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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
How to Plan a Festival Of Lights Family Night
Haley has submitted a new article: How to Plan a Festival of Lights Family Night
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Melanie Felicity
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
True or False Christmas Traditions
I am so glad i became a member.The material on this website is inspirational .
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Mandy
Lifestyle and Well being Team Leader
Lifestyle and Well being Team Leader
Cinderella Christmas Pantomime
Hello everyone, i would just like to thank Golden carers for this fabulous resource. We recently performed one of the pantomimes 'Cinderella' and it was a resounding success. We made the front page of...
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Shannon
Recreational Director
Recreational Director
15+ Ways to Find Intergenerational Partners
Thank you for all the wonderful programs. I truly enjoy them because you have a variety and I can incorporate them into my programs.
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Christin
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Hello all,
I am working on my January calendar and I plan to do a "Let it snow" themed day. I have a couple of activities I plan to do such as making crystalized snowflakes, sugary tortilla snowfla...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Create Your Own Limericks
This is the right creativity activity
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7 years ago
15 Uplifting Activities for People with Limited Mobility
So glad I found this! It's getting rough. She's bored and agitated. She always wants something, but can't ever tell me what when I ask. 83, multiple strokes, but she can still manage to get herself ou...
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Bryony
Services Manager
Services Manager
Good afternoon,
I am looking for advice regarding residents access to computers and technology in my care home. we have a wifi password for guests and residents to access but i am wanting to improve...
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Lauren
Director of Hospitality
Director of Hospitality
Fill out the form please
I have a resident in my dementia unit that thinks she works there. She asks me, "Why haven't I gotten a paycheck? I've been working here for a couple of years." I usually tell that I will look into th...
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Geraldine M
Lifestyle therapist
Lifestyle therapist
How to Start an Advent Morning Tea Tradition
Loved the Advent wreath so pretty and inspiring. Like tha candels such a great start to Christmas
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Robyn
Healthy Ageing Advocate
Healthy Ageing Advocate
Hi Guys, can I please ask for some ideas?
I work in a Nursing Home where a good deal of the clients are unwell elderly who have been discharged from a hospital and are awaiting a placement for perman...
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Siouxsie
Engagement Facilitator
Engagement Facilitator
Christmas Bingo
thank you so much for this it has saved the day as my student have not pr-paired a game for day
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Jackie
Director
Director
Christmas Stick Frames
Thank you for all your great ideas, makes my job so much easier.
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Pamela
Activity Coordinator For Older People
Activity Coordinator For Older People
Country Nicknames Quiz
Hi , just renewed my membership for next year . Couldn't be without the brilliant info and activities you supply to do my job with satisfaction . Keep up the good work all those who think up all the...
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BrandyAnn
Resident Services Coordinator
Resident Services Coordinator
I need help finding the Christmas Card Exchange list. We have received 2 wonderful cards from CA and IN but I can no longer find the forum thread where we posted our addresses. Does anyone know wher...
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Jane
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Christmas Rephrase It
i know this will go down so well with my users. thank you xx
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Name the Aircraft Quiz
A small group of men work on independently and discuss together. This is a wonderful activity.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
For your new years celebration use the suggestions here
https://www.goldencarers.com/count-down-to-noon/4097/
We used many of these ideas
In addition will you would use a beach ball and have...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Countdown to Noon!
I love the suggestions here go to the forum to see more of my ideas
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Kathleen
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Hand Massage & Nail Care
Activity professionals in Maryland are not allowed to trim a resident's nails. However, we can use a file on them. Also, when I took MEPAP I was taught to keep individual nail supplies for each resi...
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7 years ago
Two-Minute Activities for Dementia Care
My 92 yr old friend that I companion for 3 days a week enjoy making cookies for his family, talking about his life on the farm doing, some chair exercises using soup cans and just sometimes sitting on...
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Sharon
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Hi guys, thanks for such an informative site!
One of our residents today approached us and suggested an activity that involved bringing something from their younger years and talking about it. From...
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Nicola
Activity Co Ordinator
Activity Co Ordinator
Hiya, I’m am just trying to organise the Christmas party at work and I have been asked to make a poster. I am really struggling with this and my poster looks like my 5 year old son made it. I don’t su...
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Casey
DIrector of Operations
DIrector of Operations
HELP! I just started working at a new facility that has 3 different storage areas for my department plus I have a large office I can also use for storage. The spaces are currently a disorganized mess...
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Emma
Engagement Leader
Engagement Leader
8 Creative Ways to Use an iPad in Nursing Home Settings
Absolutely fantastic ideas. We have a work ipad, never thought to use it this way. Thanks for the inspiration xxx
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Braddan Private Hospital
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Diners Club
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Diner's Club
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Kylie
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
We have a gentleman in our home who loves to collect items and hide them. ( I know this is common as they often regress to the younger years and in this case, the depression) Items such as toilet roll...
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rosalie
leisure & health assistant
leisure & health assistant
Bonfire Night Secret Word Game
that is very clever carol...
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Karen
Retired
Retired
20 Fabulous Day Trip Destinations for Seniors
I would suggest a trip to local animal shelter, casino, baseball game or other sport. High school sports are usually quite enjoyable.
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7 years ago
Free Music Playlists for the Elderly
This is really helpful. Not only will it help me connect with my grandmother, but my school requires community service, so I want to visit a nursing home. I'm really grateful for this.
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Tonya
Program Supervisor
Program Supervisor
Just joined & love this so much more than a particular site in the US that has the exact same info over & over & over again year to year. No fresh ideas at all.
Thanks Golden Carers!
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Lori
Activity
Activity
I have responded in these forums and I get the email back cannot send any idea why I can’t send
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
I know world kindness day just passed but it got me to thinking about how residents and staff could be unkind and not even intentionally so if you sense that a resident feelings have been hurt it's a...
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7 years ago
I am the Activity Director at a Nursing facility, we have 3 separate floors: 1st floor is for the short stay rehab residents, 2nd floor for long term residents, and 3rd floor is our memory care unit....
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7 years ago
10 Communication Strategies for Dementia Care
I find that I have to redirect his focus on me when speaking with him. Otherwise he continues the behavior, like kicking his legs in the air or pinching his clothes.
I spend a lot of my visiting tim...
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Bev
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
We just love Golden Carers.
Thank you for all your amazing activities and creative ideas.
Activity Co-ordinator - Johannesburg - South Africa
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Bev
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Unscramble Words - Holiday Theme
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS (HOLIDAY THEME)
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Dawn
Activity Co Ordinator
Activity Co Ordinator
Find the Hidden Objects - Circus
Great ideas geared towards those with dementia as well as other useful catergories
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Regis
lifestyle Coordinator
lifestyle Coordinator
Handyman’s Corner
We have an excellent Men's Shed in our facility. Started about 8 years ago..
It has gradually built up over time.
We started with old furniture to sand and varnish.
Asking family and friends for an...
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Louise
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Thanks for all your great Ideas.
I have been given a box of Lego and was wondering if you would recommend it or not?
Maybe for building and colour & shape sorting.
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7 years ago
Games for People Living with Dementia
I use to play rummy with one of my clients. She was very good at and it helped her memory.
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7 years ago
Songs for Seniors Quiz
My mum suffers from Dementia and I am looking forward to playing this with her on my next visit. Thank you
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Catalina M
Activity Director
Activity Director
Every day you Golden Carers are our gold ideas, creativities, and lots of knowledge to me and I am so grateful to share with the residents of my facility. We are enjoying Thanksgiving Bingo and other...
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Nicholas
Health Care Assistant
Health Care Assistant
What Am I Quiz #2
These are brilliant for first thing in the am, it get them imtrested in ways next.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
What to Include in a Staff Meeting
I think the social worker should help you with this you don't want it to turn into a complaining session and you don't want to talk about specific residents
Who is asking for the meeting???
Do th...
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