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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Recycled Materials Mexican Pinata
Hi Roopi
This sounds like a great activity for the residence that they can share
Thank you for letting us know about it
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
How to Start a Read Aloud Program for Seniors
Haley has submitted a new article: How To Start A Read Aloud Program For Seniors
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Infin8 Care
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Which Transport is Faster
Hello and thank you for this activity. BIG thank you for also adding the banner pictures. I am often stuck on where to find some great shadow images on google.
I am lamingating the images at the mom...
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Diane
Senior Activity Leader
Senior Activity Leader
Create your own Word Search!
This is wonderful! I'm sure my seniors will enjoy it too.
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I'm looking for advice, guidance or ideas to fill 1.5 hours from 4PM until mealtime at 5:30PM. We are a dementia home, the residents have lunch at 12:30 and afternoon tea at 3PM.
I run planned group...
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Kelly
Therapeutic Recreation Director
Therapeutic Recreation Director
Daily Bingo Challenge
Great idea! Thank you for sharing!
We have been doing bingo on the overhead loudspeaker.
The ordering dinner out prize and the length of this game adds to some excitement and should be a hit. Than...
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Kelly
Therapeutic Recreation Director
Therapeutic Recreation Director
Hi. Does anyone have any creative ideas on a dementia unit or memory care unit for social distancing?
This is challenging for us. I would appreciate any ideas big or small.
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Hands Knees and Boomps-a-Daisy Dance
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: HANDS KNEES AND BOOMPS-A-DAISY - A VERY OLD FUN DANCE
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Pleasant Face Exercises
Thanks again Gwyneth
You are right people forget about their face and it is very important to exercise it as well
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Andrea
Administrator
Administrator
Hello, I'm interested in ideas for prizes for winning games for small board and care homes. We are small, only have 18 residents (between 3 houses, 6 residents in each house) so we don't have a large...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Pleasant Face Exercises
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: PLEASANT FACE EXERCISES
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Brenda
Activities Director
Activities Director
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
I created a "Sunshine Cart" from an old med-cart...painted a cheerful sun with butterflies and clouds on it.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Armchair Travel To Greece
Thank you for sharing this Carol it looks and sounds like you had a lot of fun
Great picture
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Anita
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Indoor croquet
Diane,
Do you play this tabletop or on the floor?
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Roopi
Lifestyle coordinator
Lifestyle coordinator
Recycled Materials Mexican Pinata
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Mexican pinata
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Carol
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Armchair Travel To Greece
We did Greece Armchair Travel and all the residents raved about it. It was such a winner with everyone. They all loved every detail of the day. Keep them coming, they are absolutely AWESOME. Thank...
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PCC
Team Leader
Team Leader
I work as a social support co-ordinator for a shire, obviously we cannot have groups at the moment interacting, we have made up paper-based activity packs for our clients who wish to receive one, we d...
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Toni
Activites Assisiant
Activites Assisiant
Hi All,
I was wondering for those in New Zealand how would you focus on Matariki?
Our manager would us to focus on it but i dont really know a lot about it .any ideas welcome Thanks ,
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
Hi Paraskevi
I am sure you have explained Why and when you do what you do
Does this person who you have a conflict with do good work besides that or are there other problems??
If everything else is...
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wendy
direct care worker
direct care worker
Hi just wondering how everyone is going with volunteer free activities during lockdown?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
This Day in History for Seniors: May
Yes these are great and can be used in some many ways
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Melanie
Coordinator
Coordinator
Hello friends
I'm coordinator at Eyres House Memory Support Planned Activity Group in Ballarat Australia. We run a program for those who have a diagnosis of dementia, or any other cognitive decline....
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Music Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Music Bingo
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Christina
Activity Director
Activity Director
Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows
I'm in U.S. (Oregon) & I would have called "sticky backed plastic", "clear contact paper"! It comes in rolls & our dollar store (Dollar Tree) carries it...
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6 years ago
How to make Twiddle Muffs for People Living with Dementia
Have I got the pattern wrong. It says knit muff cuff for 11 inches then carry on with muff body for a FURTHER 23 inches. Should this be a further 23 inches or 23 inches total length? The body is very...
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Hannah
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
This Day in History for Seniors: May
LOVE LOVE LOVE this resource. I use these a couple times a week and my residents enjoy reminiscing!
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Macarena: Learn the Exercise, Then do the Dance
Hi D’ayrne
Thanks for your suggestion of other songs residents can dance to
I used to do head shoulders knees and knees because some residents after have trouble touching their toes and we don’t wan...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Macarena: Learn the Exercise, Then do the Dance
Thank you Gwyneth
The people who you served must really miss you
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Vesna
Programs Manager
Programs Manager
Hello Everyone! June is Seniors Month in Ontario Canada. Every year we have month filled with fun. Unfortunately this year I cant have vendors or community involved. Any suggestions on how to make th...
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Shelia
Activities
Activities
Fashion Show
No problem at all, ladies. I hope you enjoy. Take care x
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Make Your Own Dominoes Game
I hope you can help
Lynette
I found this comment you made and I thought it was very good I hope it will help Lynette
Here are some more ideas about activity packs
https://www.goldencarers.com/coro...
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Kim
lifestyle
lifestyle
Life Reflections Posters to Connect with New Arrivals
We were in the midst of starting something similar at our facility just as covid19 came and turned everything upside down. Here is a sample that I did of myself when pitching the idea to our CEO who t...
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D'Ayrne
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Macarena: Learn the Exercise, Then do the Dance
Our residents also enjoy doing "The Hokey Pokey" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"!
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Melanie
Coordinator
Coordinator
Make Your Own Dominoes Game
Hi Liliana
What else have you sent out in your activity packs?
Thanks.
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BlueCare
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
Thanks for this - very helpful at this time!
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
Hi Paraskevi
I found that a staff meeting works well
The hard part may be getting everyone together
It’s nice to serve food at the meeting
https://www.goldencarers.com/what-to-include-in-a-staff-m...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Fashion Show
Thank you for this idea Rachel
It does sound like a lot of fun
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Gail
Extended Care Assistant
Extended Care Assistant
100 Movie Recommendations for Seniors
I’ve been running a movie afternoon on Saturdays with appropriate snacks and ice creams that I bring around on a trolley.
We’ve watched Paddington and Paddington 2, Ladies in Black as well as classi...
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Paraskevi
Lifestyle And Leisure Coordinator
Lifestyle And Leisure Coordinator
How to Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
I am getting a lot of conflict with what activities are on times, why is t his person doing this.....
It's hard because they make you feel so bad and like a losing battle.
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Fran
Life Enrichment Department
Life Enrichment Department
Love the COVID 19 activities. The Bunker Bingo and Isolation Scavenger Hunt are great to use now as well as later. Love the Horse Racing and can adapt that for sporting games and use as group of fou...
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Hilary
Daycentre Support Worker
Daycentre Support Worker
Fashion Show
Excellent idea, that's sounds like a lot of fun.Going to try that !
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Melanie
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
Short Story Jokes #2
HI i am looking for jokes to put into a newsletter so they need to be funny and i suspect clean hahaha can anyone help.
thanks mel.
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
How to Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
Haley has submitted a new article: How To Manage Conflict Within Your Activity Department
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
15 Ways To Encourage Residents Who Are Lonely or Sad
Hi Sharon
Here are some suggestions you might be able to use
https://www.goldencarers.com/bunker-bingo/6374/
https://www.goldencarers.com/19-ways-for-residents-to-socialize-in-isolation/6335/
Make...
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Sharon
Activity Director
Activity Director
15 Ways To Encourage Residents Who Are Lonely or Sad
This is a great site for so much information. We too are on lockdown, 119 independent senior apts, no visitors unless emergency or health related issues. Trying to figure out when we're out of lockdo...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
BIG QUESTION-For those of you that have POSITIVE COVID-19 Residents:
Are you doing room-to-room activities with them.... As in physically donning PPE and going to the rooms?
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