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6 years ago
Sweetheart Tree Group Craft
I did this and the residents and family members loved it!
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NIU. S
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Thank you so much golden carers for all your resources which you have provided.I am delighted to inform you that I have successfully succeeded the auditors scrutiny at our facility. That was my first...
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Rita
Animadora Sosiocultural
Animadora Sosiocultural
Sweetheart Tree Group Craft
Em vez de uma árvore pode ser feito como móbil pendurado no teto.
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Carol
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Merry Christmas everyone, we have a small hospital based rest home of 14 residents, predominantly women. Although they are all kind and respectful of each other and most join in activities together th...
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6 years ago
End of Year Message 2025
To everyone at Golden Carers Thank you for all the fun activities and many ideas!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Australian Animals Quiz
There are two good articles on golden carrers that will help you
https://www.goldencarers.com/wandering-and-dementia/5349/
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-manage-wandering-behaviour/4092/
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katrina
PCW lifestlye
PCW lifestlye
Australian Animals Quiz
Hi
Do you have any activity ideas for a wandering dementia
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jane
activity provider
activity provider
End of Year Message 2025
What a year 2019 has been, unfortunately it seems world wide.
Now we can all look to the future and hope and pray that 2020
will be 'the' year when all good things happen.
All the very best for Chr...
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McAuley
Social Centre
Social Centre
End of Year Message 2025
Dear Solange,
Thank you for a year of wonderful shared ideas and insights. I am looking forward to 2020 and contributing to this wonderful program.
A beautiful reflection
Kind regards
Gayle
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McAuley
Social Centre
Social Centre
End of Year Message 2025
Wishing everyone much love, laughter and happiness in the festive season. A smile speaks all languages.
Merry Christmas and happy 2020
Kindest regards
Gayle
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Leesha
Coordinator Day Centre
Coordinator Day Centre
Recycled Magazine Christmas Trees
This was a lovely activity - the final product looked great,
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
End of Year Message 2025
Hi ladies, thank you very much for the greetings. I wish you all a very Merry and safe Christmas. May the New Year bring you boundless joy, strength, peace, and health.
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Rosa
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas!!!
And big thank you for your fine work
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Rosa
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas and a new happy and successful 2020 !!
Thank you !!
Many blessings ❤️
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Jacqulyn
Activity Program Coordinator
Activity Program Coordinator
Name the Car Logos Visual Quiz
I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! This web sight! Soooo much information for to use in activities and with our Residents/Patients!
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6 years ago
Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows
Hi Heather, this activity was posted by Belinda in the UK. It probably has a different name in Canada - perhaps you would know this as:
contact paper,
self-adhesive plastic sheets,
or black sticky...
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Diane
Recreation Team Leader
Recreation Team Leader
End of Year Message 2025
Wishing you and your staff and all who contributes to this awesome website a very happy , safe and fun Christmas. I have learned so much and my residents have had a lot of fun with the activities I h...
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6 years ago
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for always being her for me when I'm not sure what to do, and all your hard work. Golden Carers I can not express how thankful I am to have found you!! May you have a very Merry Christmas...
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Ranjit
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi can someone share Diversional therapy care plan please .
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Sharon
Lifestyle officer
Lifestyle officer
Passport Template for Armchair Travel
is there a way to save this so i can edit it
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Sharon
Lifestyle officer
Lifestyle officer
Boarding Pass Template
is there a way i can save the boarding pass so i can edit it
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Pauline
Retirement Home Manager
Retirement Home Manager
Christmas Bingo
Hi Sara, I'm just wondering about the calling cards and how these are used instead of the balls? I don't see any instructions on how to use the game cards. Is it used the same as regular bingo?
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Julie
Activities Officier Aged Care
Activities Officier Aged Care
Three of a kind
I have used many activities from Golden Carers and they have all been very successful. Thank you for the many ideas as I sort of fell into the role of Activities Officier in an aged care facility and...
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6 years ago
End of Year Message 2025
Happy Christmas everyone and a safe New Year
Thank you for all the wonderful ideas I have tried over the past year with my residents,
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David
Recreation Assistant
Recreation Assistant
Hi, How would you communicate to residents who speak another language then you ?
Thanks
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Helena
Retired
Retired
4 Amusing Senior Stories
I am like a kid in a sweet shop here! Trying to choose from such an array of good material- printed off the jokes, the inspirational Scottish story (Winston Churchill) & the exercises ... I’m not do...
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Janet
Coordinator, Adult Day Center
Coordinator, Adult Day Center
Who Am I? December Birthdays
My copy stopped at page 21 - there should've been 22 I think. If you let me know who NC is, I can print my own picture of him or her... :-)
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Tracy
Lifestyle and Programs Manager
Lifestyle and Programs Manager
Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows
What is sticky backed plastic??
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Kevin
Activities Co Ordinator
Activities Co Ordinator
Games We Played as Kids Quiz
Thank you golden carers your quizzes are brilliant.
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Andrea
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
End of Year Message 2025
Thankyou Solange & Golden Carers, you provide so much inspiration and fantastic ideas throughout the year, making our jobs so much easier to put together interesting programs. May you have a blessed C...
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6 years ago
How to make Twiddle Muffs for People Living with Dementia
Does anyone have a crochet pattern for these. I don't knit, but can crochet.
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Bronwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Pavlova Decorating
Definitely adding this one to my "To do list".
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Colouring-in for December
This page may also help you
https://www.goldencarers.com/christmas-colouring-in/3663/
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6 years ago
14 tips for communicating with people who have hearing loss
Your focus is on caregivers for the elderly, of course, but your tips apply to hearing loss in general. Most of the tips are spot-on. I'd put some of them differently, based on my own experience with...
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Shirley
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
hi everyone
Does anyone have a careplan for a facility therapy dog they would be willing to share.
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simonne
Support worker
Support worker
What is best program to use to create a calendar large enough to be read by residents and large enough to hold information. Thanks
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simonne
Support worker
Support worker
How do you keep track of who is attending activities and who needs 1:1 attention?
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Sharon
Activities Director
Activities Director
Chocolate Holiday Trees
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Chocolate Holiday Trees
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Michele
Activities
Activities
Sun-catcher Hearts
It's a great idea and looks great when it's done, however, after a couple weeks or so the insides start to fall down between the sheets of contact paper. Any way to resolve this?
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SCH
Recreation
Recreation
Colouring-in for December
Thanks for the link Talita, these are not easy to find on your site for some reason.
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Piyumi
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi every one, can you please give me your ideas to do a activity for highcare residents.
Thank you
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Fay
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Alice in Wonderland Christmas Pantomime
We recently performed the pantomime "Alice in Wonderland". Our residents had a fantastic time, rehearsing, organising costumes etc...They performed it for their families and friends while feeling nerv...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
8 Interventions for Culturally Diverse Seniors
Thank you for your valuable positive comment
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Mary
Trainer,Assessor Aged, Community,Disability
Trainer,Assessor Aged, Community,Disability
8 Interventions for Culturally Diverse Seniors
With the newly introduced standards Holistic care which is our specialty in Leisure and Health Golden carers is an invaluable resource. My students have appreciated the tips that support them developi...
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Denise
Deputy Manager
Deputy Manager
This Day in History for Seniors: December
Love this day in history. We have a group discussion at the end of each day about the people and topics relevant to that day.
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Belinda
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Tissue Paper Stained Glass Windows
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6 years ago
20 Activities for the Visually Impaired
This post is all about the activities for the Visually Impaired. People with vision impairment will often require help with everyday tasks they could once complete on their own. Keep sharing!
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Ashlee
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Armchair Travel to Italy
Fantastic idea, we will be doing this from January, all activity in January will be based on Italy, looking forward to next country so we can start planning February.
I love the downloadable and pri...
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