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Vickie
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
I need to do this going to call the family's to safe there maz,for me
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Erinn
Memory CAre coordinatoer
Memory CAre coordinatoer
Where can I get daily news chronicle about things that happened on this date for every day of the year? facts and short stories ?
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Liza
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Valentines Day Sensory Kit Inspiration
BEautiful. very informative
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NettaLynn
Activity Director
Activity Director
Short Story: The Magic of Siegfried and Roy
Thank you for the story. I read it to my residents yesterday. We then watched one of their shows on YouTube. They loved it.
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Kim
Dementia Care Activity Professional
Dementia Care Activity Professional
8 Tips for Successful One-on-One Visits
I would read to my memory care family before dinner from some selection of Chicken Soup for the soul. We especially liked the funny stories. I tried to read with some sense of dramatization to keep...
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Kim
Dementia Care Activity Professional
Dementia Care Activity Professional
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
I love this idea! I used to do a Friday Mocktail and Snack cart at one of the places I worked. I would load the cart with a variety of snacks and pitchers of the beverage that I put together. I added...
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Fiona
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
We have purchased an ice cream cart and put different ice creams/ icy poles each week and serve some residents outside and then the rest in their rooms. We play the Mr Whippy music as we are going rou...
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Carol
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Fingerprinting Fun
On a special occasion we made a memory tree of all in attendance. I printed a picture of a leafless tree and all people attending placed a fingerprint as a leaf and wrote their name in/or next to it....
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Regis Shenley Manor
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
I Love You in different languages
Samoan - Ou te alofa ia te oe. or more casual way to say it is Alofa atu ! (ALOFA - LOVE)
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Lifestyle
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
NRL Tipping 2026
Love this so much, this will be my 3rd year running the comp which is popular with residents and staff alike, thank you :)
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1 year ago
AFL Tipping 2026
Updated with the first 15 rounds for 2025! The other rounds have not been released yet.
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Julie
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
AFL Tipping 2026
Hello, just wondering if you are going to be doing a AFL tipping for 2025? I can find the NRL but not AFL.
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Dari
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hansel and Gretel Pantomime
We had an amazing time recreating this play! Our team worked together to create all the props and follow the script, and the cast truly brought the story to life. Everyone took their roles seriously,...
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Catherine
Group Lifestyle Services Manager
Group Lifestyle Services Manager
Hello life stylers ! I am hoping to put together a monthly slide show showcasing residents' activities on a Smart TV. Reaching out for ideas on software programs/ platforms that are accessible/afforda...
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Anita
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Animal Quiz 3
Thank you for this quiz, my residents loved it!
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Ashley
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
NRL Tipping 2026
My clients LOVE this activity. Thank you so much for making it soooooo easy for me to implement!!!
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1 year ago
Read-Aloud Audience Participation Story #10
This was a great activity. Myself and my volunteers were uncertain about trying this with our members with dementia but we all had a blast! Thank you!
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Left / Right Game - Valentine's Day
I will use this in my Valentine Bingo day. I love Right /Left games, thanks so very much for all your great ideas.
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Chelsea
Life Enrichment
Life Enrichment
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
Fabulous idea!
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Bobbie
Carer/activity Assistant
Carer/activity Assistant
Share a Memory
I have used this activity for our residents, the outcome was surprising, residents were surprised at the memory recall. A great activity.
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1 year ago
Good morning, thank you for providing a great interactive portal for us to enjoy.
Our groups often enjoy a group crossword. We need a new board, and I do not know where to source one.
It has the grid...
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Living Centers
Activities Director
Activities Director
How to Start a Read Aloud Program for Seniors
do you have any recommendations for what to read aloud to a group of passive participants?
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Kelly
Social Services
Social Services
Presidents Day Bingo
Some of the presidents pictures are missing. This is a great activity but how do you fix the missing presidents?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Fingerprinting Fun
Hi Anna
From what I have read, you do not need to use an ink pad.
Just have the residents press on the desired surface
You can use the baby powder and fluffy brush to view the prints
You can try usin...
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Anna
Com Life Director
Com Life Director
Fingerprinting Fun
what do we use to make the actual print? do we use an ink pad? if so, how do we clean their hands afterwards?
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Kerry
Community life Assistant
Community life Assistant
Caffeinated and Connected: How to Create a Weekly Coffee Shop Event
we have every Friday "Coffee Klatch". the residents LOVE it and really look forward to it. we do Dear Abbey, serve a coffee/cappuccino read the horoscopes (their choice not mine) and share good news...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Cooking Actions: Fill in the Blank
This is interesting
Thank you
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noemi
TRD
TRD
Group Singing with Props
This is a great idea I did the activities with my resident they enjoy some much thank you
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Rebecca
Recreational Therapist
Recreational Therapist
Read-Aloud Audience Participation Story #11
My patients and Activity Staff get a kick out of these! Thank you for sharing :)
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Kirstie
Mobility And Activities Coordinator
Mobility And Activities Coordinator
Poems for Black History Month
unable to print unfortunately. xx
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Tracey
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Create your own Word Search!
Thank you Talita. I've managed to create a new word search with your guidance!
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Michele
Recreation Program Coordinator, LTC
Recreation Program Coordinator, LTC
How to Plan & Implement an Induction & Orientation Program
I was so happy to find this today!! Thanks so much from Canada, Kevin!
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Maria
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
This Day in History for Seniors: January - 2nd Edition
Where Jan as this is really dec one
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1 year ago
im really struggling with the bingo maker since you've updated the site can i get some instructions or a tutorial how to use it now please and thank you.
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Heather
Program Leader
Program Leader
Year of the Snake Trivia
I( thought 2924 was the year of the snake
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Carla
HCA Activity Assistant
HCA Activity Assistant
What Am I? Image Reveal
I don’t see the slideshow option on this particular game.
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Tracey
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Create your own Word Search!
Hi. I have always used the create your own word search facility and it's been so valuable in my work with people with dementia. I can't seem to work out how to access this since you have updated the...
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1 year ago
Caffeinated and Connected: How to Create a Weekly Coffee Shop Event
I have just started an activity called Hug a Mug. I set up tabletop games and we serve coffee and hot chocolate. It has been popular and is a great way to have the Secure Unit and the Assisted Living...
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Santiago
Activity
Activity
The Price is Right Game
THE RESIDENSLOVE THIS GAME, AND ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WON A CAR (MATCHBOX CAR THAT IS, LOL). ANNETTE S
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Tina
Recreation Coordinator
Recreation Coordinator
Absolutely amazing to have ideas on Activities! I work with Older Adults Living With Alzheimer’s and Dementia, thank you for the great recommendations absolutely love this!
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Aimee
Activities Director
Activities Director
Market Day
Tried this today and it was a big hit! We are going to try to do this monthly and hand out fake money during the month as an encouragement for folks to attend activities!
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