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Johana
Dementia Care
Dementia Care
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
This is sweet and cute ! Thank you.
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Lisa
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Build Your Own Pizza
Hi
We used biscuits and let the residents use rolling pins to flatten them out. We let the residents use pepperoni, shredded cheese, sausage etc...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Audiobook Club
Hi Kerrie
I am sure there are chicken soup for the soul books on audio
These are great short stories, and will spark a lot of discussions
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Kerrie
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
Audiobook Club
This is awesome-any recommendations on good story's
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Karen
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Hello, I am a Memory Care Activities Assistant. Wondering how people keep things like pens, pencils, remotes from "wandering off" but still have them available safely for those who are in early stage...
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Leonie
Personal Carer
Personal Carer
Armchair Travel to South Korea
Wow! We finally have access to resources from South Korea. This is fantastic news! Thank you so much for providing these valuable materials. we truly appreciate it!
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Janice
Activity Director
Activity Director
Cup Stacking Competition
i Love this going to put it on my calendar this month
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Ocean Facts and Interesting Trivia
I think my residents will enjoy this and find it interesting. Thank you.
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Match the Stars to the Classic Movies
Thank you. I will give it to my work colleague to try on Sunday.
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Amy
Lifestyle & Leisure Officer
Lifestyle & Leisure Officer
Picasso-Inspired Self Portraits
this is an amazing activity!!!!! thankyou
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Bushland
Residential Aged Care
Residential Aged Care
Harmony Day Celebrations
We have our staff dress in cultural clothing and do a traditional dance from their country. The Residents love it.
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Cynthia
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
The Price is Right: Toys of the Decades
Can anyone explain how I can "PLAY" this activity on our TV? Seeing it on screen is so much better than printing 20 copies! Thank You from a Technically challenged activities assistant!
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Michelle
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Hello and greetings from Australia.
I am a Recreational Officer in a medical rehab environment, that encompasses ages 16-65.
Due to safety concerns (violence with balls and cues), our pool table is be...
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Ella
Activity Support Worker
Activity Support Worker
Famous Artwork Matching Quiz
Are there any pictures of the art work to go along with this?
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Lisa
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
Every so often I have an EMERGENCY DONUT CART for staff and residents - I decorate the cart and have different donuts for everyone to choose from - and a drink.
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Vivien
Head of Recreation and Well-Being
Head of Recreation and Well-Being
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
In our 13 care homes, It is difficult in some areas to find pet therapy or animal therapy. Would you have any contacts in the medway area? that would be a great add on.
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Lyndsey
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi everyone!!
HELP!
Over the past 6-8 months we have really has a rise in a younger population (50-60) most with a short term rehab stay planned but they really don't want to come out for activities...
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Dina
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Classical Art Bookmarks
Made these and they are fabulous, I used animal Calendar and clients loved them.
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Gael
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Recycled Roll Bunny Treat Holders
A fun project, however it is preferrable to use cut down kitchen paper roll holders. Toilet rolls could pose an infection control risk.
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Brooke
Enriched Life Director
Enriched Life Director
Place the Face - This or That Visual Quiz
I love this! Please make more!
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1 year ago
Colombia Landmark Posters
Good afternoon there are no photos attached to Columbia landmarks. Thank you
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Desre
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
Hi, is there a fact file for armchair travel to Bhutan, or how do i create a fact file to look the same as the other armchair travel documents found on Golden carers? This site is just amazing and i k...
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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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