Would you like to find some perfect presents for your care home residents, special community patients, a grandparent or loved one, who lives with dementia?
At Wippet, you will find a whole range of ideas for Christmas presents to suit a range of care needs, whilst also being great gifts.
Take a look below at our top 5 recommendations, specially selected for dementia care as well as offering engaging entertainment for the holiday season and beyond.
For more dementia care gifts ideas, see also our Activities and Dementia Care ranges.
5 great Christmas gifting ideas for those living with dementia
Activity Blankets
For keeping hands busy and for a wonderful array of visual, tactile and sensory stimulation, why not choose a set of activity blankets, as a special Christmas gift for your residents or care home setting, this festive season.
In a choice of green, red or blue, each blanket is designed by Activities to Share and handmade in England, featuring a combination of:
- pouches for a favourite photo
- hand sized pockets, with a detachable cushion
- zips
- buttoned flaps
- buckles
- plastic beads
- laces
- tassels
- tactile fabric swatches
- ribbons
The blanket itself is made from a soft fleece, perfect for keeping laps, knees and legs warm too. They make truly lovely Christmas gifts, ideal for older people living in care homes, patients in hospital and a family member with dementia, living in their own home.
If you are planning to buy a number of blankets, get in touch to learn more about our multi-buy offer price.
Activity Aprons
If you like the sound of the activity blankets, why not also consider a collection of activity aprons – the ideal Christmas gift that offers more than just tactile and sensory stimulation.
Wippet offers both a yellow and blue activity apron, thanks to our supplier, Activities to Share. They are machine washable and come with comfortable adjustable straps to fit all sizes.
These ideal Christmas presents are specially designed for those living with dementia and Alzheimer’s. The tactile attachments keep restless hands busy with a choice of:
- a colourful zipper
- a pouch with buttons
- chunky beads to run through a cord
- a soft touch fleece panel
- silk ribbons to plait and twist
The aprons are really versatile and offer a wide range of activity prompts including using the photo pocket for different pictures, as talking prompts, or for asking the individual wearing the apron to close their eyes and describe what they can feel and what feels similar, with the number of different attachments.
Plus, you can use the activity apron as a traditional apron to protect clothing during a safe ‘baking’ session, with salt or play dough, for example.
For more sensory Christmas ideas, visit our dedicated Dementia Care Sensory range too.
Twiddle Muffs and Hand Cosy
Spending time sitting can lead to cold hands – but this doesn’t have to be the case this winter with our bright and colourful hand cosies made from polyester fleece. Check out both our paw print and polka dot designs.
Not only does a hand cosy keep hands warm, they are also known as ‘twiddle muffs’ – why? Because they have lots of tactile attachments too.
A hand cosy can be a wonderful Christmas gift, especially at the time of year when it can be busy and routines can be a little different. They help to relax and calm individuals in stressful or unfamiliar situations.
Wippet’s Active Hand Cosy selection, also from Activities to Share, has lots of attachments to fiddle, pull and slide. You’ll see there are:
- pockets
- D rings to thread fingers through
- different types of ribbon – elastic, ribbed and braided
- wooden cubes to thread
- velcro to open and close
- soft pads inside the cosy, to squeeze and stretch
They are truly thoughtful Christmas gifts, especially for anyone living with dementia.
See also our great value Cosy Hand Comforter -ideal for individual and personal use. This specially designed cushion style pad is very competitively priced and perfect for multiple gift purchases.
For more hand warmers or comforters see also our empathy doll and companion pets selection.
Tiny Tablets
Our tablets are anything but tiny! These state-of-the-art touch screen activity centres are perfect for special Christmas activities – a real treat for the whole care home.
The Tiny Tablets are available with variable height and fixed height stands. Choose whichever is most suitable for your care setting.
Supplied to Wippet by the Inspired Inspirations team, these touchscreen activity tables offer a 10-point touch screen. This allows 10 fingers to use the screen at any one time. The tablets create an immersive learning experience, as well as offering fun and collaborative activities.
They are great for group games and social interaction – with hours of fun to be had with hundreds of apps and games, as well as built-in webcam for calls.
It is important to us that we offer not just great products but also great service when you purchase high-value items. So, don’t forget that as well as free delivery and a 3-year warranty, you also get unlimited training and support for your nominated member of staff, without ongoing service charges.
Order asap to ensure your Tiny Tablet arrives in time for Christmas – delivery is available within 2-3 weeks.
Jolly Trollies
Have you heard of a Jolly Trolley? They make a wonderful addition to any care home’s entertainment offering.
The trolley itself is eye-catching and engaging and is described as “a self-contained, mobile interactive entertainment trolley”. Doesn’t that sound great?
It brings fun and entertainment through music, games, quizzes, songs and visual stimulation – perfect for musical and reminiscence activities.
When you invest in this great activity centre, delivery and training is provided as part of the package from vetted supplier, Little Islands.
The award-winning Jolly Trolley not only comes with pre-loaded content but can also be personalised, added to and updated with personal music, photos and films, simply via a USB stick. Plus, in-built Wi-Fi allows access to online entertainment channels, such as YouTube and BBC iPlayer.
If you are concerned about the one-off, upfront cost of a Jolly Trolley, then check out the rental option too.
We want to ensure as many care home residents and your staff can access this fantastic and innovative interactive equipment that “opens up worlds of stimulation and memories.”
Secure better prices for your presents this Christmas
We hope you love our recommendations for Christmas gifts for those living with dementia – a selection of items that will entertain and engage.
With Wippet, you can also make your Christmas gifting budget go that little bit further knowing you are getting both great choices and competitive prices from vetted suppliers. Remember with our built-in RFQ tool you can request even better prices, getting the best deals from our suppliers, by simply setting up your own free membership.
Best wishes for the holiday season and happy shopping with Wippet – the healthcare marketplace.
