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Jim
Wellness Manager
Wellness Manager
Twister Bean Bag Toss
Another version of Twister with a Twist:
Supplies needed: A twister sheet with the dots from the Twister game and pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Give each residents 5 pennies, 5 nickels,...
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Lorraine
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Great Australian Dunny
I have found poetry triggers memories for some of our residents who have dementia and I am often surprised by how often some can continue to recite the whole poem without very much prompting, especial...
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LeAnn
Activity Director
Activity Director
Rat Pack Singalong: Instrumental and Song
Thank you. Some of the links need to be checked. (My way, for instance.)
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Debbie
Ota
Ota
Adelaide Fringe Word Search
Thanks for this! My Adelaide resident will love it!
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Charlene
Aged Care Co-ordinator
Aged Care Co-ordinator
Hi everyone,
Im a Team Leader for my Household (Tasman) which consists of 20 residents. My facility has 100 residents in total broken up in to 5 HH.
I want to get some ideas where I can create som...
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Debbie
Ota
Ota
Australia Word Search
Thank you for these - helpful as we go into lockdown.
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Recipe for Welsh Cakes: Picau ar y Maen
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Recipe for Welsh Cakes (Picau ar y Maen) for St Davids Day Monday lst March 2021
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus: Happy St David's Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus - Happy St David's Day - Monday 1st March 2021h 2021
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Tapuitea
Retired School Teacher
Retired School Teacher
Name The Flowers Quiz #2
Because I have just joined, I am enjoying looking at what you have on offer that I can use for our seniors in our village. I think it's fascinating to have the variety you have to choose from. Thank...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Find The Hidden Objects - Library
Hi Rob
You are right this is more an individual activity
But you can do it in a group by giving everyone the sheet but they have to find the hidden objects
In addition you could show the picture on...
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Rob
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Find The Hidden Objects - Library
Looks great..it will be great to show this to an individual, but how do you use it as a group activity?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Dignity by Jigsaw
Hi Kathy
This sounds like a wonderful idea
Thank you for sharing it
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Kathy
Activity/Engagement Coordinator
Activity/Engagement Coordinator
Dignity by Jigsaw
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Dignity by Jigsaw Were Joining together
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Lydia
Program Director
Program Director
Twister Bean Bag Toss
I used what I had... CD Twister...
Residents throw 10 old cd's and try to get them in colored circle. We play several bean bag games and wanted to try something that felt different in their hands.
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Ann
Lifestyle & Well-being Assistant
Lifestyle & Well-being Assistant
Jackson Pollock Word Search
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Wordsearch
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5 years ago
Tips for Writing Successful Activity Programs for Senior Care
Extremely a very nice information about writing successful activity programs for seniors. Thanks for sharing...
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ANA
Recreation Aide
Recreation Aide
Name That Show Visual Quiz
Really amazing and useful for our residents, as well. Thank you very much!
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Optimal Activities - Staff & The Physical Environment
Hi George
Maybe you can get some volunteers like family members
Maybe you can get some staff members from other departments to help
What does your boss say??
What about Other department heads
Wha...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Quilting Activity - For those with limited abilities
Hi Alison
Wow this is great
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
Hi Pamela
Thank you for your kind words
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Milestone
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
St. Patricks Day Posters
When I download and print the St. Patrick's Day file it cuts off the bottom.
How can I prevent this?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
St. Patricks Day Posters
Most printers have an option, "Scale: To Printable Area". If you're having trouble with any content being cut off that will generally fix it.
I hope this works for you
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5 years ago
20 Activities for the Visually Impaired
My mother is 95 and is legally blind. One activity I have found that she loves and keeps her occupied is making a fleece blanket with tied knots. I prepare the fabric by cutting the strips around t...
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Pamela
Activity Coordinator For Older People
Activity Coordinator For Older People
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
This site is my lifeline for work especially now as I need to reach out to so many isolated at home , keeping them happy and stimulated. Many thanks and keep up your wonderful ideas
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Heather
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Quilting Activity - For those with limited abilities
We did some patchwork using paper.
Over the course of a couple of sessions, we painted the flowers (about 10cm square of white, 6 to an A4 page).
The next session we centred the flowers on a backgro...
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simonne
Support worker
Support worker
Support. Just about to start a new position (lifestyle coordinator), noticed today that staff member looked overwhelmed... lots of people in the room and no other staff around.
What strategies do...
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Poem: The Australian Toilet Today
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: "The Australian toilet today"
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Linda
Virtual Programer
Virtual Programer
Thingamijigs
YES! This is an awesome quiz. Thanks so much!
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
The Great Australian Dunny
I feel poetry is not used enough in Aged Care: I would place on my daily program at least one poem to read before some activity.
It may not have been a significant poem for that day, but residents...
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Anzac Poem: Keyhole to My Heart
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Anzac Poem- "Key Hole to my Heart"
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Tina
life enrichment manager
life enrichment manager
'Bored Board' Brain Training for Seniors
Hi im a caregiver i love doing activities brand thing with my clients i just started to use this. Alot of stuff i can use. Need more in parkinsons activities. Anybody can help
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
Hi Ann
Thank you for your kind words
You are right this is a wonderful site with wonderful members who are smart and creative and helpful
If you have any successful activities you would like to sh...
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Ann
HCA
HCA
Jokes - One Liners
Brilliant and so short and sweet too.. Perfect to list any mood thanks again
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Sofia
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
World Hello Day Trivia
Different Languages works well with our Lifestyle activities, acknowledging our residents from different cultures and reaching out to connect with them.
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5 years ago
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
Thanks so much for your feedback Ann and Fay! They made me giggle too!
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Ann
HCA
HCA
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
So happy to have joined and just finding my way around the activities... Loved reading these jokes and stories... Definitely so worth joining... Looking forward to getting stuck right in... Thank you
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Fay
Program Facilitator
Program Facilitator
Smart & Humorous One-Liners
Hi. Have been reading the animal jokes and shared them with my family before printing. They haven’t stopped laughing. I love them and I always try them on my family before sharing with the clients.
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Gudelia
Team Leader
Team Leader
KIWI Slang Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: KIWI SLANG
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Milestone
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Mardi Gras Word Search
How do you print the word search without the bottom words cutting off?
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Natalia
Social Director
Social Director
Newsletter Template - March 2026
This is a wonderful tool! Thank you
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Short Story: The Birth of QANTAS
Hi Margaret
I think reading to the resident is a great idea also especially if you make the reading interactive
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Team Leadership: Discipline & Workplace Performance
Hi Darla
I like your thinking
There in my opinion are some people who just are not meant to do activities
There are also some who are naturals
I think you can get your best from any staff member i...
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Margaret
Assisted Living Coordinator
Assisted Living Coordinator
Short Story: The Birth of QANTAS
My residents love the short stories, sometimes i just read them to them and then they actually come up with their own stories, and the jokes are really funny to them, especially the tongue twisters, w...
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Team Leadership: Discipline & Workplace Performance
Herein lies the struggle, each employee gives what they can. Some give 45%, some give 80%, some give 110%. As a manager, recognizing what an employee is capable of giving on any given day. A casual em...
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Eryl
Lifestyle Facilitator
Lifestyle Facilitator
Lost in Translation Trivia
Bahahahaha!!!! That's hilarious. Looking forward to facilitating this one. Thanks for the giggle
Cheers
Eryl AKA Pix. Activities Coordinator Western Australia
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Deborah
Act Director
Act Director
I would like to know what everyone is doing in activities during Covid-19 crises its really have been hard to keep residents in rooms and masked up when out of their room. What kind of activities are...
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Team Leadership: Discipline & Workplace Performance
I would like to comment when I return home from work today. All your challenges are familiar. after reading Haley's article, I go to work and rethink how we plan and implement programs - particularl...
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Dawn
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Dream Weaving
That is such a great idea. And I would love to do this for our participants, but unfortunately we are a Non-profit organization and it would be very difficult to be able to do things like that individ...
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