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I love Golden Carers! When I first became an ‘Activity Aide’ I spent hours scouring the internet looking for meaningful activities for elders experiencing cognitive decline. I finally found ‘Golden Carers’! I’ve passed along ’the find’ to the Activity Director of where I work. Thank you again for all that you do - Golden Carers is much more than a great resource for activities - it’s an education on how to provide ‘life’ to both workers and our elders.
Linda Rick
Residential Care Assistant
Canada
This website will be a great asset to you
I am not sure if you want to know the whole group of residents or each one individually or both
You can do a client assessment as suggested here
https://www.goldencarers.com/client-assessment-getting-to-know-your-client/4477/
Or you could do this
https://www.goldencarers.com/my-life-timeline/5990/
What I did when I first started a job is that I went in before I started working to talk to the residents to see what they like in general
It will take you at least three months to get to know the people I think but don’t be discouraged
Another tool is to have a resident Council meeting to see what the residents like
As suggested in other articles
talk to the staff and family members
Good luck to you and if you have anymore questions feel free to ask them
I’ve found that learning everybody’s name can be a challenge but eventually you will get to know everyone