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A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: WORD BUILDING - it can be played by individuals or groups - make as many words as possible from the letters of the words given below

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: JUMBLED WORDS - JUMBLED VEGETABLES

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Book Club

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Reading group

Thanks for the feedback Kelly, I love this song. Gwyneth

This is a great quiz. I'm always looking for something to test the residents with and make them really think. Great Job !

Excellent advice, thank you.

Hi this is great but is there any way we can get the Name put on the top of the form from round 11as I am unable to change that because it is in a PDF
many thanks
Lisa

It has been brought to my attention, that lobster is rather a crustacean and NOT a fish.

My grandmother taught us this song when we were kids. We used to sing it while on long hikes along with Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me? Hours of singing. Thank you for sharing and the conjured memory!

Good morning to all. My residents love the word unscrambles and the site only has about five or six can we please add more of those.

Great ideas for newsletter. I do one each week and always include the weeks weather predictions and birthdays of clients. Short stories and poems go down well and although most can no longer cook.well known Recipes are discussed and imagined.

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pirate Ship

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Car Bingo

Thank you so much.

Hello, we are having a tea party for our dementia residents. Does anyone have any suggestions about which activities we can do? Most of our residents can follow directions easily and some need a little more direction with help. Thank you

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Gardening Crossword

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: English Landmark's Visual Quiz

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Guess the Chocolate Box Game!

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Platinum Jubilee Singers Picture Quiz

Thanks Susan for your feedback. Gwyneth

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Types of Cakes

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Our Day Out

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Shakespeare Image Quiz

Hi, just lovely! Just great .
We need more. Love it.

We used it for our Mother's Day Celebration in the Assisted Living Facility I work at and it was a big success! I had to Americanize a few captions, but otherwise it is a great Bingo. Thank you!

Thank you very much my 101 year old client is really enjoying these activities

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Chair - Balloon Volley Ball.

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Complete the following words by supplying the missing letters.- a quickie

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: ANAGRAMS

Hi! I'm an activities lead on my nursing homes dementia unit. I am brand new to this department as I was doing CNA Work but felt so burned out, I needed the switch. My problem is how do I get all levels of dementia to interact and engage in an activity? I am at risk of loosing my position because I was told I am not getting everyone engaged in an activity. I am responsible for 43 Residents with dementia levels from beginning to near end stage. I am not a musically talented person and each time I set up stations some of my Residents "shop" the equipment and the tables are bare. I do crafts and a weekly tea party. Along with bowling and balloon toss. Friday is movie day and manicures. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Antoinette

Thank you Golden Carers. Our residents love all kind of Bingos that you have provided for them, thank you again. Baldwin Garden Nursign Center.
Catalina

I get so excited whenever I find something new on Golden Care! Thank you for making my job easier!

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Complete each word by supplying 2 missing letters which are the same

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Which of the two word choices on the right is the correct one to correspond with the word or phrase on the left and then circle it..

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Colouring in for nurses day 12 may

Thank you very much!

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Butterflies

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Armchair Travel

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Bastille Day Session

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Bastille Day Session

Hello. I'm looking for some fun picnic ideas to do with my seniors at the dining centers. We have many group picnics scheduled. Ladderball, bean bad toss, are the most common, but something that will keep my active group happy. Any ideas or suggestions? TYIA

I love the ideas you guys suggest in here I fine them entertaining as well as invigorating keep up the great work you are doing

Thank you so much for all the time and effort which you have put into producing such an excellent range of ideas and activities and which are free or reasonable in price - so decent and worthwhile an organisation!

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Form- Attendance Tracker

Do you have a copy of the answers to share please.

Thanks for the medicare distinction, Susan. And are medicare funded more of the low income communities? Where my parents live is a private company that owns several AL communities. I've never seen medicare mentioned but perhaps it would be listed in the contract? Yeah it's good practice! They don't know what their staff are doing as the director said unless he follows staff around. Mind boggling.

Can we have round 10 onwards updated please?

Hi, When are progress notes required by Assisted Living? I was told today by the state of Virginia Dept of Social Services that charting, recording of daily care of residents at Assisted Livings is not required, not in the state regulations. So how do progress notes fit into this? How is there any beginning of accountability without required notes? Yes staff can lie about it and checkoff even if they didn't do what is in the Care Plan, but not requiring any notes doesn't make sense to me.

Every Season we make placemats with magazines, calendars, etc. Anything with pictures we can cut out! They go through pictures and cut out what they like and we glue it to a paper placemat! Once it's covered we mod podge it twice, allowing to dry between layers. I remember doing this when I was little in school and believe it or not, it's a hit with our seniors!