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Love the activities

I think the game is great but don't understand why you have princess Diana in with stars of the silver screen. Otherwise a very good game.

This project was a hit!! Thank you!!

We call this game Pokeno!

Thank you all sooo very much for your helpful suggestions! I care for a man who has just entered into late stage Alzheimer's disease. His attention span is extremely short and it has become quite difficult to keep him content and engaged.
I plan on trying several of the ideas many of you have mentioned! Thank you again!! This is an invaluable resource!!

You could also try to use a yarn and drag the yarn to create some beautiful work.

I am a potter and have volinteered to do some pottery with the residents. We are first making a bird by manipulating the clay into shape. (You need fairly soft clay). The next week they are to paint the pieces. While the pieces are still leather hard I will inser a nichrome wire u shape into the clay. This can be made into a hanging decoration.

Hi Kammi,

Thanks for picking up on that ! I will rectify soon and upload it once again.

So glad you liked my poem.

Thank you,

Marlene

Awesome...I love these. Thanks for the idea

What a great site.

Thank You

I adore the poem! If its possible could you edit where it says May we love grow more each day? I believe that's a typo.

Just wanted to know if you laminated the 16 bingo cards and gave dry wipe marker to the players then you could wipe and use again .
Please let me know what you people think..?

Great craft

Thanks so much...really neat.

Great idea, thank you

I was really stuck for ideas for Valentines day activities. Not any more! Thank you.

Great songs, residents loved this guess the song activity thanks so much for sharing your hard work ;)

That you so much for this! New to the role and in a new village and just got a request this morning and so glad I have something to follow!!

Hi Teri,

To the best of my knwoeldge, right now the only way to do this on Youtube with zero ads would be to purcahse a YouTube subscription.

Hope that helps!

Hello, we made these for Chinese New Year and my residents loved them. We hung them up in the main entrance for visitors to see. They went down very well. Thank you for the templates and idea. X

Hi I actually do a different memory tray game with our very elderly residents thought I'd share it with you all .
So I place items like Coleman mustard tin and carnation milk tin, old coin, Bag of sweets , Chocolate cutlery,on tray .etc
I pass it round and repeat each time what is on tray ! Then I cover with a towel and remove an item and the residents have to try and remember what's missing X

I was really excited when I saw this - I love the idea, I just wish there was more than 7 playing cards, I'm going to have way more than 7 residents attending this activity

I am looking for ideas for dignity action day if anyone has some ideas x

I love this....What a great door wreath

Hi Gwyneth
Love this idea ! Simply but enjoyable what music , in the background , would go with these actions thanks
Mary

How do we do this on you tube without commercials?

We don't have a PA system, but we do have a program called One Call Now. It's a subscription service. We can record messages or type them in. Then they go out as a phone call to the whole group or to chosen smaller groups. It has really helped us to get information out without going door to door or leaving notes.

Thank You

Oliver, Thank you for creating !
Excellent research of Good News in the world.
Will be sharing with interested Residents this week.

Thank you Matthew, some great ideas

Once again wonderful games that really are enjoyed by all residents who respond so well when I tell them that we will be having a quiz hour.

Hi will there be a NRL draw/excel sheet/ for 2023? Im not at work at the moment but I would like to send through to my other Diversional Therapist.

Thanks again

Hey Darla!
Thanks for the lunar new year ideas.
From Amanda and Marilyn

I did the Armchair travel for the first time today and we 'went to India.'
My residents loved it. As I've been there a number of times I had a number of things I could show the people. I did a demonstration of dressing up in a sari and a henna tattoo demonstration on one of the care staff. It was a huge hit.
Looking forward to the next one.

Our folks love this. Our best showing so far was with the word "fireplace". We got 70 words!!!

Fabric glue is a great alternative. Thank you for sharing!

Mo

I like to have relevant videos running whilst I gather my resources and make tea and coffee as residents gradually make their way to the activity area in the half hour before we officially start. 

Then, I also try to have another shorter video on some topic pertaining to the theme. I show this at the start of our time whilst residents wrestle their cookie and tea into submission and I gather my wits ;-)

Here are a couple of videos I'm going to use this week for our Tea Time  activity period: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjFzkhrqIZs&ab_channel=touropia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgo14umnNV0&ab_channel=Animalogic

I work in a Jewish facility and would love some stuff pertaining to Israel.
I love my resource library that is building up thanks to you all.

It was a great and fun activity for the whole group. each participant was very proud to be a part of the project.
Thank you so much

There is a new president as of June 2022: Bongbong Marcos
Thanks for these great activities! :-)

I've made an adaptation because of the room I have to work in: Instead of this one set of numbers on paper (I painted them and they are not laminated - cost restrictions), I made two sets plus two extra "50s" and I am taping them together to make a longer strip that can be accessed by all the residents (we have a longer, narrower space).

I'm just working out the kinks, and will try to post a pic.

I cut them out and used the enlarge option on our copy machine. I then laminated them used a hole punch and a zip tie to keep them together. Almost like flip cards. It works until speech therapy comes up with something else.
Hope this helps.

This became our regular activities particularly with Demetia residents. I printed extra grocery items to cater for at least 10 to 14 residents . its good for visual, colour identifications and reminiscing their daily routines in the past. Overall, great resources massive thanks.

Hi everyone
Just wanted to say that I am so pleased that I found you, I don’t work in a residential home but am a volunteer for our over 60’s lunch club in our village. I am the allocated driver for folks that can’t make their own way to the club, I help out anywhere I am needed. I am, also the nominated entertainment organiser which is where Golden Carers comes into the equation. You have given me so many ideas, the bingo games are just great and so are the quizzes. You have opened up for us such a lot of fun and laughter which is what it’s all about. I can highly recommend you to all residential and nursing homes, you offer such good help and advice. Thank you keep it coming,
Warmest regards to you all
Rosemarie

great idea. Most of mine cant either

Is there stamps for this travolgue?

No I think you use the pasta to drag paint on the paper or canvas then throw the pasta away.

Jeopardy! We use jeopardylabs.com the resident really have been enjoying this.

Thank you Golden Carers. Lots of ideas to choose from. It's really a big help for me to conceptualize for new activities.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank golden careers for posting my colleagues (Matt) table top bingo he’s over the moon that it got posted