





The Willows provides residential, nursing, dementia, palliative and short-stay care for up to 61 residents in a peaceful gated community in Mobberley, Cheshire.
Overlooking a bowling green and just a short distance from Tatton Park and Knutsford, the home offers a tranquil setting with easy access to local attractions. All bedrooms are en-suite, and the layout is designed to feel like small households, each with its own kitchen, lounge, and dining...
Care Provided by The Willows Nursing Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 61 Service Users
Dementia Care Types Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Convalescent Care
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact The Willows Nursing Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.Contact The Willows Nursing Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Support you may be entitled to
- If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- MHA
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Tamara Simmons (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 55+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
Room Information
- Single Rooms (61)
The Willows Nursing Home Reviews (104)
The Willows Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.711) out of 10, based on 24 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Willows Nursing Home has 104 reviews.
Highly delighted.
Thank for you for your review. It's a pleasure to care and support you. We really appreciate your feedback.
Been here nearly a month. Everything so far is good. Well looked after and well fed. I have slept well but waking up early - but no problem as I have a lot to do when I am up because of looking after my husband who is also a patient. We do sleep in same bed at home.
Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this review. We are so pleased that you had a positive experience during your respite stay. We wish you and your husband all the best for the future. You know where we are if you need us again.
The home is always clean, the facilities are very good. Lots of activities for the patients.
Thank you for reviewing us, we really appreciate your kind comments. I will gladly share with my team.
I have absolutely no complaints about The Willows! The staff are caring and very helpful, nothing is too much bother.
Thank you for such a lovely review. We are so pleased that the support we provide is meeting your expectations and that the journey and experience have been such a positive one.
The staff at The Willows were kind and cared for my father with the health conditions he had. The room was clean and spacious with great facilities throughout. He enjoyed the meals provided and I was able to join him for lunch too, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I 100% would recommend The Willows care home. It's well led and delivers high-quality person-centred care.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us. It was a pleasure to care for your Dad. I appreciate your positive feedback and am pleased that you have had a positive experience at The Willows. I will gladly share your kind comments with my team.
From the very first tour of the facilities when Dad was a prospective resident to his final day, he has been looked after with such love, compassion, dignity and kindness.
We honestly can't thank all the wonderful staff enough for the support that Dad and our family have received over the years, and the outpouring of heartfelt love, grief and sympathy in Dad's final days was truly overwhelming. When making difficult decisions for a loved one it can be very daunting, but the decision to choose The Willows was the best decision we could ever have made!
We will never be able to say enough thank you to the truly wonderful people that we have been lucky enough to meet over the past few years, we have felt like part of a big family, and we had confidence in the fact that when we weren't able to be with Dad, he was safe, loved, and very well cared for. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words, we were all very fond of your dad and are saddened by his passing. It was a pleasure to be able to look after him and get to know you all as a family. He will be greatly missed.
Dad was only at The Willows for a very short time, however, we have nothing but admiration for the care, time and support they gave to both Dad and us, especially during his end-of-life care. We also witnessed the care provided to other residents, which was lovely, they are like a big family.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home at what must be a challenging time for you as a family. It was a privilege to care for your dad.
The Willows team were universally kind and caring for our elderly mother. She was professionally cared for with real humanity. Although she missed her independence she felt at home at The Willows and was always full of praise and gratitude for what people did to make her safe and comfortable.
I am so pleased that you and your mum had such a good experience at our home. Thank you for taking the time to submit a review and for allowing us to care for your mum, it was a privilege.
Thank you all so much.
A few more tactile objects, such as a fidget board, would be beneficial.
Thank you for taking the time to review us and I am pleased to inform you that we have ordered more items for the unit.
I cannot praise the staff of The Willows Nursing Home highly enough. The care and support they give to all residents is excellent.
Thank you so much for your kind words and taking the time to review us, we appreciate your support.
In her final week, my grandma was so well looked after and I also felt really cared for as I sat with her. I am so grateful she had such a gentle and dignified death and I thank everyone involved in her care.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us, especially as this must be such a difficult time for you. I am so pleased that you had a good experience and will share your feedback with The Willows team.
From the first day that my mum was a resident at the care home, she was cared for, befriended and loved. It was like a large family, to this day I am humbled by the care and affection she was shown, she felt like she was on holiday and what a feeling for an offspring to know when their cherished parent feels so comfortable in their twilight years. It was lovely and clean, but the staff made it what it was. I can't praise them enough.
Thank you so much for your review. The feedback was so uplifting for us to receive, we appreciate really it.
It became clear that he would not be able to return home and live independently. The support he and us as a family received from The Willows from the minute he arrived made it an easy decision to choose The Willows as his permanent new home (we viewed numerous other care homes and nothing compared).
Since then the care, attention and love shown to him and us by the staff has been exemplary.
The open friendly welcoming atmosphere at The Willows positively encourages to visit on a regular basis, you are greeted as though you are part of the wider Willows family. Whilst going through the emotion of putting a loved one into a care home The Willows have significantly eased this burden for us.
I am glad that my dad is happy, content and looked after by The Willows team, Thank you.
I was a resident at The Willows for 5 weeks for intermediate care. Throughout my stay, I received good care from all members of staff. I found everyone courteous and helpful. I appreciate that they encourage me to mix with other residents and avoid becoming isolated in my room. My only overall niggle was not with the staff at The Willows but a delay in the time it took for the pharmacy to deliver the prescribed medicine.
Thank you for taking the time to review us. We are pleased that your stay with us was a positive one and hope that you are doing well at home. We are working with the GP surgery and Pharmacy to resolve this matter.
The staff are very acting, their knowledge of each patient is impressive, they know each one's particular needs and ensure that they are met. They are very helpful towards visitors, you never feel that you are a nuisance.
Thank you for taking the time to review us. The staff work very hard to try and make our residents feel safe and at home.
We were blessed to have my mother-in-law admitted to The Willows Nursing Home for intermediate care, she went on to be a permanent resident. The staff were all professional and friendly, they were very welcoming and made our initial few days a positive experience. The facilities were of a high standard, practical while feeling homely at the same time. It was wonderful to watch my mother-in-law settle in and blossom under their care. She had started to enjoy joining in with activities and talking to other residents. She enjoyed having her hair done and having manicures, probably for the first time in her life. My mother-in-law always had a very high regard for the person and the nursing care she received. She loved having banter with the staff. The care was encouraging while allowing my mother-in-law to have her say in her daily routine, something I know she was very pleased about. I will forever hold the last few months dearly in my heart as I know she was beginning to enjoy herself and blossom as a person. Thank you to all the wonderful staff.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us. Your mother-in-law was a lovely lady and we were all very fond of her. Thank you for allowing us to take care of her; the pleasure was ours.
The Willows Nursing Home provides a clean, warm, comfortable and safe environment for all residents. The staff are very caring.
We were extremely lucky to secure a place for Mum shortly after she was discharged from the hospital and two weeks before the first lockdown. Communication during this time was facilitated through newsletters, Zoom calls, outdoor meetings, phone calls and the family newspaper, which was fantastic. When we were able to meet, Mum was always well-dressed and looked well cared for. We felt that Mum's health and welfare were prioritised and that she was always treated with dignity and respect - as were we as family members.
Thank you so much for reviewing us and for your kind comments. It was a pleasure and a privilege to look after your mum.
Excellent care due to the excellent qualified and unqualified staff. Very caring environment, and excellent communication between nursing, sisters, (RGNs), myself and the resident. I am fully qualified to make this assessment as a retired GP of 35 years in the locality and having been involved with three other nursing homes in the area. The standard of care continued until my wife died on 25/9/22 - 10/10.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us in what must be a difficult time for you. I really appreciate your kind comments and I will gladly share it with The Willows team.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 17 May 2018Good
- Caring Good
- Effective Good
- Responsive Good
- Safe Good
- Well-led Good
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
Bed Vacancies
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (9) & Events (0)
- 03 Oct 2025
Caring for a loved one can be very rewarding but it can also be very demanding. At The willows, we provide short-term respite stays designed to give carers a much-needed...
- 19 Jun 2025
Save 20% on the first six months of a self-funded, permanent care placement OR get 3 weeks of respite care for the price of 2. To find out more, call...
- 04 Mar 2025
Special Offers to Support Your Loved Ones! We understand how important it is to find the right care, whether for a short or permanent stay. That’s why we’re offering two...
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Meet the Team (1)
Tamara Simmons is the dedicated Home Manager at MHA The Willows and will be celebrating 11 years in the role this September. A qualified nurse since 1986, Tamara began her career in the NHS, specialising in the care of older people, before moving into the private sector in 1996 to continue her passion for elderly care in residential settings.
With decades of experience behind her, Tamara remains focused on delivering high-quality care that enables residents to live active, fulfilling lives. Her leadership style is hands-on and person-centred, and she values the importance of getting to know each resident individually.
One of Tamara’s favourite parts of the day is spending time with residents—whether that’s through one-to-one conversations or joining in with activities whenever she can. Under her guidance, The Willows continues to provide a warm, supportive environment where both residents and staff can thrive.
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