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Brenda 28th Nov 2024 Recreation Therapist

Create your own Bingo Games!

I added some songs to Christmas Music Bingo. How do I get the "copy" off the top of each bingo card?
Thanks!
Gail 27th Nov 2024 Activity Assistant

Peacock Collage Group Project

We altered this group feather project to make a Thanksgiving turkey for a billboard in our memory care facility. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed this project!
Gwyneth 23rd Nov 2024 Volunteer

Pot Luck Quiz 31

Thanks for the feedback and all the best for Christmas and 2025. Gwyneth
Binu 21st Nov 2024 AIN Well Being

Multicultural Radio Guide Sample & Template

hi Talita,
thank you for great ideas. wonderful resources you shared.


Vanessa 21st Nov 2024 Activity Coordinator

Finish the Movie Titles

What a great quiz!Enjoyed by all!💃🏼
Kimberly 15th Nov 2024 Director

Sparkling Christmas Tree Cards

Will definitely be doing this one!
Amy 13th Nov 2024 Activity Coordinator

Farmer's Market Event

This was a huge hit! Thank you so much!!
Anne Timbang 12th Nov 2024

Songs for Seniors Quiz

Excellent idea! Thank you
Sheila 12th Nov 2024 Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant

Military Bingo

This was a great game to play with my elderly veteran friends and residents, with a patriotic sing-a-long and prizes.
Deborah 12th Nov 2024 Activity Director

Christmas Carols Booklet for Senior Care - 22 Carols 8 Hymns

Thank you so much for the Word version so I could enlarge the print. This is such a wonderful offering.
Katrine 11th Nov 2024 Leisure and Lifestyle

Sparkling Christmas Tree Cards

Brilliant Idea thank you so much.
Kensington Club 10th Nov 2024 Social Adult Day Program

Famous Paintings Bingo

Can you add the artist to the title? Even better would be add one fact about each painting in the notes.
Kensington Club 10th Nov 2024 Social Adult Day Program

Remembering Ferdinand Magellan

Can you add an image to each slide?
Carson 8th Nov 2024 Wellness & Enrichment

Armchair Travel to Switzerland

Hi! Just wondering if the stamps are suppose to go in the passport? They are very large? Thanks so much
DT 5th Nov 2024 National Diversional Therapist

20 Acts of Kindness to Bestow Upon Your Residents

Kindness is a virtue.
Brilliant activity ideas will make the residents and team members happy.
Big thanks 😊
4 Seasons 2nd Nov 2024 Activities Director

Wildflower Seed Bomb

thank you, susan! done
4 Seasons 2nd Nov 2024 Activities Director

Wildflower Seed Bomb

once they have dried you will put them in soil in a sunny position.
Lynette 1st Nov 2024 DT

Pot Luck Quiz 31

I just love the quiz's that you have it helps in my Activity job. Thank you.
Laura 31st Oct 2024 Activities Director

Turkey Quiz

In preparation for celebrating American Thanksgiving with my residents, I'm looking for a quiz on the animal turkey not the country LOL.
Elisha 31st Oct 2024 CNA

Read Along Books for Dementia Residents

I have been looking for something like this, thank you for sharing :)
DT 30th Oct 2024 National Diversional Therapist

Herb Brooms for Halloween

Residents love this very creative idea. Thank you for sharing,
much appreciated!
Princess 30th Oct 2024 Mind & Memory Programming Coordinator

Finish The Proverbs #1

The residents that I work with really do love these activities. They are really good at answering each one. Not too challenging but so much fun. Absolutely love this site.
Tammy Reed 30th Oct 2024

Lucky Dog Card Game

we also play this game for our residents, but we call it whoopie instead. they have a blast playing it. And the winner either gets to pick out prizes or some days we play for quarters, and we play 6 games and then we play 2 more games but if they win, they get 50 cents.
Regis Salisbury 29th Oct 2024

Ocean Facts and Interesting Trivia

This is my to go to place when our residents want something different on the calendars.
Nichole 29th Oct 2024 Activities Director

The Great Zombie Hunt

I've done a version of this for the past few years and it's been a big hit. About 10 days before Halloween I will hide 31 zombie pictures (laminated and about 2x3.5 inches in size) through our building (both easy and hard locations) and have residents turn them in at our Halloween Carnival for a prize. They get really into it and have zombie-hunting parties looking for them. My activity assistants bring the residents from our Memory care on zombie hunts during their walk times during the week. All the zombies are numbered and I write down the locations I hid them at. If they come to other activities throughout the week, I'll give them hints to locations as well. It's been a lot of fun
Mia 26th Oct 2024

Newsletter Template - August 2024

This is exactly what Im looking for and I am so grateful that I can download it all and its easy and large font for the residents. This helps me as I am 3 months in to the industry and didn't know where to start to find resources.
This also helps find suitable age appropriate ideas that I didn't think of so thankyou.
Nikki 24th Oct 2024 Selwyn Centre Coordinator

The History of Bingo Presentation

Bite sized individually wrapped chocolates are the winnings at our centre.
Margaret 24th Oct 2024 CHSP CoOrdinator

DIY Race Horses

Hi, I made my own horses for the Melbourne cup.
Laura 24th Oct 2024 Activity Co-ordinator

Place the Face - This or That Visual Quiz

We love this! Residents love to guess and brings such smiles and chuckles! Thank you!
CGV 22nd Oct 2024 Recreation and Rehab Manager

Name the Carpentry Tools

I like this idea of various tools, and could add to this with items from our home toolbox to add to the program.

In past years, I created a program of "hammers" . Where they originated from, and several types. I placed them on my activity cart, and displayed to each of the Residents. Everything from Fire hammers (break into buildings on fire) ; Railroad hammers; to small Tin - Bashing hammers. It sparked a great amount of discussion and reminisce about former jobs. And my manager was impressed with ingenuity and creativity.

CGV 22nd Oct 2024 Recreation and Rehab Manager

Find the Hidden Objects - Autumn Harvest Festival

A good activity for intellectual intervention. And physical intervention -fine motor skills. Thank you for sharing.
Tracey 22nd Oct 2024 Recreation Therapist

Word Game 3

Our mid-high functioning residents love this game. They always look forward to the activity when included in the calendar. They get a prize when they answer the 9 letter word.
ZANDRA 22nd Oct 2024 Specialist II

13 Reminiscing Themes for Seniors

Good morning, I enjoy reminiscing activities with the clients. It gives them an opportunity to reflect on their youth.
Wendy 21st Oct 2024

Name That Show Visual Quiz

Thank you for this activity, the residents love it
Sylvia 18th Oct 2024 Activities Director

The Great Zombie Hunt

Thanks for all your Support and creativity that you share w/ us is really helpful , sometimes we really are very busy a lot of work and not enough time to do so many things we would want to do , again Thank you.
Yvette 16th Oct 2024

Build Your Own Pizza

Hi Yvette . This is such a great idea. I would love to do this with our residents. Thanks Yvette.
Myra 15th Oct 2024

The Envelope Game

Kind of like Dirty Santa. I'm calling this one Dirty Money! Sounds fun!
Kaylene 15th Oct 2024 Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator

Shell Angel Decorations

These look lovely and easy to make. You could add a little extra glitter on the shell, too!
Elizabeth 15th Oct 2024 Wellbeing Officer

Feather Collage

Love all your ideas, makes my workload so much easier
Courtney 13th Oct 2024 Well-being Services manager

Find the Hidden Objects - Autumn Harvest Festival

This one is really interesting and all our residents loved it! Thankyou so much for introducing these activities.
Gwyneth 9th Oct 2024 Volunteer

Food Anagrams

Thanks Lawrence for your feedback - Gwyneth
Mere Brook Enhanced Day Care Centre 8th Oct 2024 Daytime Support Manager

13 Nights 'till Halloween

Looks like there are good ideas
Lawrence 8th Oct 2024 Carer

Food Anagrams

My residents love these! Please make some more! (I have nearly done all of the anagram quizzes on this site now) Thanks in advance
Berni 7th Oct 2024

Peacock Collage Group Project

We love a collaborative project and everyone was so happy with how our peacock turned out.
We do have someone who did the peacock body differently.
Thank you for the idea 🙂
Trudy 5th Oct 2024

Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday

I am just starting activities in a long term stay hospital ward. I plan to do afternoon teas with China cups and saucers and a cake plate with carry handel that i made myself. This can be done in a single room with the resident and family member or in the group ward with a few people at a time.I also have a tablecloth with a world map on it. This brings out
so much discussion about where they have worked or gone on holiday and my plan is to introduce flags for the different countries. I am reading all the comments and keeping a note of interesting activities I could try.
CGV 5th Oct 2024 Recreation and Rehab Manager

German Quiz 2

Our local food bank donates non alcohol beer of variety of types.
Our local A & W donated small root beer steins x 12..
We are planning a party - and will share how it goes

HAPPY OKTOBERFEST
Kalolaine 3rd Oct 2024 Diversional Therapy

TV Fathers: Who Am I

Thank you to golden Cares for provided calendar that i used monthly the format is easy to copy edit and adding your daily or monthly activity.

My input for small or large group activity is domestic prepared for the kitchen to cook.
Washed potatoes, carrots and corns.
Potatoes peeler each
corns is easy to Pell's
Is a talking point reminiscence/laughter interact with co-residents.
Linda 1st Oct 2024 Bus Driver/ Activity Coordinator

Back to School Word Scramble

Where are the answers?
Thea 1st Oct 2024 Assistant

Ocean Bingo

How to play this game… Ocean Bingo? will be glad for instructions
Cheers
CGV 1st Oct 2024 Recreation and Rehab Manager

Residents' Meeting Prompts

Excellent. We do have ways to ask, but some of these are great conversation starters and ice breakers. Thank you for sharing.
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