Residents at Edensor Care Centre, Diagrama Foundation’s nursing and dementia care home in Clacton-on-Sea, were treated to an afternoon of magic, laughter, and festive spirit as the cast of the Princes Theatre’s pantomime Magical Adventures of Peter Pan paid a special visit on Tuesday, 9 December. Arriving in full costume, members of the cast, including…
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…
At Clacton’s Edensor Care Centre, this year’s Summer Fête on 29 August wasn’t just a celebration it was the day one resident’s lifelong wish came true. Tony, a resident at Edensor, has always dreamed of being a cowboy. That dream became reality as the care centre was transformed into the Wild West. With a Stetson…
Elderly residents at the Edensor Care Home in Clacton have used their art and craft sessions to make Christmas cards for underprivileged orphans and schoolchildren in Africa. The Edensor nursing and dementia care home in Clacton on Sea is run by care providers Diagrama Foundation who support vulnerable children, young people, and adults to live…
On ‘Ice Cream Day’ eleven residents from the Edensor Care home in Clacton enjoyed a taste test to select their preferred flavour of their favourite dessert. On 21 July, to celebrate National Ice Cream Day, eleven residents from the Edensor Nursing and Dementia Care Centre in Clacton-on-Sea, who all love ice cream, were asked to…
Love is in the air in Clacton, where residents have been decorating their Care Home with hearts. Under the guidance of Care Coordinator Ewa Ruskowiak, Edensor residents Diane, Sue, Daphne, Shirley, Jean and Susan have been very busy preparing for February 14. The fifty bed nursing and dementia care home, in Clacton on Sea, run…
A report from Care England about the finances and the workforce in adult social care, finds that the care sector in engulfed in a sustained state of crisis The ‘Fair Cost of Care’ report, released on 16 January 2024, which was compiled with the help of 122 care providers across the UK, reveals that the…
Not for Profit care provider Diagrama Foundation has been reviewing the findings of a UCL led report about dementia and assessing how they will need to prepare for the predicted rise in numbers. The UCL report, published in October 2023 predicted that by 2040, the number of dementia cases could be 42% higher than previously…
On 11 December residents at the Edensor nursing and dementia care home in Clacton on Sea enjoyed a Polish Christmas feast of Ryba Po Grecku and wished each other Wesołych Świąt. Christmas came early for the fifty Edensor care home residents and the on-site team of carers, when the award winning home in Orwell Road…
WWII Veteran Alec Hall from Southend-on-Sea, died at home on Monday 16 October with his family by his side. Alec Hall, served with the 181 Field Ambulance (Airborne) as a medical nurse and was part of Operation Market Garden in 1944. He returned to the Netherlands on several occasions with the Taxi Charity for Military…