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A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: PICNIC CHECK LIST WORD SCRAMBLE

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

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Who wants to be a millionaire?

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

This is fantastic! Thank you so much. Such a great help :)

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: EXERCISES TO MUSIC AND SINGALONG

Thank you so much, we just played this game today I make 2 groups the one who lead the group are the one holding the bell to ring if they know the answer. Our residents really enjoyed this. I thought the questions are hard for them but no they know most of the answers, sometimes I'm not finish yet to read the question but they are already ringing their bell. Thank you It's a great game!

Thank you for these incredible value resources. No doubt that majority of MSU residents engage with this reminiscence activity.

I am sure our seniors will enjoy this Thanksgiving Bingo,just like the really enjoy playing the Travel, Sightseeing and other great Bingo. I am excited to play the Dice Bingo, am am sure our men will like it. Thanks for the easy to use and inexpensive resources for our seniors.

This looks fun...how exactly do you play?

What a great idea I love it

Amazing work on this game. Well done.

I like the use of pictures and words on the card. I did a similar thing with words only to encourage observation on a 30 minute drive to a waterfront café. (pre pandemic) I added a couple of things at the destination such as yachts on storage shelves and the commuter ferry.
In lockdown I've used this type of card to encourage looking outdoors when Spring was beginning - 3 birds on the lawn, white blossom, a spring bulb in flower.
Another version was focused in the homes of people we'd normally have at our centre. I asked them to mark off things such as a favourite item of clothing, something they inherited, a photo with 3 generations in it. There are so many variations possible with the knowledge we have of the participants and our imaginations!
If treats can't be provided due to physical distance, I have suggested that a treat be had when the card is full - which has included 9 - 12 items to find.

Do you have the November This Day in History in Spanish? Thank you.

I don't see a Spanish version for December. Is there one available... maybe I am just missing it? Thank you. Thank you for all of the awesome resources... it has been a tremendous help during COVID.

Hi Val
Likewise - I had been browsing the site for a long time. I still find it incredulous that this site exists. I know how hard it must be for our Lifestyle teams to keep coming up with ideas and activities and to now have found this site - WOW. I really do think it says a lot about the immense value of community collaboration - because this site is about that! - I think!

Hi,
We are re-starting ( after a year and a half due to covid) our Vintage Banquet for the over 60s and one activity they really enjoy is spot the difference, but from what I'm seeing, the drawings have not been updated since last year and they're the same or is it that I'm looking in the wrong section of your site.
Please help-Thanks.

Regards from Kingston Upon Thames-London
Clive

IM NEW TO THIS SIGHT. JUST STARTED BACK IN ACTIVITIES AND LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO WITH MY RESIDENTS. IM HOPING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT I CAN GET FROM THIS. THANKS FOR ALL THE IDEAS.

I love this idea and can't wait to try it with my residents. Thank you !!

I love this website. This is my second year with Golden Careers and it is amazing the variety of activities you have.
My seniors love them.
Thanks

Zeba Taj
Seniors Coordinator

Thanks for the tips of activities. Since during the lockdown, Ive been creating difference projects such as family tree story telling, stimulations exercises with clapping hands, moving legs, printing difference coloring page such as secret garden, sometimes with themes and sometimes with themes and bible verse. my senior mostly are 90s and above, and they love me to plays 80s or 70s songs music for them and with them.

thankyou I love this site

Brilliant Chris,

I love this site and the thought of all of us who use it being busy enriching the lives of seniors.
I have been looking for a colouring activity which has a rainbow in the scene. I can't find one here today so if you are able to add one that would be much appreciated.
Currently I'm working from home to keep the guests at our community based programme connected and occupied. We are in our 5th week of complete lockdown - only allowed out to buy groceries, medical reasons and for limited local exercise. (Covid Delta)
I'm so looking forward to being able to reach the many guests who don't have email and therefore haven't received our weekly activities packages. Hopefully next week we will be able to post hardcopies to those seniors.

GREAT IDEA FOR THOSE WHO ARE WINDED FROM CHASING BALLS AND BALLOONS!!
My seniors at my adult day center love competing with balloons .... but my back quickly let me know that this was not going to last much longer!
I ended up tying a long piece of twine from the ceiling and attached an inflated (punch ball) to the end of it. Now my members can sit and hit the ball around from one to the other and I no longer have to retrieve the ball! They love it and my back does too!
To give the punch ball some weight - I taped a small washer to the bottom of it.

Residents will love this. Thank you

Thank you for all the great ideas! The residents enjoy them.

We travelled to New Zealand this week with our residents. We turned our conference room into a plane with print outs of plane windows We arranged the chairs to look like plane seating and numbered the chairs. Each resident was handed a boarding pass, passport and spending money as they boarded their 'aircraft'. We served refreshments by our acting 'flight attendant' while the 'captain' spoke about our flying time and weather conditions on our flight. We showed a film on NZ and chatted about their memories of visiting NZ. They asked questions as we read from a fact sheet. I relayed my stories of growing up in NZ. Thank you Golden Carers for all the resources to make this into a fun activity. We plan to make Armchair travel a monthly activity and everyone is looking forward to our next destination!

A new activity has been submitted by Cecliia: Nombres Femeninos - Word Search

A new activity has been submitted by Cecilia: Nombres Masculinos Word Search

A new activity has been submitted by Cecilia: Bailes Latinos Word Search

Is the template suppose to be all the same number???
Does each person roll the dice themself ?

Love this

This game is what YOU make of it. You have to put your energy into it. They pick up that energy and will have a fun time. I have used it for years. It seems infantile but it ends up being very social and a win, win!

Hi I love all your ideas but does anyone have activities for men with dementia who may have difficulty putting a sentence together? There seems a great deal of ideas for women so any help is appreciated. Thanks

I can't wait to play this game, thank you for games like this for our seniors.

God Bless!

I love this site! I just joined, but have been looking at it for at least 4 year. I finally took the plunge. The only thing is I'm in Canada and have to change up a few things that are American for Canadian. So much to see and choose from on this sight. I'm super excited to use this stuff in this next year.

It's help me to created more ideas for our daily program. Thank you

I love this, thank you for sharing it.
I will share it with our Client Council as well as the article on how to run a successful meeting and the template of the minutes.

I used this program, it was amazing well balanced. I added Sake tasting, Japanese candy tasting and brought in some of my keepsakes from Japan. Thank you!

So glad I joined Golden Cares. My members at our senior center really enjoy the stories, puzzles and quizzes each month. I like the new ideas for my programs and activities. Wish I had become a member of GC sooner.

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Music for Memory/Nursery rhymes with actions/singalong

Hello. I love this idea of armchair travel. I'm starting the travel to Japan, and have printed up the passport. I'm wondering, how do I print those immigration stamps? They all seem to be dated. Is there a way that I can edit the dates, and print to glue into passports? Thank you.

How is jeopardy played.
Help
Joan fox.

When is ru ok day

I AM 73 and I am lucky to be involved in blind and visually impaired golf. It is played in 16 countries and there are national Opens as well as a World Championship. Our totally blind players are awesome and we all play to the same rules as sighted players. Each golfer has a guide to indicate aiming direction, find the ball and share in the trophy (it's basically a 2-man sport).
I am always surprised that so few people know blind golf exists. Pros and better golfers are the people less likely to believe you if you know about blind golf. It's because they can't imagine how such a difficult sport could be conquered by a blind or visually impaired person.
Well guess what - it can be!!

Thank you for the great activities

I hope you all enjoy! Have fun :)

The Blank Slate word Game is absolutely awesome great one thank you for sharing went down well with the patients.

Muchísimas gracias se me hace muy interesante todo lo que He leído voy a iniciar una escuela para adulto mayor y me gustaron todas las actividades para aplicarlas