Joyce Ward welcomed daughter Heather, 77, granddaughter Hilary, 58, great-granddaughter Izzy, 26, and great-great-granddaughter Aurora, five months, at her home in Colten Care’s St Catherines View, in Stanmore, Winchester.
The all-female family get-together was made possible by Heather travelling from her home in Lanzarote and Izzy and Aurora making the trip from Mitcham in Surrey.
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101-year-old Joyce Ward at St Catherines View with five-month-old great great-granddaughter Aurora (Image: Philip Hartley/Colten Care) Hilary, whose surname is Bloomfield, said: “We are so lucky to have my grandmother with us at the grand old age of 101, and for her to be able to enjoy meeting Aurora, the next generation of our family.
“The five generations were able to come together and the moment was captured forever thanks to Colten Care.”
Laura Sheldrake, companionship team leader at St Catherines View, said: “Hilary is the most local and visits Joyce a few times a week, keeping her and all of us up to date on what is happening with the family.
“We were thrilled when we heard the news of Aurora’s birth last summer.
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Joyce with granddaughter Hilary, centre, and daughter Heather(Image: Philip Hartley/Colten Care)“While Izzy has since brought her new baby from their home in Surrey to visit Joyce a few times, the whole family get-together was the first time that Heather had been able to travel from Lanzarote since Aurora was born.
“We’ve made sure that Joyce has a photo of the five generations with her new great-great-granddaughter to see and keep in her room.
“She was so happy when she saw the picture of the family all together in the same place at the same time and kept looking at it and reading the text we put on it over and over.
“Joyce told us she thought Aurora was beautiful and that she was so pleased and lucky to have her here.”
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Joyce brought together her family at St Catherines View (Image: Philip Hartley/Colten Care) Laura added: “This is the first time we have ever had five generations of the same family together at St Catherines View. It is very rare I’m sure and so special that it is five female generations.
“It was a privilege to help arrange this and take a photo for them so they have this memory to last a lifetime.”
In 2023, Joyce, who is a wheelchair user, embarked on a bucket list of 10 adventures leading up to her 100th birthday in May of that year with help from Laura and colleagues at St Catherines View.