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Spending Thanksgiving at a senior living home can still ‘feel like it’s family’
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Al Gurley and wife Joyce McManious hold hands as they wait fof Thanksgiving dinner service Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Ashton Senior Living in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers
On Thanksgiving Day, Nisha Jackson busted through the dining room doors of Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care and started dancing. “When I go in there I like to dance,” Jackson said. “It brightens their day and makes them laugh.” Jackson and others worked the Thanksgiving holiday at Manor Lake in Gainesville.