Activities at Dudwell St Mary Care Home

Stephanie Gavin recently celebrated 25 years working at Dudwell St Mary. 

Steph is one of our senior carers who shows kindness and dedication to all our residents.

We had a lovely time celebrating!

Dudwell St Mary care home, in Burwash, got in the Christmas spirit on Christmas Day for the residents.

Christmas day was in full swing with a visit from Father Christmas and his elves. All the residents received a visit from Father Christmas and a gift. Residents also enjoyed a feast of festive foods prepared by the home’s chef, Neil.

General Manager, Emma Rich-Spice said: “Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year and our fantastic residents love to get festive so we’ve pulled out all the stops.  It is so lovely to see them all getting into the Christmas spirit, it’s definitely my favourite time of year.”

Janet, resident at Dudwell St Mary said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get into the Christmas spirit. I really enjoyed seeing Father Christmas”

We made a start on the Christmas decorating this afternoon. One resident was more than happy to help with the tree and put up the decorations around the lounge. She also picked out some tinsel and baubles for her room.

We definitely got into the festive spirit this afternoon with Rosie's Retro Rhythms. We had an afternoon of singing and dancing to some of our favourite Christmas tunes.

The smell of freshly cooked mince pies filled Dudwell St Mary this afternoon. Memories of making our own mince pies, Christmas puddings and Christmas cake as we reminisced of all the baking we used to do at Christmas. One of our relatives even rolled the pastry out for us.

We spent a lovely evening with the Burwash and Etchingham Scouts. We played a game of Christmas bingo, then we spent time chatting finding out what the scouts get up to and we finished with a festive sing song.

We had great fun making our own pizzas today.  We chose our favourite toppings as you can see some residents like pineapple on their pizzas.  They then enjoyed eating them for their supper.

Today we celebrated one of our residents birthday. We all got together for sherry, music and nibbles.

We celebrated International Men's Day with a beer and chatting about men who had influenced our lives. We all agreed our fathers were our biggest influence on our lives but also teachers, brothers and Charles Babbage who invented the computer.