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Catherine
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hangman & Variations
We play this game in our nursing home. I find it works particularly well for our residents when we use songs and poems, as we sing or recite the words once the residents have named it, allowing for an...
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6 years ago
Guessing Game - Who Am I?
This went down so well! Can we have more of these please?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Masquerade Masks
Thank you for sharing this information Sylvia
Hopefully more will share this with their residents and staff
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Kareen
Recreation Director
Recreation Director
Who Am I? September Birthdays
My residents loved this! They were interesting and the answers were achievable with the great clues given. We look forward to an October birthday special.
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Angela
Locality officer planned Activity Groups aged care
Locality officer planned Activity Groups aged care
Guess My Profession
Thank you for all the wonderful resources.
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Jackie
Retired
Retired
Autumn Tree
Hi I’m Jackie from England. I love your website! Here is an idea I am using at our Friendship group. We are having an Autumn poetry day and I am taking in a basket of autumn objects and words so each...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
13 Ways to Include Math In Your Activity Calendar
Thank you, Gwen and Rosemary, for sharing.
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Gwen
Wife/carer
Wife/carer
13 Ways to Include Math In Your Activity Calendar
Have a bowl of coloured buttons (or pom poms) . Firstly separate the colours into groups then count how many there are in each group, then add the group totals for an overall total,
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Sylvia
Facilitator
Facilitator
Masquerade Masks
Last February I tried this activity with residents in a dementia care home where I used to volunteer. We used upcycling materials and the masks were vibrant and colourful!
Everyone enjoyed it - not o...
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Ruth
Activity Director
Activity Director
Ball in the Bucket
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Ball in the Bucket
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
13 Ways to Include Math In Your Activity Calendar
Great idea Rosemary
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Rosemary
Volunteer
Volunteer
13 Ways to Include Math In Your Activity Calendar
My residents play High Roller with 4 dice. Each resident rolls the dice, and together we add up the total on the dice, and I record it. Then the next resident does the same. We play two or three ro...
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Rhodora
Activity Convenor
Activity Convenor
Rebus Puzzles #1
Had a blast with our Adult Day Support Centre clients! It was a fun mind-stimulating activity ----- very appropriate for mid-high level cognitive seniors.
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Nina
Activity Director
Activity Director
The Importance of Documentation for Activity Directors
I'm struggling with how to put together a Q AND A
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Ann
Activities Co Ordinator
Activities Co Ordinator
Travel Bingo
Our residents really enjoyed travel bingo it then lead onto the places they had visited.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Importance of Documentation for Activity Directors
Hi Nina and Leticia, what subject/theme are you considering for the Q & A?
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6 years ago
1950s Nostalgia Party
What a blessing, thank you I have found this site. Good references indeed for our Senior ministry in our parish.
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Sunya
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi everybody. I have a female resident on our memory care. She has dementia middle stage. I have my assistant to do a 1:1 group for several of our memory care residents that want sit still for long....
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Brigadeiro - Brazilian chocolate bon-bons Recipe
It is really nice to know that this website: Golden Carers has so many uses for so many people
Thank you to everyone
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6 years ago
Balloon Games
Hello everyone!
I have used a punch ball with the rubber band taken off for years. Arms length away from each other. Sometimes we can only use our feet. We call it volleyball exercise.
Everyone love...
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Teupola
RAO
RAO
Beatitudes for Friends of the Aged
Thank you for the beautiful poem. I can't wait to share with all my residents and staff.
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Sally
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi I'm sure Ive read somewhere this week that next week is Dementia awareness week but I cant find any info or resources any where! Can anyone help me!
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Riva
ESL Teacher
ESL Teacher
Brigadeiro - Brazilian chocolate bon-bons Recipe
I teach ESL (English as a second language) to mostly older immigrants. Therefore, these activities are perfect for seniors, and all age groups, to practice English:
reminiscing, simple cooking, game...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Celebrate Chocolate Milkshake Day
I am so glad this worked out for you and the residents had a great
time
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Bonnie
Executive Director
Executive Director
Coin-Tap Chair Dance
I am currently working on putting together elastic tap bands to be used in some of my senior classes that I teach. Having a dance background myself I am happy to make suggestions as to steps you can...
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6 years ago
Hi, I wanted to let you know that I’m not in the care-giving profession, but I am a daughter, looking after my 93 year old mom, who is blind... and I get a lot out of this community. The quizzes and g...
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Carole
Chairperson
Chairperson
Who Am I? September Birthdays
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: September Birthdays
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Christine
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
How to Celebrate Chocolate Milkshake Day
We did this yesterday and it was very successful. I set up a milkshake making area with ice cream, milk, straws, cups and the choice of 2 flavours and assisted the dementia residents make their own sh...
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Judy
Speech Language Pathologist
Speech Language Pathologist
Who's Who in the Photo
I really like this idea! I think I will turn pictures into cards and laminate them and perhaps add some information on the back of the photos. Thanks for this idea!
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Angie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Baking Bingo
Yay, a new picture bingo !
The residents love playing picture bingo . Plus more residents are able to join in .
Thank you
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Ms
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Loneliness and Isolation in Nursing Homes
Dear Haley,
Thank you for this excellently written article! You've covered very well, what can be hidden issues, for eg., how introverts tend to respond and how extroverts can feel lonely because, e...
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Veronica
Companion Care
Companion Care
Frida Kahlo Headband
One of my clients love to make jewelry! This will be a welcome addition! Thank you!
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Veronica
Companion Care
Companion Care
Scarves on Handles - Exercise Activity
Awesome idea! I can't wait to do this with my client!
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Loneliness and Isolation in Nursing Homes
Haley has submitted a new article: Loneliness And Isolation In Nursing Homes
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
15 Evening Trip Destinations
Haley has submitted a new article: 15 Evening Trip Destinations
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Owen
Retired
Retired
American Football or Soccer?
In New Zealand Soccer is Association Football and Football is Rugby (Union), Rugger or Footy. Other games of football are Rugby League, American Football or Gridiron, Sevens (in Rugby Union), and a nu...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Share your Poems
Thank you for sharing this
Take comfort in knowing your lady friend is in a better place
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Carole
Chairperson
Chairperson
Share your Poems
Sadly one of our ladies from my group passed away over the Summer and this was one of her favourite poems, so I thought I would share with the lovely Golden Carers - Carole
A Song Of Spring And Au...
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Norma
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Dear all... I am just grateful I am part of this amazing site.. ideas are simply fantastic.. I use it at work nearly every day.. thanks
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Heather
Diversions Therapist
Diversions Therapist
Sundowning: Symptoms, triggers & strategies
I have just found these helpful ideas for late stage dementia. I have been looking for so long for help in this area. I work in a dementia wing, in a large activity room on my own with anywhere betwee...
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Jane
Activities Co-Ordinator
Activities Co-Ordinator
I have been asked to present a non-religious Harvest Festival celebration to my residents! Any ideas of how I could achieve this would be so helpful.
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Anne
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Intergenerational: Colour By Numbers
I'm so excited to try this with my residents!!!
I will keep you updated how our residents like it.
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Christina
recreational officer
recreational officer
Words starting with M Quiz
love Golden carers !!!!
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
American Football Teams - Fill in the Blanks
They liked this a lot. Can you make a quiz for american baseball teams? Also, how about a famous people quiz for sports? Like all the "best" people in their sport during the time the elderly would...
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Robyn
Healthy Ageing Advocate
Healthy Ageing Advocate
We are a predominantly English speaking nursing home and we've just admitted an Italian gentleman. He speaks English well, has significant vision loss, can get a bit touchy feely with the ladies and...
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Christine
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
Canine friends in NZ offer a Pet therapy service by matching up Pets to Resthome residents. We have a dog that comes into our memory care unit once a fortnight and our residents love it. 2 have taken...
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Vivian
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
An Orchard of Trivia
We have our apple day in November but I will use this extra info then. Thanks heaps
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