‘I’m 77 but Rose Ayling-Ellis’ experiment has turned me into a big kid’

Rose Ayling-Ellis is on a mission to tackle loneliness in the elderly (Picture: BBC/Rogan Productions/Ricky Darko)Many of the residents at the Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village -the eldest being 95 – thought there was a hard limit to what they could do.
But then a ground-breaking experiment with actress Rose Ayling-Ellis at the helm has changed everything for them.Not only have the OAPs’ opinions of themselves rapidly shifted, but their recent experience has the potential to smas