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Loiz
executive director
executive director
Bing Crosby Song Quiz
this program is simply amazing, our facility is planning a cruise week for the residents.
Your program will be very helping for several activities that week.
Beth Morgan
Lakview Manor Senior llving F...
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Lindl
DT
DT
Celebrating Respect for the Aged Day
How do we make the tree with the flowers on it
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Prairie
Rec Therapist
Rec Therapist
Choose Your Own Adventure: A Cozy Seaside Mystery
We are really excited to try this activity out! I would love to see more of these or even get some instruction on how to create our own. My seniors have enjoyed the Choose Your Own Adventure books in...
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Shaquira
Activity Director
Activity Director
Halloween Music Bingo
Super cute and the spotify option is spot on.
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Lisa
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Royal Quiz
Any reason why Megan Markle was not mentioned in the royal quiz?
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Nancy
Director of Therapeutic Recreation
Director of Therapeutic Recreation
Left & Right Game: Birthdays
I would like to see more of these so we can do them at our monthly birthday party.
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Lisa
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Zoom In Guessing Game #2
Could not get the slide show to work. Looks like great activity though.
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Cynthia
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Greetings Around The World
I love this activity but once again I want to know if there is a way to show these wonderful illustrations on our Television at works rather than printing all the pictures. I SEE THE SLIDESHOW OPTION...
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Tracey
Supervisor Of Resident Services
Supervisor Of Resident Services
The Great Zombie Hunt
I've incorporated this game into a Halloween trivia, with clients collecting the most zombies as winner of small prize.
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Marjory
Lifestyle Officer
Lifestyle Officer
NRL Tipping 2026
Does anyone have a winner certificate ?
ideally a 1st, 2nd & 3rd ... our residents are very enthusiastic.
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Basia
Program Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
Program Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
Historic Inventions Slideshow
Hello Farminington Team: The activity is great! to better use this tool in a slide show format (helpful for my audience group events) some of the pics are really small and difficult to discern with m...
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Nina
AHA
AHA
2-12 Dice Game
Great easy game but we had to cut it short as it was taking forever but all the patients had a great time.
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Pam
Managing Director
Managing Director
16 Snippets of Italian Trivia
This is a great help for us running an armchair travel to Italy session - thank you for a wonderful website and range of activities!
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Megan
Manager
Manager
Animal Jokes
This is great! We've found so many ideas for our seniors. Thank you so much! I tack the jokes in with Lucky Dog-if I pull a joker I have to tell a joke!
Susana from Manitoba, Canada
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Cynthia
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Antique Guessing Game
This is really a question, I have these activities on my home computer & end up using a LOT of ink printing the pictures (Copying Antique Guessing game now) How do I Golden Carers on the TV's at work?...
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
A–Z of Occupations
This was great, thanks.
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1 month ago
October 1st is National Poetry Day ( in UK). Asking participants to create an acrostic of their name is good fun- especially if you have adhesive letters for their name and it results in an instantan...
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Cathy
Special Care Counsellor
Special Care Counsellor
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
Has anyone ever made personalized placemats with photos of the person?
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Sisouphane
Program Coordinator -Hive
Program Coordinator -Hive
What Would You Do?
This is a great activity and engaging conversation for seniors, thanks for sharing the great ideas.
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
Impressionist Hydrangeas
This also works with Q-tips, 6 tips tie w. rubber band, dip in paint and blot on paper
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Sharon
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
AFL Tipping 2026
Thanks Talita
All of the certificates look amazing
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Sharon
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
AFL Tipping 2026
Hi Talita
Do we have a wooden spoon certificate?
Thanks
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Debbie
Program Director
Program Director
Halloween Coloring
way too much for a demintia aflicted adults
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
The 1950's Quiz
My seniors in my class loved this, Thanks
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Kylie
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
This Day In History For Seniors: August
Hi, Just a heads up! 28th August has a spelling mistake in 'Nationality' of the celebrity. FYI. Thanks for the great work that you do xo
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Vanessa
Activities Co-Ordinator
Activities Co-Ordinator
Beach Reminiscing
Do you have a beach day quiz available ?
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Rosita
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Jokes to Share
Residents really enjoy them and are always ready to sit and hear more of them.
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Fabiana
LE Manager
LE Manager
Ice Cream Shop Craft
My residents had so much fun with this activity! Highly recommend!
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Jessica
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Hi there! Do you have any recommendations for an Activities Director training course? I've been working as the Activities Assistant for a few years, but I'd like to get more training.
Thanks for a...
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Glengollan
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Home-Made Lemonade
We celebrated world lemonade day Thursday 20th August. Invitations to attend laid on the dining table at lunch to remind them to come. Lemons placed around the table to smell and feel whilst drinking...
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Mgr
Recreation and Rehab Mgr
Canada & Beyond Trivia Slideshow
Excellent. Love this one Rylen. All of our populations with mixed cognitive abilities can play this one together.
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Cynthia
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
This Day In History For Seniors: August
It's wonderful but I can't keep printing pictures; TOO MUCH INK! How do I transfer an activity to any available television?
I've asked this before but get no response.
THANK YOU!
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Julie
Manager, Allied Health
Manager, Allied Health
Traditional Bingo with Exercise
Was going to try this! What prizes are given out when someone calls Bingo?
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Kurt
Librarian
Librarian
Place the Face - This or That Visual Quiz
I used this for a program. "Place the Face" was included in a puzzle pack of 9 visual puzzles; very convenient. One issue though: The answer for Slide 5 in on Slide 8. Any chance someone could cor...
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Jayne
Recreation Therapy
Recreation Therapy
The 1950's Quiz
This would have been really good if it had images, residents with dementia need pictures, words can be confusing.
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Edith
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Looking for ideas and activities for Assisted Living and Independent living
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1 month ago
Dress Up Elton John
Yes, this one is lots of fun! Thanks so much for your feedback Pretha.
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Pretha
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Dress Up Elton John
This looks fun! Thanks for sharing.
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Pretha
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Pin the Moustache on Freddie Mercury
This is cool! We have a resident who loves Eddie Mercury. This would be fun for Music Day.
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Dale
Activity Co-Ordinator
Activity Co-Ordinator
Evening, I'm wondering if anybody could help. I'm trying to find some resources that could tell me a little bit about dementia. Alzheimer's etc
I need to write a article in my newsletter for our resid...
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Janet
Lifestyle Assistance
Lifestyle Assistance
This Day in History for Seniors: October
I'm very happy that I became member with golden carers. Once again thanks with lots of love.
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Sunshine Sing Along
The Sing-A-Long was fun, however, the residents were looking for lyrics with the songs, and wanted me to sing all the words Ha ha. Thanks for all you do.
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Carla
HCA Activity Assistant
HCA Activity Assistant
Canada & Beyond Trivia Slideshow
Can you make these quizzes and other trivia in a list format so I can print them on a page or two and not 20. I don't always have an internet connection when I do trivia with the group.
Thank you!
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