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Cathie
Activity Direction
Activity Direction
Lucky Dog Card Game
We enjoy this game too, we call it Turn Over. It really is a great game and I love all the names that it is called, another place calls it Mary's game. Thank you all, this is making my job so much m...
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Mary
Activity Professional
Activity Professional
Help!!! i need to write up a resident survey... does anyone have examples they would be willing to share!
Thanks!
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Jennifer
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hello,
Has anyone heard of/used a program called It’s Never 2 Late (IN2L)? It’s a computer system full of games, reminiscing prompts, music, travel activities, etc. My company is thinking of gettin...
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Vanessa
Care Worker
Care Worker
Irish Carpet Bowls
Loved this game. We played this last year on St Pat's day in our dementia unit , staff and residents had a great time. I plan to this again as it was such a hit.
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Name That Scent
I have actually done another way with purchasing some perfumes, talcs, soaps, shaving cream etc and have the residents smell them and then we reminisce with what uses they had. So many memories came...
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Reminiscence - Childhood Nursery Rhymes
I have taken this one step further and downloaded pictures of the nursery rhymes...on the back I wrote the words to them....there are heaps of them around and some I had never heard of. I did this in...
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Winter Campfire
I have taken this activity one step further and actually put up a dome tent in the room along with camp bed, table, chairs etc and having been a girl guide, brought along some of my guiding things inc...
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Owen
Retired
Retired
10 Ways to Embrace Cultural Diversity in Your Workplace
Very interesting comments here. We had a Maori resident at The Redwood Club who said the grace before our midday meal always in the Maori language. He later left for care where he died and I took over...
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
What goes in here?
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: What goes in Here?
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Christine
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Registered Diversional & Recreational Therapist
Games We Played as Kids Quiz
Get the staff involved, especially with the hula hooping, gets the residents really laughing.
Also remember to ask residents what other games they played, it gets them reminiscing and gives you good...
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Kathleen
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Valentine's Day Hearts
I adapted lacing activities when I couldn't find appropriate adult themes for my memory care residents. I use foam sheets and pictures printed off the internet (seasons, holidays, etc). The picture...
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Jenny
Personal Carer
Personal Carer
15 Ways to Practise Self Care and Avoid Burnout
I feel I’m slowly burning out, I don’t take much time for myself. Usually money commitments. It’s usually work then home. I love working I’m the oldest one at work and don’t plan to retire but I eith...
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Vicki
Leisure & Health Student
Leisure & Health Student
Help please
Can anyone please suggest any activities that suited for patients that had a stroke. Can this patient join the others also?
Thanking you in anticipation
Vicki
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Domenica
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
15 Ways to Celebrate World Prayer Day
Thankyou:) perfect for what I'm planning for our residents.
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Emma
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
8 Hot and Cold Drinks to Share in Good Company
If we make smoothies/Ice cream floats the staff decorate the glasses with the chocolate and sprinkles with the residents so they have home made cocktails
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Skye
Lifestyle coordinator
Lifestyle coordinator
I'm in need of more volunteers for a 140 bed aged care facility and was wondering where is the best place to source volunteer?. I'm located in Brisbane Queensland. Thanking you in advance.
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Jannine
Leisure & Lifestyle Officer
Leisure & Lifestyle Officer
Wedding Photo Guessing Game
I held a Wedding photo reminiscing activity last year... A HUGE SUCCESS!!! I placed all photos on a table covered with a lace table cloth, with a vase of flowers strings of pearls etc.... looked beaut...
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Proverbs #4
Glad that you and your residents enjoyed it Debbie. There is another similar one of Proverbs and several other quizzes to complete the sayings. Enjoy.
Owen
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7 years ago
Bird Types Matching Game
This is a great activity indeed! We will be adding some new activities in a similar format in the coming weeks!
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Marjorie
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Hollywood Stars Bingo
Our Dementia residents loved looking at the old pictures! They all remembered something about each of the pictures. It was fun for reminiscing, even when we were not playing Bingo.
The one comment th...
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Jeanine
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Songs for Seniors Quiz
Thanks so much for your hard work! I will be using this tomorrow for "Name that tune"
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Aussie Bingo
Thank you for the Aussie Bingo game, much appreciated
I actually modified my sheets as many of my residents would not remember "Louie the fly" they would remember the Add but not the actual "Louie"...
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Sunya
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello everyone I have a question. Do you have your activity assistant plan the monthly activity calendar at your nursing home?
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Flower Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Flower Bingo
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Travel Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Travel Bingo
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David
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Card Sequence Game
I cut a piece of paneling the size of the game sheet, and used Mod Poge to hold the sheet onto the wood paneling. Makes a nice game board, and they can slide the cards off the board easily, because i...
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DEBBIE
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Finish the Proverbs #4
Thank you so much for sharing this. My group absolutely loved it and all joined in shouting out the answers.
I'll have a look to see if there are any similar activities :-)
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Saint Patrick's Day Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: St. Patrick's Day Bingo
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Mikayla
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Valentine Bingo
Great, looking forward to it Sara. Your bingo is the best I have found. It isn't too childish looking and that is important.
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Vanessa
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Thought for the Day
Why not make some Valentines cards, or Valentines cookies 2 x heart shaped sandwched together with jammy (like a jammy dodger) put bunting up around the room and on the residents dining tables little...
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Christine
Trainer
Hi all, just enquiringly has anyone developed a lifestyle care plan template?
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7 years ago
Name That Scent
We tried this with our residents but had an issue with a lot of the residents not being able to smell the scents. Do you have any other suggestions on what we could do?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
20 Fabulous Day Trip Destinations for Seniors
Great idea Owen
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hollywood Stars Bingo
You could also use these pictures as an Identitng game especially for lower functioning residents
You could enlarge the pictures for those who are visually impaired
You could do this as a reminisc...
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7 years ago
Under the Sea Bingo
Yet another great themed bingo Sara! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Becky
Activity Director
Activity Director
Workplace Wit: Jokes About Jobs
I put these in the break room to lighten up the day!
Thank You
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7 years ago
12 Joyful Activities to Inspire Laughter
Useful and some great activities ideas thanks for sharing .
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Susan
Activities Co Ordinator
Activities Co Ordinator
Valentine's Day Poster #2
Tried to print the valentines posters off but no success anyone else having the same problem.
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Hollywood Stars Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Hollywood Stars Bingo
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Sightseeing Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Sightseeing Bingo
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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Under the Sea Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Under the Sea Bingo
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Salena
Development Worker
Development Worker
Share a Memory
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Something, Someone, Somewhere
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Vicki
Leisure & Health Student
Leisure & Health Student
Activity Goals Presentation
I just joined and keen to browse through the materials, concept, ideas I can incorporate with my work.
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Glenda
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
15 Ways to Practise Self Care and Avoid Burnout
I really struggle with the whole self care thing
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Mikayla
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Valentine Bingo
Sara, will you be sharing a St. Patrick's bingo like you've been having for the other holidays? I love your bingo games.
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Diane
RMN
RMN
Hi I work for the local Alzheimer’s Association in a day care setting. There are lots of other activities going on in the community run by the charity and we are about to do an audit. Any suggestions...
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