The Willows Care Home

12/12/2025

What a fantastic day at The Willows Care Home, Rippingale!
Residents spent the afternoon enjoying a friendly game of bingo, being pampered with manicures, and relaxing with a variety of sensory activities.
It’s always a joy to see everyone engaged, happy, and having a wonderful time together. 💖🎉

11/12/2025

I’m back after a bout of the lurgi, and as always I was welcomed with such warmth by the lovely residents!

Today we enjoyed a festive session of Christmas-card making. We used a variety of materials, including our new embossing machine, which was a big hit.
As we crafted, we listened to (and sang along with!) our favourite Christmas songs, making it a really joyful and creative afternoon.

05/12/2025

Willows Whacky Bingo

Today at Willows we enjoyed a fun-filled day of activities, starting with some manicures and nail polish 💅 for Mrs F and Mrs H.

We then moved on to two lively games of bingo! As it’s December, we added a festive twist with some elf-themed sweets.
Mrs H won our first full house and proudly claimed the festive elf sweets.

Mr B won a line and then the next full house, choosing Werther’s sweets.
Mrs F won a line and selected a fruity lip balm as her prize.

Meanwhile, some of our less-able-bodied residents enjoyed a calming sensory session using soft cotton wool balls.

We also had a special celebration for Mr Y’s birthday, singing Happy Birthday and presenting him with his requested triple-chocolate cake, freshly made by our amazing cook, Sheila.

A lovely, warm-hearted day all round! 🎉🍰✨

04/12/2025

This Afternoon’s Activities

We began the afternoon with some relaxing nail care in the bedrooms, accompanied by festive Christmas music.

Mr B and Mr Y finished decorating the cardboard tree, and now all that’s left is to add the final touches.

A large group then joined in for a lively ball-catching session, followed by a few competitive rounds of the ball-target game. Mrs F was today’s clear champion, scoring an impressive 950 points!

After that, we enjoyed a fun game of hoopla, with various music CDs playing in the background to keep the atmosphere cheerful.

03/12/2025

Today, more of the cardboard Christmas tree was decorated with our cotton-wool baubles, and it’s really starting to look festive!

Mrs. R was delighted to receive a classic car magazine — it certainly made her day.

In Arts & Crafts, we made lollipop-stick reindeer and snowflakes, which have now been proudly added to our Christmas display board.

03/12/2025

30/11/2025

30/11/2025

Last night (Saturday 29th November) a few of us ventured down to the village church for the Christmas Light Switch-On. Our very own Mr N was the guest of honour, and he thoroughly enjoyed switching on the lights for everyone to see.

We had a wonderfully festive singalong, with Mr B singing his heart out, adding to the cheerful atmosphere. Homemade mince pies were enjoyed by all, and Mrs H kindly helped me run the Tombola. (As I’m on the Rippingale Feast Committee—RFC—I had both hats on last night!)

We were also joined by Mr B’s daughter and a few members of off duty staff.

It’s always lovely to see the village come together, and the evening was a perfect start to the festive season.

28/11/2025

Friday Morning Activities

We started the morning with room visits, where residents enjoyed creating some aqua paintings.

Next up was our usual Friday Bingo. Congratulations to Mrs. H, who won the full house today and treated herself to a cosy new pair of socks!

We rounded off the morning with a few fun games of Higher or Lower using the playing cards.

27/11/2025

27/11/2025

27/11/2025