A care home has come under fire for providing pole dancing entertainment for its elderly residents.
The Fairmile Grange home in Christchurch, Dorset, organised the ‘inappropriate’ activity usually associated with lap dancing clubs for about 30 pensioners, both male and female.
Bosses at the home have defended the entertainment, saying the residents had ‘wanted something a bit different’, had specifically asked for pole dancing and enjoyed the show.
Six scantily-clad women took part in the display which took place in the communal dining room of the care home.
Six scantily-clad women took part in the even that took place in the communal dining room of the care home
The dancers were aged between 20 to 40 and wore crop tops and hot pants and leotards
They installed a metal pole and took it in turns to gyrate and wiggle around to tunes including Abba and Singing in the Rain.
The dancers were aged between 20 to 40 and wore crop tops and hot pants and leotards.
At the end of the performances the elderly residents ‘clapped’ heartily as they clearly appreciated a change from the usual activities of gardening and arts and crafts.
Personal trainer Katie Henry, 35, who runs Poole-based Pole Dance Factory, revealed today they had been invited back to perform again at the care home.
The dancers installed a metal pole and took it in turns to gyrate and wiggle around to tunes including Abba and Singing in the Rain at Fairmile Grange (pictured)
Personal trainer Katie Henry, 35, who runs Poole-based Pole Dance Factory, revealed today they had been invited back to perform again at the care home
At the end of the performances the elderly residents ‘clapped’ heartily as they clearly appreciated a change from the usual activities of gardening and arts and crafts
She said: ‘I think it must have been the first time our dancers had performed to people of that age who weren’t their grandparents.
‘We performed to old classics like Abba and Singing in the Rain and the residents seemed to enjoy themselves as they clapped at the end.
‘We have been invited back to perform again.
‘You get criticism but pole dancing is what you make of it.
‘It is a sport, it’s been certified as a sport, and we specifically put on a sporty, gymnastic performance which we thought was appropriate for a care home.’