than me!”
Amanda Randou, activities coordinator at Renaissance Care’s Whitecraigs Care Home, said: “The TikTok videos have been a great way to get the residents up and moving, and they’ve loved taking part.
“We started filming them with the staff to keep everyone’s spirits high and performed for the residents who found it hilarious. When we realised how much they were enjoying it, we thought we would get them involved and it’s been a lovely way to keep relatives connected.”
Renaissance Care operates 15 care homes across Scotland, employing 1,100 staff and looking after 700 residents. Whitecraigs Care Home in Glasgow caters to residents who have modest care requirements to those who need 24-hour nursing assistance.
News from trusted and credible sources is essential at all times, but especially now as the coronavirus pandemic impacts on all aspects of our lives. To make sure you stay informed during this difficult time our coverage of the crisis is free.
However, producing The Herald's unrivalled analysis, insight and opinion on a daily basis still costs money and, as our traditional revenue streams collapse, we need your support to sustain our quality journalism.
To help us get through this, we’re asking readers to take a digital subscription to The Herald. You can sign up now for just £2 for two months.
If you choose to sign up, we’ll offer a faster loading, advert-light experience – and deliver a digital version of the print product to your device every day. Click here to help The Herald.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here