Their zimmer frames make them doddery, rather than D’Artagnan,but a group of Australian pensioners, at an old aged people’s home in Melbourne, has found a new lease of life through fencing.
Fencing was introduced nine months ago at the Corpus Christi Catholic home and has proved an unexpected hit among the establishment’s retired priests and nuns. "It is just remarkable," said the home’s ‘lifestyle coordinator’ Patricia Boyd. "We have residents in their 80s and 90s, many who use walking frames, who are fencing independently. It’s a case of the mind telling the body 'you can do more than you think'."
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