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Diane
Facilitator
Facilitator
Dog Bingo
Golden Carers has immensely added to our inventory....you have enriched our program so much....keep up the good work
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Letter Draw Challenge
Hi Janelle
What a great idea
Thanks for sharing
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
No-Sew Knotted Blanket Kits
Hi Carol
I too love the idea
Our residents made these but I paid more for the kit
We made one blanket and gave it as a prize at our Easter celebration
Thanks again for sharing
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The
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
The Shops of Old Reminiscing
A lovely idea. I've been enjoying doing reminiscence work lately as well. Where did you find the photos please?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Start a Pen Pal Program for Seniors
I think you might be interested in this comment thread
https://www.goldencarers.com/comments/20001/
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Laurie
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Christmas Pantomime: Snow White & the 3 and a half Dwarfs!
I'm late posting a comment but we did Snow White and our Residents loved it. We even had a few Residents in the play. Our male Marketing person was Snow White and the receptionist was the prince. Our...
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LeAnn
Activity Director
Activity Director
Dice & Card Matching Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: FLIP: Cards and Dice matching
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Tuscan
Memory Care Manger
Memory Care Manger
I work in a facility that specializes in end stage Alzheimer's. We have a resident that seeks ways out all day, in the evenings he wants to "help" by moving all the furniture including stacking chai...
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LeAnn
Activity Director
Activity Director
Red or Black Card Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Red or Black Card Game
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Nadine
Activity Coordinator And Carer
Activity Coordinator And Carer
hello everyone,
i was hoping for some inspiration on how everyone will be celebrating mothersday in the uk during lockdown with the residents , as its difficult as you all know with most areas with n...
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Ann
Lifestyle & Well-being Assistant
Lifestyle & Well-being Assistant
Scouting History
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Scouting History
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CAROL
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
No-Sew Knotted Blanket Kits
Your welcome Talita. This is the first activity that I posted. I have been an activity coordinator for two years and I really enjoy Golden Carers. Always looking for new ideas for memory care resident...
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5 years ago
Covid-19 Poetry: Life in Isolation
I absolutely love these poems Gwyneth, thank you so much for sharing them with us! x
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Janelle
Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation
Letter Draw Challenge
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: A form of Scattergories
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5 years ago
20 Activities for the Visually Impaired
I am living in with a 93 year old lady. She lost her sight due to type one diabetes after pancreatic cancer surgery.
She was just sitting doing nothing when I came to live with her. I got her knittin...
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5 years ago
The Shops of Old Reminiscing
What a great activity idea - love it! Thanks for sharing!
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Bernard
Retired Teacher Of English
Retired Teacher Of English
Hello,
My name is Bernard, I am French and live in France. I got interested in the idea of doing activities with elderly people in your care home.
My dad died a year vand a half ago in a French ca...
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Kathryn
Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteer Coordinator
More cards for mother's day
Hi
A lot of the down loads are wonderful but often they don't have the associated picture /photo in the down load .
Would be great if they did
Kathryn
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5 years ago
This Day in History for Seniors: March - 2nd Edition
What's the difference between the regular March and #2?
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Janelle
Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation
Merit Badge Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Merit Badge Quiz
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Nadine
Activity Coordinator And Carer
Activity Coordinator And Carer
hello everyone,
i was hoping for some inspiration on how everyone will be celebrating mothersday in the uk during lockdown with the residents , as its difficult as you all know with most areas with n...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
This Day in History for Seniors: March - 2nd Edition
Hi Clo
Thank you for your kind words
These do inspire the residents
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Niki
Activity Director
Activity Director
Greetings!
Wondering if any of you have experience with using digital signage in your facility? If you have it, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you don't, think of those TV/Computer screen m...
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Isela
Activities
Activities
How to Start a Pen Pal Program for Seniors
@lashonda i am located in San Antonio,Texas Westoverhills Health and Rehabilitation
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Welsh Jokes
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: WELSH JOKES
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Poems for Saint David's Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: POEM - Saint David's Day
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
St. David's Day Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: WELSH TRIVIA FOR ST DAVID'S DAY 1ST MARCH 2021
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Clo
Activity Director Certified
Activity Director Certified
This Day in History for Seniors: March - 2nd Edition
Thank you for all your different activities that i use with my residents at the long term care facility. They are participating more. Thank you very much.
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Tammy
Activities Director
Activities Director
Silhouette Pictures
I think these are great, but do we have permission to use the images? I was also looking up how to create your own on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
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Atara
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Paper Quilling
Hi from ISRAEL
Did your residents manage to roll the papers themselves?? I work in a nursing unit and assisted living and love the idea but dont see my residents being able to roll the papers up.
M...
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CAROL
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
No-Sew Knotted Blanket Kits
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Knotted Blanket
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Donna
Activities Assistance
Activities Assistance
Birds of the World Quiz II
Thank-you for the slide show, makes it so much easier as I bring up the question on the television, saves printing off.
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Brenda
RAO
RAO
Hello,
I have recently started a new position as a RAO in a dementia wing.
I am trying to navigate through the new role and i am solely trying to get the residents in a group position to begin a a...
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Sophia
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Hello, we play bingo with our residents weekly. Trying to think of ideas for prizes that aren't sweets or toiletries was hoping for some ideas.
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Julianne
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
Card Bingo
This called Hoy Residents enjoy this game.
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Susan
Activities Director
Activities Director
Name the animal and identify the sound it makes
What a great idea! We’re just coming out of COVID with some rather sluggish residents. This might cheer them up!
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Cheryl
Property Manager
Property Manager
Unexplained Trivia
I have printed something everyday for the last 2 weeks for my seniors. I just wish there were more isolation scavenger hunts.
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Richard
Health Care Assistant
Health Care Assistant
Providing an example of how an activity was modified.
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The Red
Activities
Activities
The Shops of Old Reminiscing
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: The shops of old
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Holly
Recreation Coordinator
Recreation Coordinator
Armchair Travel to Poland
Are you going to be travelling to any African countries soon?
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Ellen
Activity Director
Activity Director
We use a graph for attendance tracking. One for each community. I have put codes at the bottom like BC for book club. There is room for two or three in each little square. In the memory care areas...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Covid-19 Poetry: Life in Isolation
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: A few poems written by people expressing their feelings in poetry during this Covid 19 Pandemic while in isolation.
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Fiona
activity co-ordinator
activity co-ordinator
Hi , i am wondering if anyone has bingo cards ( 1-90 ) ,15 numbers per card .Some of clients are finding it difficuilt to see the numbers on normal bingo sheets and not all the clients want larger car...
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Fiona
activity co-ordinator
activity co-ordinator
Hi , i am wondering if anyone has large print bingo cards ( 1-90 ) ,15 numbers per card .Some of clients are finding it difficuilt to see the numbers on normal bingo sheets and not all the clients wa...
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Susan
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Old Wives Tales #2 - True Or False?
Thank you we used this quiz in our Garden Party.
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Ellen Hargett
Community Social Services Asst
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I recently joined this site, and let me tell you - it is WONDERFUL!!!! I’m an activity director at a senior center, and not only do our older seniors enjoy it, but we also run a group respite program for participants with dementia and Alzheimer’s who respond really well to the trivia and quizzes the website offers. I’m so thankful to have this site as a resource to help enhance their quality of life.
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