Edensor Care Home in Clacton was filled with joy and celebration as resident Doris Dyer marked an incredible milestone, her 101st birthday surrounded by staff, fellow residents, friends and a wonderful array of cards, flowers and gifts from well-wishers near and far.
Born on 9th November 1924, Doris has lived through more than a century of change, her life shaped by the events of the Second World War. Leaving school at a young age to help support her family, she worked in an armaments factory, where she helped produce vital parts for the iconic Spitfire aircraft. Doris still loves the sight and sound of Spitfires flying overhead a stirring reminder of her contribution to Britain’s wartime history.
As a child, Doris shared a special bond with her grandmother, with whom she would often visit the cinema. She developed a lifelong love of film and dance, enjoying the grace of Fred Astaire and recalling the excitement of seeing the very first talking picture, “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson.
Throughout her remarkable life, Doris has witnessed the reigns of five monarchs — King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II, and King Charles III and has seen the world transformed in countless ways.
To mark the occasion, staff at Edensor Care Home organised a special birthday celebration complete with a beautiful cake, decorations, and plenty of warm wishes. Thanks to a recent community appeal, Doris also received dozens of birthday cards from people across the local area a touching show of love and recognition for her century of memories and achievements.
“Doris is such a wonderful part of our Edensor family,” said Edensor Care Home’s Care Coordinator, Ewa Ruskowiak, “She’s lived such an inspiring life, full of history and resilience, and we’re so proud to have celebrated this milestone with her. Seeing her smile as she opened her cards and gifts was truly heartwarming.”
The Edensor Care Home team said they were honoured to help make Doris’s 101st birthday one to remember a celebration of not just a long life, but a life well lived.
For more information about Edensor, please visit: www.diagramafoundation.org.uk/senior-dementia-care/edensorcarehomeclacton
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About Diagrama Foundation
Diagrama Foundation is a Kent based charity that supports vulnerable children, young people, and adults to live their best life.
Diagrama has a Supported Living Service across Bromley and Mid Sussex, three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Orpington, an eight-bed care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex with a Community Services Programme a fifty-bed care home for the elderly with nursing and dementia needs in Essex, and a fostering and adoption service in the southeast. Plus, a 100 acre property offering farm and craft day Services cross West Sussex.
- The Supported Living Service, cares for 33 adults with learning disabilities, in seven schemes across Bromley and one scheme in Mid Sussex, helping them to develop skills and confidence to live in their own house either on their own or with others.
- At Cabrini House in Orpington the charity promotes the development of core skills for 23 adults with learning disabilities so that they can lead independent lives integrated within their community.
- Duckyls Farm, a 100 acre residential care home in West Sussex for residents with learning disabilities, allows the charity to explore the physical, mental and social skills and benefits that working with animals and in nature can offer to people with a learning disability.
- Diagrama Day Opportunities operates at Duckyls Farm and across Sussex. This is a day care provision Hub and Outreach Support for people with a learning disability, physical and sensory impairment, acquired brain injury and/or autism.
- The team at their nursing and dementia care home, Edensor Care Centre in Clacton on Sea, support vulnerable residents to live life to the full.
- Diagrama’s voluntary adoption agency and not-for-profit fostering service cares for children who wait the longest for homes in London, Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Many vulnerable children and adults don’t get the support they need to develop their true potential, but the Diagrama team know that when someone has time and belief invested in them, they come alive, because that investment has made them feel valued and worthy.
