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Hi - I stumbled on this site while searching for activities for my 22 year old special needs son with multiple disabilities. He is a cerebral palsy person (diagnosed at 1 year old), had stroke at 7 years old due to hemorrhage, became blind after the operation then wheelchair bound after his scoliosis operation. He is now staying home and I'm at a loss as to the type of meaningful activities I could get him involved. I am now looking at making play dough with him. He generally listen to music for most part of the day.

Appreciate any ideas, please. Thank you.

i'm trying to print out bingo cards but i'm looking for 15 nu in 1 sheet and i'm after 36 sheets

Thank you! Hope you enjoyed!

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What do the things under the bingo mean a3 a4 Tabloid what do those things mean

Hi everyone, It feels so good to be here!
My name is kemi, I am the engagement lead at St Catherines Nursing Home in Letchworth garden city.
I enjoyed reading this article Taking care of your mental health. Thank you Haley for your thoughtfulness though I have always practised most of the stuff mentioned especially putting off house chores to watch the television or just do nothing. lol.

Can someone tell me what they watched the film on was it a large TV, I would love to get a big white screen to show it on but not sure how this would work, Thank you

I would like an august 2021 template please, I am doing our magazine quarterly and have just successfully created the May to July one using your template. thanks

love this idea! gonna definitely try this with my residents!

Thank-you Maurice for these helpful tips and additional information.

Played Mothers Day Bingo today. Great activity thank you and kept people engaged for a full hour. However most of the participants found the pictures and writing too small, so I will reprint on A3 for next year.

These are very interesting and helpful activity plans for my Resident. Thank you very much.

Great article, recreation and activities is difficult to to find staff for. Often seen as "entry level" without promotion potential, it was a struggle to find ANY applicants prior to the pandemic. Most of the applicants we got were people who didn't have any experience with seniors, but were looking for: 1. career change, 2. getting back into the workforce after time off, or 3. work schedule that compliments their family schedule (stay at home mom/dad). The last four people we hired lasted less than 2 months, with a few of them lasting a week. What worked at other companies, previous companies I worked for would transition the more "outgoing" staff into the recreation program. Care aides, housekeepers, dining servers; the staff who have the "it" factor, they light up a room when they walk in, and work well with seniors. Although we hate to steal staff from other departments, those who are outgoing often thrived in their new role as activity "ambassadors," and saw how promising a career in senior recreation can be.

Thank you for the super ideas and tips... I even get excited reading about all the wonderful events you bring us.

This sounds amazing. I am going to try this. My residents are really active. So it would be a good challenge.

I am going to try this with the residents. this week

I’m returning to work within the health care network
It’s a joy to find this site for me. After a total knee replacement I was afforded the opportunity to be on the patient side of the system and along with this new perspective I’m excited to affect some change as I return to the work of a Dementia & Alzheimer’s activities assistant.
This tool provides me a new perspective from outside of my current experience which I gained from having my Mother living through this disease and I wanted other adult children of Dementia or Alzheimer’s residents to know everything is going to be Alright

Thanks Vicky for your comments, I notice that you are from England, I am Welsh . nice to meet you, all the best, Golden Carers is a wonderful web site. I am a volunteer sending activities in and also enjoying the web site very much. Regards Gwyneth

Brillant, music Bingo is also great

I love this site. I used the Mothers day posters as placemats when i did a special happy hour.
The residents ended up taking them home with them which make them happy.

Great ideas thankyou

Great to find something quickly, for V.E. Day. Great resource

I am with you, I plan to put this program onto the Activates Calendar once we open.

I am definitely going to try this one out for our active games session.

Thank you great idea , simple but effective .
I play name an animal with no horns ect but never tried a singing game x

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Hi Debra, that's so impressive. Congratulations!

Hi Raffaela!

There are a few ways you could do this:

1. I've created a YouTube playlist with all the YouTube links below, using this link you could easily and quickly access any of the clips with a laptop plugged into a TV/Projector.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkmNjm-1ltrF8pgHPKcnSNIopSW9iMQqV

2. If you the clips on a USB and you don't have internet connection, then the only way I'm aware of doing this would be to download those videos to be played offline. I'm not sure what is allowed, but if you search "download youtube video" in Google you'll find a few places that do it.

I hope that helps!

The wall large enough for our spring tree was brick/concrete. So our tree kept falling :(. Today the spring tree was transformed into a Spring Wreath. It's right by the elevators where residents and guests can see it frequently. Turned out beautifully!

How can I download the video to my USB key

I've just decorated the lounges with newspaper clippings and the silloute solider. We will be having afternoon tea followed by old classics war songs followed by a film.

Thanks for all the picture Bingo. I do a couple of rounds with regular bingo and then as the residents begin to get 'tired' we break for tea then do a round of picture bingo before breaking for the day.

Thank you. This is going to be a fun day with a care home that smells like a pineapple.

Hi Kerrily!

Thanks for the feedback. Have you had a chance to test out one of the slideshows yourself yet?
https://www.goldencarers.com/quiz/slideshow/10327/

The font is quite large, especially when considering that the group event is usually done on a larger screen, like a TV or projector.

That being said we will see what we can do here, and image quizzes are already being worked on behind the scenes :)

I like this idea but I'm wondering if the font can be bigger, and maybe pictures would help some residents? (I've never made a slideshow before)

This is perfect for my limited functionality folks.

I would love to know what the specific chair yoga exercises you are using, do you have an instructions sheet for this activity It sounds wonderful!

I love these ideas. We will definitely be playing the Emoji and Bunker bingo at our facility. Thanks for sharing.

Actually ..... i cant really read most of those jokes, especially that most res attending my programs are ladies. The jokes are sort of inappropriate .

I had a great time organising the Arm Chair travel to Portugal. Thanks Golden Carers for all the information provided ... it made is so very easy for us to plan this activity.

To make the activity a lot more interesting and memorable for our residents, I decided to dress up as an air hostess and welcomed all the residents to activity. We checked them at the immigration spot we set up, we checked their passports and then led them to their respective seats as provided to them on their boarding passes !!! Our chef turned out some great food too which was served by us air hostesses!!

While the residents were enjoying their meal, the armchair travel to Portugal was played for them to watch on you tube.
When all this was happening, we the lifestyle girls ran away for a few minutes and dressed as local Portugal girls and soon came out dancing to the Portuguese music .... It was awesome seeing our residents faces light up and enjoy the moment... some of our residents joined us in dancing too.

Right until today our residents still reminisce about the way we hosted this activity...

Pitched just at the right level. Excellent activity.

Hi there, I was trying to print out the Volunteer work record but I am unable to open it. Has anybody been able to open it at all?

Hi Teresa!

Yes - you can now print any activities in several paper sizes :)

11 x 17 is called Tabloid. Directly above the "Download & Print" button is a new paper size bar, just click the size you want before clicking the button.

Let me know how you go!

Hi all, are there any posters available to print 11 X 17 for special days each month?

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This is a great activity i use a variation on this at least twice a week.
I use the 9 letter wheel containing a 9 word within the wheel. A vowel in the center and the remaining letters around the edge. Then come up with words with four or more letters..
15 words average 20 words very clever 30 or more genius

I have been having fun with these trips! Thank you!