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Vanessa
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Chinese New Year Find-a-Word
Fabulous resources, our residents will enjoy taking part in these quizzes- thank you
Vanessa from Chanctonbury Healthcare at Alfriston, East Sussex.
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John
Retired
Retired
I am living in an Independent Living Retirement Village with 120 residents.
We have a Men’s Group meeting each week for about 90 minutes and I introduced a weekly puzzle time using “Quizzles” from bo...
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Alison
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Lucky Dog Card Game
We have two ladies from our memory support unit who enjoy playing bingo but were finding it difficult with our bingo buttons.
So we improvised and photo copied bingo cards many times and provided the...
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Andrea
Lifestyle and Healthy Ageing Coordinator
Lifestyle and Healthy Ageing Coordinator
Saint David Short Biography
Thank you for the multitude of ideas and resources you provide. My residents especially enjoy the quizzes and special event ideas. I know that whatever we decide to celebrate there are resources ava...
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Jegatha
Leisure and Lifestyle coordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle coordinator
Pancake Day Party
I love Golden Carers. Best resources. Thank You.
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Susan
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
Lucky Dog Card Game
This is called Hoy, or we just call it Card Bingo. A great game for those who cannot manage a 'proper' game of bingo.
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Aj
Activity Director
Activity Director
Plants with Animal Names Quiz
These are perfect for "call out the answer" type trivia, good for just before meals, while waiting for an entertainer, etc. Thanks for all the great quizzes!
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Melissa
Activities Supervisor-ADC, CDP
Activities Supervisor-ADC, CDP
For those asking about the sequence card game. This game is not known by any other name other than sequence. I will make a video this week and repost.
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Milagros
Activity Director
Activity Director
Festive Paper Lantern Craft
I am so thankful for all the ideas and information you guys provide. I am new at this and your website has being a Godsend. Bless you and a thousand thanks!
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Teresa
Activity Director
Activity Director
Valentine's Day Hearts
Thank you so much for the ideas!!
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Maureen
activities officier
activities officier
Lucky Dog Card Game
We use this as Bingo as it is very easy to set up and when finished on game we pass two cards to the right so that we are interacting with all those at the table sometimes we go to the left just to cr...
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7 years ago
How to Use Activity Surveys to Improve Resident Engagement & Program Planning
What survey do you use to have the patients in a Swing Bed setting, evaluate how I am doing with the Activities program? I'd also like feedback from staff to get their ideas.
Thanks so much! Kare...
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Laurie
RN
RN
Dancing Styles Quiz
Thank you so much, Kris! I’ll definitely use this along with a Salsa lesson and demonstration.
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Jackie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi everyone,
Can anyone share ideas how to attract residents, families also staff to view
noticeboards within my home. Always told not aware of certain activities, entertainment
ect. Most of my t...
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7 years ago
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
Our residents love scrapbooking and has made books on royalty,cars, holidays,children etc. These become a great conversation piece for my volunteers to use on one on one visits with our bedridden re...
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Clare
Retired
Retired
Oh Soldier Soldier Song Reenactment
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Oh Soldier soldier
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Finish the Proverbs #4
THEY LOVE THIS! MAKES THEM SMILE AND LAUGH
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Kimberly
Life Enrichment
Life Enrichment
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
I love it, always looking for more self directed ideas. I know half priced books sells tons of cheap magazines too.
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7 years ago
12 Joyful Activities to Inspire Laughter
Would love to read more suggestions on ways to encourage more seniors to participate in the activities here at work
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Nursery Rhymes
We have used this one ourselves and found some residents had not heard of a number of the nursery rhymes. Perhaps their childhood was not complete. What a pity! However they all enjoyed hearing them a...
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Josephine
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Hi there, advice needed please on relevant board games for Nursing home with dementia residents.
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Michelle
Activity Director
Activity Director
Death By Chocolate a Murder Mystery
What site did you get it from?
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Laurie
RN
RN
I love this sight! Thank you for so many wonderful ideas!! I thought for sure that I had seen something about Salsa or Latin dancing, maybe a quiz, or activity. I can't find anything though when I s...
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Aranui Rest Home and Hospital
Diversional Therapist I/T
Diversional Therapist I/T
Quiz: A Question of Romance
Thankyou for the posters of the year of the "Golden Pig" and "Valentines's Day" they were great.
Last year we did the craft the "Heart of Kindness." It was a wonderful craft, and looked great when i...
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Julie
Therapy Assistant
Therapy Assistant
Pet Therapy,
We are based in Perth,SOR. Unfortunately our Pet Handler and her dog has retired. We are wondering who else we can contact? It doesn't have to be a dog.
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Tuscan
Memory Care Manger
Memory Care Manger
Lucky Dog Card Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Lucky Dog
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Matylda
DT
DT
How to Manage Aggressive Behavior
Amazing what love and kindness can achieve . I asked very verbally aggressive resident if he can be my friend because I really need one at the moment and gave him a hug ,he smiled at me and said yes ,...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Bunco Dice Game for Seniors
It is our favorite game as a group to play, we have modified it quite a bit. We usually have 5 tables of 4 each has one score sheet & one bell and 3 dice per table.
We use a dry erase board to keep...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with L Quiz
THANK YOU for this awesome word game! I tell many people abut your wonderful website.
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Shannon
Information Coordinator
Information Coordinator
Cue Cards for Dementia Care
There are 40+ languages available here https://www.easternhealth.org.au/services/language-services/cue-cards/item/152 in 2 different formats.
And our library has a wide range of communication cards...
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Stretton Park
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi All,
I work at an aged care home in regional Vic. We are a 42 bed residential aged care facility.
Just looking for some ideas for a Valentines Day activity? We can reminisce about loved one...
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Kat
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Hello! Wondering what everyone is planning for Mother’s Day!
Thanks!
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Victoria
Activity Manager
Activity Manager
Items We All Lose
Life Enrichment Coordinator CANADA such great ideas and so much to do. Thanks for this wonderful site. I use it a lot.
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Tricia
Activity Director
Activity Director
Bunco Dice Game for Seniors
I also play Bunko with my residents, but I have modified it quite a bit and they still enjoy it. It is their 2nd favorite game after bingo!
We play individual instead of teams.
We all sit at one...
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Nursery Rhymes
My training as a Scout Leader does have some use for thinking of new ideas, not just for developing new activities for Boy Scouts. Glad to know this one is of use to others and am pleased to share it...
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Nursery Rhymes
Good to hear that this activity is one which others find useful. Golden Carers is a great site for new activities as well as sharing your successes with others. There is no end to useful activities fo...
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Carole
Chairperson
Chairperson
Journeys of my Life
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Journeys of my Life
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Diane
Activities Person
Activities Person
Name the Body Parts
Our residents love playing this game.
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Diane
Activities Person
Activities Person
Finish the Nursery Rhymes
This looks like a good activities for our ladies and gentlemen.
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7 years ago
Games for People Living with Dementia
Hi im Lily im new too.Im taking over a Thursday club for the elderly some are active and some are not just looking for new ideas about games and stuff to do iv being reading a lot of your ideas and th...
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7 years ago
How to Manage Aggressive Behavior
Thank you so much for your feedback Camille, we really appreciate it! x
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Proverbs #4
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Finish the well known Proverbs
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Owen
Retired
Retired
Finish the Nursery Rhymes
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Finish the Nursery Rhymes
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7 years ago
Cue Cards for Dementia Care
These are awesome and perfect for my client who has Parkinson's and difficulty verbally communicating his needs in the middle of the night. Thank you so much for sharing these with us!
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Sharon
Activities Director
Activities Director
I use Golden Carers ideas and activities almost everyday. This is the best resource on the internet. My job is to plan and lead activiites for seniors with physical and mental limitations. This websit...
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Brandy
Music Therapist
Music Therapist
8 Blends & Remedies: Massage with Essential Oils for the Elderly
You have to use pure oils and those are not sold at the stores. They are not regulated by the FDA, so oils on a shelf can be labeled as 100% pure with only 5% of the actual oil. The rest can be filler...
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Find the Hidden Objects - Farmyard
Love these ones. Independent Activity; or group focus with staff initiation.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Another fun day to celebrate in the US is Ground Hog's Day which is on February 2
http://activitiesdirector.blogspot.com/2019/01/ground-hogs-day-story.html is a link to a ground hog story.
Another g...
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