Activities at Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Our activity coordinator provides our home with a fun-packed weekly programme to engage all residents. Past activities include bread making, pottery, knitting, and card making. Not only do we run regular exercise programmes for the residents but we also have our regular entertainers come in to entertain our residents and their families. The activity coordinator visits residents on a one-to-one basis, for a chat, manicure and hand massage. The activity co-ordinator said "Residents love the one-to-ones and especially enjoy the manicure and hand massage, as not only is it stimulating but it boosts their confidence and pride in their appearance.''
Linda Lawes
My Name is Linda and I am one of the Activities Co-ordinators at Dudwell St. Mary care home.
I joined Dudwell St Mary in April 2008 as a Housekeeping Assistant and later became the Head of Housekeeping. In 2018 I then became an activities co-ordinator where I brought lots of new exciting ideas to the role.
I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents’ faces through different types of activities. My personality is bright and bubbly so aim to share this each day at work.
As I gather the residents likes and dislikes if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please contact the home to arrange.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Roy Sits in on Some Customer Service Training
Staff at Dudwell St Mary were delivering the WOW transformation customer service training, when Roy (a resident) asked if he could sit in on the training and participate.
He did just that and said that he really enjoyed the 2 hour event. Roy used to work in sales for Potterton Boilers, and offered some valid comments during the training.
St George's Day at Dudwell St Mary
The residents made swords, shields and flags for our St George's Day celebrations. The residents and staff took part in re-enacting some fun battles and all of them thoroughly enjoyed the event. They finished the day with St George's Day-themed cupcakes and tea.
Employee of the Month - March
Our March Employee of the Month prize goes to the dedicated and hard working, Joao Carvalho. Joao was congratulated and given his prize by our Regional Director, Jayne Holloway for his achievement.
Joao stepped up to the challenge of jumping into Happiness's General Managers shoes whilst she was away on her well deserved holiday. He balanced his roles of acting manager and clinical lead whilst being as efficient, calm and happy as always. We are very lucky to have such a asset in our team.
Spring has Sprung
Spring has truly sprung at Dudwell St Mary. The residents got stuck in creating floral displays for the home. The flowers looked lovely on the dinning room tables and the smell floating through the home was beautiful.
St Patrick's Day
Here at Dudwell St. Mary we have started having themed lunches. Our first was for St. Patricks Day. Leading up to the event the residents helped to make and put up themed decorations around the home. On the day they enjoyed a lunch of traditional Irish stew and for dessert marmalade and whiskey bread and butter pudding. Of course an Irish themed meal also wouldn’t be complete without a drink of Guinness!
Employee of the Month - February
Residents and staff applauded as care assistant, Juan Colcol, was named ‘Employee of the Month’.
Jonny was nominated by residents, colleagues and residents’ relatives who felt he really deserved extra recognition for the amazing work he does every day. Jonny was congratulated by the home’s Clinical lead Soraia for the achievement and was presented with a £25 voucher as a special thank you.
Happiness, General Manager said: “Jonny is such a caring and friendly member of the team. He goes above and beyond his job description everyday. Jonny is flexible and always willing to help in a crisis, whether as a care assistant or in the kitchen as the chef. He always works to the same high standard, he never appears to falter! We are very lucky to have him here as part of our team”.
