Our Valentine’s Day Barbie Party

At Ridgeway Rise, we are thrilled to have had 4 finalists nominated for the Great British Care Awards, as part of the nomination process, we all had to submit a video featuring a dance to Dua Lipa's 'Dance the Night' song in the Barbie film.

With this in mind, we decided to host a Valentine's Day party with a Barbie theme. Everybody (including our visitors) had been asked to wear pink and follow a Barbie theme. For the whole day, we were practising in different parts of our home, warming up for our big performance on the Ridgeway Rise stage. One of our carers Cati was leading the routine and showing us all of the moves, and all of us were following suit. Residents had a great time watching us struggle with the dance and having to do multiple retakes, some even offered to show us how to do it right!

In preparation, our residents spent the morning preparing lots of pink and red decorations. They were really letting their creative sides show with the arts and crafts they were creating, and we were proud to display this for all of our visitors to see.

Our deputy manager, Vali presented himself as Ken, which amused and impressed everybody present. As well as our party, we had other Valentine's attractions including a ukulele band who treated us to some lovely renditions of famous love songs. Our kitchen team also prepared some beautiful heart-shaped cakes which were enjoyed by our residents and visitors.

To finish off the day, we had a competition for our team where we hid lots of hearts all around the home and they were given a time limit to find as many as they could. There was a prize for the team member who could collect the most hearts.

Not all of our residents are used to celebrating Valentine's Day because it was not so popular back in the days when they were younger. We believe that activities are all about celebrating and cherishing what we know, but also learning new things. It is never too late for people to learn those lessons and we are proud to be able to offer them these opportunities through our activities programme.

Overall, everybody involved in our Valentine's Day celebrations had a brilliant time and we look forward to hosting more events throughout the rest of the year here at Ridgeway Rise Care Home. If you are looking for any further information on our events, care services or facilities then please get in contact with our friendly team.