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Especially like the Senior Special joke!

Hi there
I thought you have added more backgrounds. cant see them now :(

i was trying to find something with Math in it as activity i have a resident that was a math/ physics teacher and this is amazing thank you so much

Thank you for sharing Rob this is great idea

Great funnies, Can we have some more please. Owen

THANK YOU! I LOVE THESE!!

Where did you find the plastic balloons??
Thank you in advance.

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Remembering Judy Garland

We play this but with cards numbered one - six. Players push up two cards and then roll a large dice. If they roll one of the numbers pushed up its turned face down and push up another and repeat. If they do not roll one of the two- pass the dice to the next player. First to turn over all six is the Lucky dog Winner! They win a prize! I get really into the commentator roll! LOL

We have been playing this game for a long time, but we play with pennies. Each resident has 10 pennies and I collect 1 penny from each player for each hand,The winner gets all the pennies in the jar for that round. so we play 10 hands. A lot of fun. the residents enjoy getting pennies when they win

Yes we call this hoy one pack per four people

Sounds goo. I'm going to give it a go. Thanks

Hi Rob, this is such an awesome idea! Thank you for sharing, I hope many Activity Coordinators devise their own adaptation of it. Brilliant!

love this.

Thanks for great information
Karen activities coordinater/Ireland

I work at a Senior Center in the U.S. I play this every few months with my clients and choose a decade from which to research prices. I use groceries, to clothing, to furniture. Each client has a sheet of paper and as I say the item, they write down a price they think it would have been. At the end of my list, I go back through and say what each item actually cost. I give a free meal ticket to the person with the most answers correct (or closest to the actual price). It has been a fun and entertaining way to spend an afternoon. I might try some of the variations listed above to switch things up the next time. Thank you!

Thank you, I really need this atm.

This is fantastic thank you I look forward to using this when Autumn comes with my residents, I would be very interested in any other meditation scripts you have!

Our staff at The Redwood Club in Wellington NZ insist that I use a walking frame when moving around as I am prone to falling, mostly because I have a balancing problem. Any ideas for help are always welcome and I read with interest the article above, most of which are common sense although carrying them through is sometimes hard.
I do appreciate help to stand up from a chair or walking up and down steps and playing some games at the club requires a friendly helper standing close by. But most people are mindful of when I need support and for this I am appreciative of their willingness to drop what they are doing to lend a hand. Thank you to the other residents and staff. Owen.

Fantastic material! Thank you!

Will be using in Father’s Day card too x

Great stories, my groups loved them. Any more to come?

Residents just loved this, I can see their brains ticking... They really get a chance to exercise the grey matter! One resident in particular loves the engagement as she has very poor site, but excels with this quiz.

Hi Pamela
Yes, the activity could be adapted to suit many needs. We are also finding it helpful, long term by referring back to the Eco-Map Clients are remembering from the pictures/drawings what they had already included on the map then adding to it, this is opening so many avenues of reminiscence.

My people liked these stories a lot! Made them all laugh.

THANKS!

Rob,
This is such an awesome idea! To make it inter-generational you could have the grandchildren draw the pics too! Such a great idea! I love it!!!

Thanks Adel. I hope you find it useful. I have written quite a few meditations nd intend to add these down the track.

We try and encourage the Clients to do as much as possible but the Staff assist if required :)

Love that this is available to edit

Rob
This is a very interesting idea
who draws the pictures??

Brilliant activity makes my job so much easier. Thank you.

This is great , thank you for sharing

Here is a Memorial Day poem that I wrote

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Summer Fun Words Word Search

great idea

Don't forget Penicillin and basketball! Ca
Canadian living and working in Senior Services in the USA

Thank you so hard to find meditation scrips

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Client - Eco Map

I have been so thrilled to get the tips and ideas on dealing with Seniors across the board. Golden Carers has really helped me the past few months.
Thank you

We actually tell a story, that incorporates chair exercises. e.g.
Resident picks a place to "walk "to that also has a lake. We walk to the lake then after the count of 3 we have a short "run" Arriving, we get into a row boat and sing the song. The boat capsizes, so we sink or swim! Swimming first, then for those who cant swim, doggy paddle and for those who cant do either, put your hand up and say : help" We get back to the edge of the water, get our bikes that someone has kindly left there and go home for morning tea. Finish off with singing and do the actions to the chicken dance in the chair, joke of the day and the activity is always full of fun and laughter.

Thank you so much for the great idea, will give it a go today!

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

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: D-Day

This is a great activity Fiona
It will be especially good for national hat week in Australia July 5 through the 14th
National hat day in the US January 15
International hat week in May
https://www.goldencarers.com/search/#stq=Hats&stp=1
and these otherhat Activities on
Golden Carers

I love art. I volunteer in a day facility and for the last year I have been using different types of art to encourage participants. I always stress there is no wrong way to do art. About 6 months ago we had an informal art show. A couple were 'from scratch' but most were from coloring book or individual prints. Some were prints from your website. All work was matted and displayed. We have 2 different area and so we displayed half in each area for a week and then switched. Everyone was delighted.
Last week we had a Car Show. I have 2 coloring books of vintage cars and trucks and participants chose from these pictures and put their names on the back. I then mounted them on trifold display boards and put a letter on each picture and we had Viewers Choice awards. I use Hot Wheel cars mounted on napkin rings for trophies. Very well received.

Brilliant, just love searching through Golden Carers pages. Wonderful useful ideas that add to keeping older people mentally active. Thank you! Enid

We do the macarena to music and I have printed out the movements.
Loads of laughs.

Great quiz

is it normal not to have all the matching pictures , there are several flowers missing off the "calling cards"

Great help thank you so much ....