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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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Debbie
Activity Director
Activity Director
D-Day Word Search
I love the bigger word search, the smaller ones are difficult to see your eyes start to go buggy. Just to small font.
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Sharon
Activities Director
Activities Director
Hangman & Variations
We sometimes play something called “name that phrase”
— — — — — — — — — —
Hit the sack.
They have to guess the letters
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7 years ago
The Price is Right Game
I presented a PRICE IS RIGHT afternoon a few weeks ago and have another planned soon.....
I had 3 different groups of 6 items -
1. grocery group - actual items
2. Miscellaneous group - empty...
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Carole
Chairperson
Chairperson
Film Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Film Quiz
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Christine
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Bird Types Matching Game
We did this yesterday and found them really engaged, which for a memory care area is sometimes hard. We started by putting home made bird seed feeders into trees on our courtyard, then putting photos...
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Martin
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Hi everyone I joined this week and can't wait to see see what I can offer my resident am new coordinator so this is all new as I have been lifestyle assistant any help or advice would be great .
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Vivian
Executive Director
Executive Director
12 Tips for Writing Progress Notes
Can you please give me some suggestion. I am new have 14 clients were unaware that quarterly review needs to be completed. What do you recommend to rectify my problem? This does not include past clie...
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7 years ago
Games for People Living with Dementia
Private caregiver of 88 year women with 4th stage of Alzheimer's ( so say the Doctors:)..
It is my goal every day to get her moving and happy for some parts of the day.
We enjoy doing chair Hokey P...
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Suette
Bridge To Discovery Coordinator
Bridge To Discovery Coordinator
Which Transport is Faster
This a great activity, Residents enjoyed it and it promotes exercising .
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
The Power of Silence in Senior Care
Haley has submitted a new article: The Health Benefits of Silence in Senior Care
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7 years ago
Words starting with T Quiz
Thank you Jackie and Lisa, your feedback is so much appreciated!
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Rachel
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Paper Planes Reminiscing Game
I like this game but we call it Around the world on a paper plane, as we throw them around the room next person to pick it up writes a name of a destination we do this a few times then gather all the...
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Rachel
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Fantastic website, has helped me so much with my new job, such great ideas well done keep them coming : )
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Rachel
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hangman & Variations
I came up with a different version and called it 'The full monty' (bit cheeky) use cardboard cut out of man hands covering his modesty, then layer him with cut out clothing ie; pants, vest, trousers,...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Maths Quiz #5
Holy Smokes! I FEEL LIKE EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THE GIFTS KEEP COMING THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE.
THANK YOU...MY PEOPLE LOVE ALL YOU DO SO MUCH. IT MAKES THEM SMILE. ONE LADY IS 102. SHE LOVE...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with V Quiz
Simply fabulous!
GOLDEN CARERS, WHEN DO YOU SLEEP? IT APPEARS NOT MUCH DUE TO THE WONDERFUL AMOUNT OF NEW WORK YOUR PRODUCE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THANK YOU!
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Antonietta
Librarian
Librarian
Hangman & Variations
I play a game that is a cross between hangman and wheel of fortune with a memory fitness group I run at a library. We just call it Wheel of Fortune although all we do is guess letters until someone...
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