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7 years ago
Music Playlists Your Residents Will Love
Some great stuff here. This is a fantastic list of songs - almost all of which I have been using regularly with my role at a Senior Living Community.
https://open.spotify.com/user/crbeggs1/playlist...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Kitten Therapy
We have a cat in our dementia unit we have a member of staff who purchases his food takes him for his vet check ups etc He is lovely and lazy some staff don't like him but some people don't like cats!...
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Bryony
Services Manager
Services Manager
The 1940s Project
can you provide any templates for the clothes please?
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Teresa
Activity Director
Activity Director
Toolkit Question: Is there a way to save all of your activities (like a list) and drag them onto the monthly calendar. I love to have a list to look at sometimes you forget all the great ideas you h...
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
9 Ways to Encourage Participation in Art Activities
A new article has been submitted: Bringing Art to Life in Your Community
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Liz
Activities Cordinator
Activities Cordinator
Thank you for the quiz's and riddles. They have been a godsend for the groups, but also for those who don't like to venture out of their rooms! We have a leader board and the residents are very compet...
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Karen
Support Worker
Support Worker
Hi, I hoping to put on a Forget Me Not day at work, for all the individuals and staff. Looking for some ideas and things to put on display or to sell, for a small donation. Have one idea, a sing along...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Talk for Cultral Diversity Day
Wow Joanne this could be useful to a lot of people because most facilities talk about cultural diversity and here youhave something that can be very useful to many
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Acronym Challenge
This sounds like a great activity Heather
If you do not have a whiteboard you could put the initials on a piece paper and give each resident the paper so they can see
You could also get this to r...
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7 years ago
Talk for Cultral Diversity Day
Wow - so much time and effort went into this presentation - thank you so much for sharing!
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7 years ago
Autumn Guided Meditation
This is a really beautiful guided meditation Patricia, thank you for sharing!
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7 years ago
How to Make Sensory Blankets for Dementia Care
Are certain colours better for twiddle muffs I seem to remember someone telling me that colour was important to people suffering with dementia ???
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Heather
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Acronym Challenge
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Initials
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Heather
Diversions Therapist
Diversions Therapist
Tie & Bow-tie Decorations
Thank you for these great ideas for Fathers Day. I am always thinking/ looking for something for the men to do on this day. This year Fathers Day will be special. Thank you for your help.
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Katy
Lifestyle Worker
Lifestyle Worker
Chair Exercises
I find the chair exercises are ideal for residents who have a larger range of motion. My concern was for our other less mobile residents just sitting there not being able to participate. I came up wit...
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JoDee
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hangman & Variations
We also play the game wheel of fortune at our facility. The residents love it. We bought the game, which is called wheel of fun, from the magazine S&S Worldwide (I believe). At the end of the game...
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Hollie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Recycled CD Fish Mobile
The residents from my Home really enjoyed making them! I love Golden Carers website xx
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Joanne
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Talk for Cultral Diversity Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Talk for Cultral diversity day 21st May
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Beth
Outreach Coordinator
Outreach Coordinator
Weather Song Titles Quiz
I work with a dementia friendly choir and I am looking for new ideas.
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with XYZ Quiz
THANK YOU! ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
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Patricia
Lifestyle Co Ordinator
Lifestyle Co Ordinator
Autumn Guided Meditation
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Autumn Meditation
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Occupational
OT Assistant
OT Assistant
Chair Exercises
This would be a good movement for our people
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7 years ago
Find The Hidden Objects - Car Yard
Thank you for your feedback Angie! We will see what we can do to get some easier ones up on the website.
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Bec
Lifestyle Officer
Lifestyle Officer
I would have never survived as Lifestyle officer/coordinator if it wasn't for Golden Carers thankyou soooooo much love your work Bec xx
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Sharon
Actor
Actor
An RN mentioned to me that when it comes to gatherings to watch live entertainment (music, readers theatre, singing, etc) the residents get tired or bored after about 30-45 minutes. Is that time fram...
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Jeanette
Cat Coordinator
Cat Coordinator
Kitten Therapy
Can anyone advise of a facility that has introduced a cat to live full time at the home. I have been asked about introducing one of my rescue cats to a home and would love to speak with a home that ha...
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Anzac Day Wreaths made from plastic spoons
I have used a Christmas wreath and made handmade poppies to go on it and we have used them for years, I have also added at times small red Christmas lights to the centre of the poppies.
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Olwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hangman & Variations
In winter, I just use a drawing on the white board of a set of long stairs, and a big puddle at the bottom. I made a figure, with an umbrella, hat, gloves, boots with magnets to stick on the white boa...
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Sherry
Activity Director
Activity Director
Chair Exercises
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Chair Exercises
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Gina
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Group Exercise for Seniors
love the article on exercises for the elderly. I'm getting ready to start a chair yoga class and love all the pointers!!
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Hyde Park
Activity Director
Activity Director
Group Exercise for Seniors
I bought small kid’s rubber balls for our seated exercise group. They roll them down the front of the legs to feet and back to lap, lift them overhead, around their trunks passing from hand to hand, b...
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Carol
Retired Teacher
Retired Teacher
My husband has Vascular Dementia. His physical health is wonderful. He is in a wonderful memory care facility but is bored to death.This boredom and frustration occasionally rears its ugly head as a...
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Olwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Power of Silence in Senior Care
Lovely ideas here. Thank you Haley. Overstimulation can definitely be a problem. Some days in the afternoon, right after the lunchtime meal, I put a youtube movie on of fish in a fish tank, with no so...
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Maria
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to Turn Your Craft Classes into Well Attended Popular Events
Great Advice!.... Its the old saying.. " Fail to prepare ... prepare to fail. : )
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Aj
Activity Director
Activity Director
The Power of Silence in Senior Care
Yes, the days of "activities as a party atmosphere all day everyday" are so outdated. We have leisure reading, at 2:30 everyday where residents can come in browse newspaper, magazines, do a word sear...
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Zelda
Allied Health Assistant
Allied Health Assistant
Group Exercise for Seniors
Wow, thank you for all the ideas.
I must start with group activities and doesn’t have a clue where to begin.
The elderly doi g exercises in the gym with bikes and treadmills but due to various wor...
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Jackie
Director
Director
Scrambled Springtime
Brilliant our residents really enjoyed this game..
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DEBBIE
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Songs for Seniors Quiz
This is brilliant :-) I can't wait to try this activity with my group on Friday. Thank you so much Joanne for all your hard work putting it together
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Kristi
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hangman & Variations
Check out Pinterest - they have some ideas - such as Build a Flower or Praying Man - you draw a man praying instead of a man hanging. We use Wheel of Fortune for ours.
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Cheryl
Volunteer
Volunteer
Modified Beer Pong
Used this activity with no rules/no teams. I had 4 ladies playing and what a fun time they had! We probably played for 45 minutes & no one was bored!!
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Bianca
Dog Walker
Dog Walker
Hi,
I wanted to inquire about pet therapy in Nursing homes. I have a little dog that I would like to bring into nursing homes for the residents to interact with. How do I take part and get my little...
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Kim
lifestyle
lifestyle
The Power of Silence in Senior Care
I just can't love this enough. Personally I am a big believer in silence and find that our residents can be over stimulated which therefore causes " behaviours" . I like to have a peaceful setting for...
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Angie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Find The Hidden Objects - Car Yard
I love your "hidden objects"
BUT our residents find these too hard to find
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