A Mom and her daughter have something in common: They live in the same nursing home.

WORCESTER _ It’s not unusual for a mother and daughter to spend time together, especially around the holidays.

It is unusual when they share a nursing home.

And it’s practically unheard of when mom has passed the century mark.

Dorothy Simonson, 105, and her daughter, Gloria, 80, enjoyed a full Thanksgiving dinner at the Schohanna Adult Rest Home on Thursday, their fourth together at the assisted-living facility on Main Street.

Both women have a “healthy appetite,” according to daughter Gloria, and they praised the cooking of home owner and resident caregiver Jestina McLean. It was a traditional meal with turkey, dressing, potatoes and all the trimmings.

Dorothy, born Sept. 10, 1902, at her grandmother’s house in Weymouth, Mass., is well-known in the Worcester community. She taught grade school and high school there since 1932, retiring in the early 1960s.

Although frail, the two women are in “excellent health,” according to McLean. While Gloria does most of the talking for the pair, her mother easily recalls dates and events, such as her first teaching job in Hancock in Delaware County.

Neither woman has a particular secret to longevity. “You jut have to keep going and going,” said Gloria, born Sept. 2, 1927.