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Therese
Leisure & Wellness Coordinator
Leisure & Wellness Coordinator
Match the Item to the Room
This worked well as a 1:1 activity in our Memory Support Unit.
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Marion
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
9 Examples of Activity-Based Care Plan Interventions
I love these ideas, but how do you get time to do all this documenting with a small team and you have to spend most of your time on the floor assisting with activities? I do a lot of unpaid overtime...
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Verna
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
This year's AL week theme is Tapestry of Life. My admin likes me to come up with other themes instead of the traditional. Last year I did Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie & Chevrolet. It went over well. I...
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Evangeline
Care Home Manager
Care Home Manager
Sample Care Plan: Responsive Behaviors (Intrusive)
This is very helpful, I have used in our Senior Care meetings to ensure they have more knowledge when writing care plans for our residents. Thank you:)
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Alexis
Activities Director
Activities Director
Hi! My facility is a 55+ community and assisted living, although they are very physically and cognitively with it for their ages! I am looking for suggestions of bingo prize ideas. We use the bingo bu...
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Lindsey
Day care host
Day care host
Paper Mache Vase
Love mache, I would advise boiling the flour and water then let cool, you get a stronger paste and a lovely paste texture. Less likely to go mouldy as well.
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Carolyn
Retired Teacher
Retired Teacher
How to host a High Tea Party
Hi - we are hosting a VE 80th Celebration with a mixed elderly group of people - any ideas for this occasion
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Valerie
Activity Director
Activity Director
Carpet Bowls Game for Seniors
Hi!
What kind of carpet should I get?
I got the green grasslike carpet from Home Depot, but the black stuff on back stared to crumble and get all on the floor. A mess!
Any suggestions! Please and than...
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Nikki
Recreation Supervisor
Recreation Supervisor
I'm looking for a "get to know you" game or icebreaker. As folks walk around the room, chatting with other members. Is there a Bingo format for this?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Easter Traditions Around the World
Absolutely fantastic Rosa. Thank you.
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1 year ago
Easter Traditions Around the World
This would be awesome as a slide show to plan at the easter luncheon.
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Nikki
Selwyn Centre Coordinator
Selwyn Centre Coordinator
Give Me Five
We use this as a time filler and once warmed up to it the elders suggest the categories. I also use it between games of bingo. My groups love bingo but adding a 'give me 5' gets them thinking in a d...
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Lifestyle
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
Påskris – The Swedish Easter Tree
thank you we enjoyed doing this in the dementia secure unit
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Joanne
Activities Director
Activities Director
Balloon Games
We do a version of this weekly. Pool noodles work better for our group and we sit at a table, they can hit the ball to whomever they like. I tie the balloons to a piece of twine, and attach either...
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Crafty Collage Easter Eggs
A great idea using resources that you already have. Thank you.
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
150 Describing Words to Use in Care Plans
What a good idea to do a list like this. I am going to save so I can use for my documentation at work. Thank you.
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Estelle
Manager, Recreation and Volunteer Services
Manager, Recreation and Volunteer Services
Recycled Roll Bunny Treat Holders
as we're cutting, what part of the bunny are we leaving attached? I know the craft is a bunny holder, but if we were to pick up the bunny, the candy would fall through, correct? i just want to make su...
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Mary
Social Care Manager
Social Care Manager
150 Describing Words to Use in Care Plans
this is of great help when doing care plans thank you
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Anna
Finance Manager
Finance Manager
Hi, I would like to share our residents' 104th birthday celebration involving our community. We made 104 Birthday cards appeal weeks ago before her birthday. We received overwhelming support. A strong...
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Karyn
Lifestyle & Wellbeing Officer
Lifestyle & Wellbeing Officer
Spot the Differences - Surgeon
The image in the PDF is the poster, not the puzzle...
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MaryAnn
Director
Director
150 Describing Words to Use in Care Plans
This is very helpful, is there a running list that maybe has more positive words? Just to use for quick references? Thank you for all you do and post!
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Christine
Retired
Retired
Songs for Seniors Quiz
As a Volunteer with Dementia Residents singing so many songs from their era is always so well received and as a lady in my 70's I enjoy it too. Has saved me a lot of research too. All the Residents so...
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Rosa
Gerontology
Gerontology
Good morning, Deborah,
Is it possible to create Multicultural information similar to the countries, but for the US States? I already use New York and Las Vegas with my seniors, and they enjoy each mo...
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Scott
Activities Officer / Home Care Worker
Activities Officer / Home Care Worker
10 Tips for Planning Reminiscing Sessions For Seniors
Fantastic article.
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Deborah
Activity Director
Activity Director
Sip and Paint
There are some great jazz scene music options on Youtube that you can just play or we will connect the laptop to a TV in the room to have the view. Sparkling wine or mimosas are served. We use Artfu...
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Stacy
Llibrarian
Llibrarian
12 Joyful Activities to Inspire Laughter
I love the idea of the songs. I recently went to a nursing home on an outreach visit and did this very thing. They loved it.
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Sharon
Activities coordinator
Activities coordinator
Hi there, I am looking for an uplifting sing along on YouTube without adverts inbetween each song! Does anyone know any 🤔 Thanks in advance ☺️
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Sherry
TRT
TRT
Can we have the games and such in PDF, so we can print them for residents to do in their rooms?
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Suzanne
Lifestyle Co Ordinator
Lifestyle Co Ordinator
Spring Bonnet Wreath Craft
What a lovely idea thankyou will try next week for our Easter Hat Parade.
Many thanks Debra,
Lifestyle coordinator Roshan Care Lesmurdie Western Australia
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Amara
Fun Manager
Fun Manager
Påskris – The Swedish Easter Tree
My fun staff just found this, and our Memory Care residents are loving it!
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Candace
Activities
Activities
Submit an Activity
Can you provide a word game where players can transform one word into multiple words?
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hula Hoop Ball Toss
Great idea. Something to add to your exercise routine to make it fun!! I am often looking for fun things to do that also incorporate exercise. This fits the bill. Thank you for sharing this idea.
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Crafty Collage Easter Eggs
I like these decorative eggs. They're a really good way of using up scraps of paper while getting the residents to be creative.
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Catherine
Group Lifestyle Services Manager
Group Lifestyle Services Manager
Passport Template for Armchair Travel
AWSOME :)
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Sharon
PSW
PSW
Who Am I: Classic Country Icons
Love this one and I am sure the residents will too. I decided to turn it into a power point and links to some of the songs so they could listen, sing and reminisce
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Kim
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
AFL Tipping 2026
Hey everyone - this has been a great resource for our footy tipping - thankyou to the original creator. We've just noticed that one match for Round 3 is missing on the tipping sheets provided. It is t...
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Anna
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
This Day in History for Seniors: April - 2nd Edition
Does this second edition mean it's more up to date than the original? Or is it just another option? Either way I love it, just curious on what the difference is. Thanks!
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Krista
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
I just want to tell Golden Carers that I LOVE the new format. It's easier to navigate and print things as well. Thank you!
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Sam
Social Support Coordinator
Social Support Coordinator
Can you help me find the AFL football tipping on your site please, as it used to be on it before you changed Golden Carers to new format??
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Monica
Activities coordinator
Activities coordinator
Antique Guessing Game
How do I print the pictures as well?
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Living Centers
Activities Director
Activities Director
Flowering Tree Drawing
I did something like this with my residents after seeing this idea. I painted a large tree. I printed off birds, bees, flowers for in the tree, sunflowers for the grass at the bottom of the tree, a be...
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1 year ago
How do you get the residents involved in the activities. I have a hard time getting the staff to do the activities. Any crafts are out of the question. We use to do them but they turn their nose down...
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Erica
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Help :) I need an Italian Theme Bingo for this afternoon (East Coast, USA) the one on this site will not print, as it says that it is incomplete :(
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Lynette
Retired
Retired
I run a monthly afternoon for seniors in my town. I recently used the quiz 'guess the instrument you hear.' What a great success! An excellent quiz. I would love to have more like that.
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Claire
Community Liaison Manager
Intergenerational Egg Hunt
Great activity idea to interact with students :)
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Jane Spencer
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I would like to thank you for everything you’ve done to help people like us, giving us new ideas and the confidence to continue doing what we do. As you know, it’s not the easiest job in the world - especially when trying to bring a smile to someone’s face. I wish you all the very best for the future and do hope will you continue for many years to come.
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