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Katja
Recreation Activiites Officer
Recreation Activiites Officer
Pot Luck Card Game
Where are the jokes/poems etc as in the photo?
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Ashlee
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Lego Therapy
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Lego therapy
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Ashlee
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
Armchair Travel to Italy
When will the next month's country be released? I would like to inform our entertainers as in January they will include a few italian dances / songs.
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Sunya
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello. I hope Christmas was kind to everyone. I like the Who Am I monthly birthday pictures i use them with different type of activities. Is there anyway you could create What Am I pictures of differe...
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Sharon
Activity Director
Activity Director
Countdown to Noon!
Great ideas. We have Bingo weekly here so on the 31st we're skipping Bingo and having cheese, crackers and pizza from 7-9pm. I advertised that residents can come down to mingle with neighbors or play...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Sip and Paint
You can play some classical music in the background and The residents paint to music
I’d like to serve food and drink after the activity because then it seems like the residents are more motivated to...
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ROBYN
LIFESTYLE ASST
LIFESTYLE ASST
End of Year Message 2025
l would like thanks everyone who made me job a lot easier with all the activities posted looking forward to 2020
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Shelly
CLC
CLC
Mozart's Birthday Creative Art Project
I don't understand the activity.
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Mary
Leisure And Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure And Lifestyle Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for the wonderful, helpful resources you provide.
Merry Christmas to your team.
From Brisbane, Australia
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Atawhai
Diversional Therapy
Diversional Therapy
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas to you and your team. We have so much fun with the activities that you share with our residents. May you be blessed this Christmas season and know that all your hard work is very much...
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Susan
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Christmas or Any Holiday Wreaths
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Christmas (or any holiday) wreaths
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Gina
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
I just wanted to take a moment to thank Golden Carers and all the wonderful people who give input and ideas. This has been so helpful and my residents love the activities. So from my clients and mys...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Create Your Own Crossword!
Another idea is to have the high functioning residents create a puzzle for the lower functioning residents
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Create Your Own Crossword!
Hi Trish
Here is a thought
You could create puzzles that you can print out and is there in large them I draw them on the whiteboard
For those who do not wish to come to the group or cannot you...
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Ursula
Registered Nurse, Wound Specialist
Registered Nurse, Wound Specialist
End of Year Message 2025
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Thank you to Golden Carers and to all it members. This website has been invaluable.
Warm Wishes
Ursula
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Kelly
Director
Director
End of Year Message 2025
Golden Carers has been my go-to guide for the past four years. It has been a pleasure reading what others are doing in their facilities and how I can add to our collection of activities at our facili...
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Kelly
Director
Director
Create Your Own Crossword!
Thank you so much for the crossord puzzle maker. This is going to help me a lot. I have to hand draw the puzzle on the white board, and with only a small amount of questions, I can draw it quicker....
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Maria
Health Care Assistant
Health Care Assistant
End of Year Message 2025
Happy Christmas and a peaceful new year to everyone and thank you for all the wonderful activities. Lovely site to be part of. Many blessings to you all Maria xxx
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NIU. S
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas everyone.Wishing you all joy peace and love
Many blessings for 2020
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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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