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Chelsea
Life Enrichment
Life Enrichment
Portable Activity Ideas to Reach Every Resident, Everyday
Fabulous idea!
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Bobbie
Carer/activity Assistant
Carer/activity Assistant
Share a Memory
I have used this activity for our residents, the outcome was surprising, residents were surprised at the memory recall. A great activity.
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1 year ago
Good morning, thank you for providing a great interactive portal for us to enjoy.
Our groups often enjoy a group crossword. We need a new board, and I do not know where to source one.
It has the grid...
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Living Centers
Activities Director
Activities Director
How to Start a Read Aloud Program for Seniors
do you have any recommendations for what to read aloud to a group of passive participants?
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Kelly
Social Services
Social Services
Presidents Day Bingo
Some of the presidents pictures are missing. This is a great activity but how do you fix the missing presidents?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Fingerprinting Fun
Hi Anna
From what I have read, you do not need to use an ink pad.
Just have the residents press on the desired surface
You can use the baby powder and fluffy brush to view the prints
You can try usin...
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Anna
Com Life Director
Com Life Director
Fingerprinting Fun
what do we use to make the actual print? do we use an ink pad? if so, how do we clean their hands afterwards?
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Kerry
Community life Assistant
Community life Assistant
Caffeinated and Connected: How to Create a Weekly Coffee Shop Event
we have every Friday "Coffee Klatch". the residents LOVE it and really look forward to it. we do Dear Abbey, serve a coffee/cappuccino read the horoscopes (their choice not mine) and share good news...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Cooking Actions: Fill in the Blank
This is interesting
Thank you
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noemi
TRD
TRD
Group Singing with Props
This is a great idea I did the activities with my resident they enjoy some much thank you
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Rebecca
Recreational Therapist
Recreational Therapist
Read-Aloud Audience Participation Story #11
My patients and Activity Staff get a kick out of these! Thank you for sharing :)
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Kirstie
Mobility And Activities Coordinator
Mobility And Activities Coordinator
Poems for Black History Month
unable to print unfortunately. xx
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Tracey
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Create your own Word Search!
Thank you Talita. I've managed to create a new word search with your guidance!
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Michele
Recreation Program Coordinator, LTC
Recreation Program Coordinator, LTC
How to Plan & Implement an Induction & Orientation Program
I was so happy to find this today!! Thanks so much from Canada, Kevin!
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Maria
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
This Day in History for Seniors: January - 2nd Edition
Where Jan as this is really dec one
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1 year ago
im really struggling with the bingo maker since you've updated the site can i get some instructions or a tutorial how to use it now please and thank you.
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Heather
Program Leader
Program Leader
Year of the Snake Trivia
I( thought 2924 was the year of the snake
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Carla
HCA Activity Assistant
HCA Activity Assistant
What Am I? Image Reveal
I don’t see the slideshow option on this particular game.
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Tracey
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Charity Worker - Dementia Wellbeing Cafe Facilitator
Create your own Word Search!
Hi. I have always used the create your own word search facility and it's been so valuable in my work with people with dementia. I can't seem to work out how to access this since you have updated the...
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1 year ago
Caffeinated and Connected: How to Create a Weekly Coffee Shop Event
I have just started an activity called Hug a Mug. I set up tabletop games and we serve coffee and hot chocolate. It has been popular and is a great way to have the Secure Unit and the Assisted Living...
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Santiago
Activity
Activity
The Price is Right Game
THE RESIDENSLOVE THIS GAME, AND ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WON A CAR (MATCHBOX CAR THAT IS, LOL). ANNETTE S
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Tina
Recreation Coordinator
Recreation Coordinator
Absolutely amazing to have ideas on Activities! I work with Older Adults Living With Alzheimer’s and Dementia, thank you for the great recommendations absolutely love this!
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Aimee
Activities Director
Activities Director
Market Day
Tried this today and it was a big hit! We are going to try to do this monthly and hand out fake money during the month as an encouragement for folks to attend activities!
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Carla
HCA Activity Assistant
HCA Activity Assistant
What Am I? Image Reveal
Your quizzes are so good, but when I display them on a tv screen (attached to my iPad), you can see the answers. Can you somehow place them underneath so the participants have a chance to guess?
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Lynne
Centre
Centre
Create Your Own Sudoku!
Its not printing, it just comes up blank. You could select different difficulties on the old site.
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Raavi
Well being manager
Well being manager
Hi, can anyone suggest good place to buy essential oil for diffusers.
Location Melbourne Australia.
thanks
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Jessica
Leisure And Lifestyle Officer
Leisure And Lifestyle Officer
NRL Tipping 2026
Is there going to be a 2025 update for this ?.
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Jenny
Librarian
Librarian
Guess the Instrument You Hear
This program was a success! Thank you! Next time I do the activity I am going to to give them a sheet with all the images of the instruments and how they're played.
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Cristy
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hello, I have come across a Positive Self, Connect and Recovery Module in my office and it's from golden carers and I cannot find it for the life of me. if anyone could point me in the right direction...
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Judy
M. S Fundraiser
M. S Fundraiser
Aussie Animals Matching Game for Memory Care
FANTASTIC ACTIVITY BUT I CANT FIND THE ANSWERS. I KNOW MOST OF THE ANNIMALS BUT NOT ALL THE BIRDS. AM i MIAAING SOMTHING?
Judy from UK
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Kerry
Community life Assistant
Community life Assistant
Australian Bush Collage
OMGosh I loooove these, and truly miss the unique Australian bits of nature. wish I would have collected more before I left. gorgeous activity.
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elaine
GM
GM
Songs for Seniors Quiz
Getting lots of great ideas from this site . Thankyou so much
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Erica
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Hello does anyone know where to find the "Create Your Own Bingo" page on this website ?
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Anne
Leisure And Wellness
Leisure And Wellness
Australian History Quiz
I've needed to copy and paste into a word document to correct the format before printing
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Jenny
Nurse
Nurse
Hansel and Gretel Pantomime
We (staff) performed this pantomime for our residents and their families for Christmas. What can I say, we all had an amazing time and everyone had a great laugh. Residents helped create and paint the...
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Annie
Retired
Retired
I love your activities but I am having trouble down loading and printing my activity sheet can you please help me with this issue.! Thanks
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Valerie
Volunteer
Volunteer
Guess the Song and Artist (1930s to 1960s)
Love this! Hoe there more in the future!! Thanks
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Tiffany
Social Services
Social Services
Hi everyone, I am new to the site, and I am trying to put together an in-service to train our staff about abuse and neglect in nursing homes. I do not want to keep showing videos and power points I fe...
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Cecilia
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Hi every
Happy New Year. I pray that all activities you do will be successful with your community.
I am working on a resident highlight to add to my monthly newsletter but I am unsure of the questions...
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Brigitte
Activities Admin
Activities Admin
Balloon Tennis
My people LOVE balloon "volleyball". I have even created a travel team to connect with other facilities. I encourage everyone to talk with the facilities in your area. They enjoy the connection and it...
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Megan
Wellbeing Coordinator
Wellbeing Coordinator
Match Songs with Movies
Playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGe_vlDpU4vbyCqW_QDzLgNK4C7ntr955&si=rIZWjOfTDDAcYdVt
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Christine
Retired
Retired
Match Songs with Movies
As a volunteer in a Care Home with dementia residents I print off many of the very varied quizzes which they all enjoy as do the staff and myself..it improves the General knowledge of everyone includi...
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Golden Carers is a wonderful resource. I really like the idea that more of it is going to be in video format as this grabs my participant's attention! Even after 20 years in the activity director role, the ideas in Golden Carers are often refreshingly innovative and really useful, even on the fly. Your help is invaluable! Many thanks!
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