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Golden Carers provides support and inspiration to activity professionals, leisure & lifestyle co-ordinators and caregiveres working in elder care. We save you time with wonderful recreation therapy ideas that make your job easier.

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  • Hi solange thanks for the wonderful site and information you provide. You are also doing a wonderful job for AO's/DT's all around the world...

    Pauline

  • Thankyou for providing such a great website. I have found it to be an excellent place to get ideas for programs. Keep up the good...

    Susan

  • Hi everyone, just wanted to say once again i am really enjoying this site. Im a newly appointed Lifestyle Coordinator at a high care facility...

    Debi

  • So excited with this site as a Diversional Therapist all the ideas are fantastic gives me extra ideas I can use in the low care...

    Catherine

  • Glad I joined up !!!! This is fantastic site - full of ideas and easy to find. Thank you soooo much - Diana vic...

    Diana

  • This site is awesome keep up the great work that you do regards Wendy...

    wendy

  • Great Australia day activities - the bookmarks are wonderful - so glad I joined up to your very useful and fun site! thanks -...

    judy

  • This site is wonderful many mnay great idea's thank you so much :~)...

    Kellie-Anne

  • Hi Solange I'm very new to aged care so I'm checking in regularly and feel like I have a new best friend. We all enjoyed the Melb...

    Donna

  • Thankyou so much fo linking up all DT in the world, I look forward to reading valuable and fun activities. ...

    Debbie

  • This is an Amazing site with great resources, and a multitude of helpful ideas, thanks Solange for creating such a useful site :) ...

    Gemma

  • hi solange,great site keep the ideas flowing,easy to navigate around ,well done you......

    jeannette

  • It's wonderful what you've done to your site. Congratulations!!! Just joined. Thanks Karolyn...

    KAROLYN

  • Thankyou Solange I find your information so valuable as I have now been assigned to the Dementia unit at our Hostel with a lot to...

    Marg

  • Hi Solange, the site looks awesome and very easy to get around. Just wondering if there is any info on gentle seated exercise for dementia...

    Lenni

  • I am an a activities co-ordinator as we are called overhere in england. I think your site is great I have been working with dementia...

    Julie

  • i have just started as a DT in a Dementia ward in wellington. i have no previous experience in this role and your site has...

    Daranee

  • just have come across this and think it awesome. been doing activities for 8 years and some times diferent things is a plus cheers ...

    Debbie

  • Awesome site!...

    Susan

  • I love your website and I can learn a lot from you....

    Barbara

  • I was really impressed with your site I work in acute mental health in Coventry and would really be interested in hearing your views on...

    Ellie

  • Very exciting website...would love the chance to make contact - you speak of DT in Aus and NZ, also US and Canada, did you know...

    Linda

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Recent Comments:

Debbie on Testimonials | 6th February 2012 View profile

Pass the parcel and you pass it around until it lands on the birthday person where they open it to find an extra little thing for the birthday person. I find that everybody gets excited to find out what extras could be hidden..Happyhou is always a good thing some times i even get an entertainer that can gives them extra attention. Or you could just take the birthday people out to lunch. Or take them to a vidio store so they can choose a vidio to take back to the home and share watching it while you serve small icecream cones.. Just a thought or two thats what I do depending on the birthday people celebrating

Clarissa on Testimonials | 6th February 2012 View profile

Does anyone have any ideas for Birthday Morning tea???? I do it on the first Tuesday of the month, with all the people celebrating that month, I give them a coloured cupcake and a candle in there, we sing, hand out presents from our birthday box, and then I read their stars..... That is getting boring.... anyone have ideas??????????????????????

divtherapy on Recycled Hoy Game | 2nd February 2012 View profile

We have a weekly game of Hoy. We too remove the ace's. But we only use 8 cards. 2 from each suit, but 2 of the cards must be high cards eg. King, queen or Jack. None of the cards can be the same number. So all cards are different numbers or high cards. Once all cards are turned over the winner gets fun size Milky way and the diabetics we give a sugar free chocolate bar too. Our residents very much look forward to the game.

janet ross on How to start a Leisure & Lifestyle Program for Aged Care | 1st February 2012

thanks this has given me same help as im still studying leisure and lifestyle its so hard to get them motivated thanks again janet

Solange on Testimonials | 31st January 2012 View profile

The monthly calendar appears to be missing from the website currently. I will sort it out sort and let you know where to find it. Here is a link to the weekly calendar for Dementia specific. http://www.goldencarers.com/documentation/forms/dementia-program---weekly/

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