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Norma Jean
Activities Director
Activities Director
How to write an Activity-Based Care Plan
It's been many years since Ive worked in this field. This website has been my weekly go to for activities and calendar planning. I'm about to try the reports part of the site. I'm thrilled so far and...
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Left-Zone Area Activity
It was a great morning! The librarian was bright and cheery and brought lots of supplies? My clients with the dementia still handled most of the activities? Get in touch with your local library, they...
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7 years ago
How to make Twiddle Muffs for People Living with Dementia
Who would I contact to see If anyone would like to donate twiddle muffs or activity blankets for my memory care unit. I just started there and come to find out we have no budget. Anything or even idea...
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7 years ago
Cover the Number - Dice Game
I am a new member and see I am not alone in my appreciation for this site. As a volunteer I am pretty much on my own to find new ideas for our friends. I commented earlier on the Cover the Number gam...
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Mila
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
10 Assisted Living Week Activities
Thank you so much Golden carers website.. it is giving
me lot of support and ideas to share it to the Residents am caring for...We had some beautiful activities this summer and the residents have e...
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Maureen
activities officier
activities officier
How to host a Show Day
Hey it was a great day we also had an annoying clown with a flower that squirted water, a bubble blower and a fairy floss maker, to help with the aroma we had pop corn made just before morning tea and...
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Tracey
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Hi I am trying to change my weeklymonthly activity sheet/posters how does other activity coordinators prepare there weekly posters/sheets . Fresh ideas to help
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7 years ago
Cross-out The Odd Words #3
Thanks so much for your feedback everyone - it's always wonderful to hear what activities you enjoy and want to see more of!
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
I have done a sunflower picture for each of my residents in the memory unit and have put information from their Life Story on each petal..it is then laminated and placed near the door so that staff ca...
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7 years ago
5 Engaging Read-Aloud Activities for Seniors
Hello
I read at a local retirement home. My sweeties,as I like to call them are all over 90 and are as sharp as tacks!They give me a run for my money (: Please keep posting reading suggestions, I s...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Math Quiz #1
You can change the problems to suit the needs of the your residents
Encourage all to do this because it's definitely cognitive stimulation
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Tracey
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
We are runnign a cruise ship scheme which is weekly, so we cover a country each week this can be quite hard trying to think of various things to do for different countries with lack of time. This week...
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Lizette
Activity Aide
Activity Aide
Songs for Seniors Quiz
Thank you for all your hard work and effort. God will bless you for the special things you do for others.
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Math Quiz #1
My clients will like this! Thank you Golden Carers!
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Edgewood
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi,
My name is Carole and we are looking for ideas to honor all of our residents who were teachers. Does any one have any suggestions?
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Donna
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Dementia Care Provider
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Dementia Care Provider
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
On one of my units, I do something similar to this but I place them in a shadow box in each patients room. I ask a variety of questions and then I type the questions and the patients answers up addin...
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Deirdre
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Risk Assessment Form for Activities
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Risk Assessment form for activities
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Gillian
House Wife
House Wife
Balloon Tennis
This activity sounds great we shall have to try it out in our group. Thank you!!
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7 years ago
Cover the Number - Dice Game
I am a volunteer in a day facility and we tried this game out today. We did one person at a time and they were helping each other out and had a great time. We did laminate the sheets and each person h...
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
How to Plan a Successful Family Night
Haley has submitted a new article: How to Plan a Successful Family Night
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Wendi
Life Enrichment Program Director
Life Enrichment Program Director
Sip and Paint
Would LOVE to try this, can you explain how you got the clip art on the canvas? What was the easiest way to do this?
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Shirley
Memory Care Coordinator
Memory Care Coordinator
Balloon Tennis
We have played this game in our memory care unit for several years. We love it. It is amazing how competitive memory care folks can get.
The end of summer pool noodles can be found for a dollar eac...
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
Two of my residents familys did something similar to this and typed out a sheet of facts:
My name is xyz: and I was born in 1346
'Important steps in my life'
they then listed the steps chronologi...
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Kaimraj
Recreation Assistant
Recreation Assistant
do you all have musical dvd. I know that is very help to all seniors
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Vicki
Activities director
Activities director
Hello, my name is Vicki, I work at a Senior Living in Utah. My job is assistance director of Activities. ( title -Vibrant Life Director) I have been a member for 2 years. I love the ideas, and resourc...
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Maureen
activities officier
activities officier
How to host a Show Day
we are using stuffed animals for the pet parade, a craft/art competition, best decorated cake (cup cake) hot dogs, strawberry and ice cream, fishing game and roll em bobs, ring toss, poultry competiti...
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jill
activity coordinator
activity coordinator
Words starting with A Quiz #2
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL IDEAS, POEMS, QUIZZES , SPECIAL DAYS
MY RESIDENTS ARE A VERY HAPPY GROUP
JILL CONNETT
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Kelly
Director
Director
Balloon Tennis
Because we have a resident that is afraid of balloons and breaking balloons, we use a beach ball with the noodles and call it "Whack a ball." We sit along two 8 foot rectangular tables and some resid...
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Margaret
Retired
Retired
Cross-out The Odd Words #3
Thank you for this game. My sister-in-law will enjoy these.
Margaret
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Sunya
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello everyone. My nursing home just opened a memory care unit in our building. This is my first time ever running one. I also have to do the main part of the building. I feel like I have not yet brok...
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Tombizodwa
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Balloon Tennis
We also do this at our facility, we call it seated hockey, the residents sit each team on one side facing each other, with one team aiming to score on the opposite end, the residents love it, they jus...
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7 years ago
Free Music Playlists for the Elderly
We are in the process of starting an adult daycare and these are super ideas.
Thank you all very much. I will keep updated on all of this.
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Tricia
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Craft Snake
What a fun thing to colour! You can always pitch in, just make sure to use different colors for the triangles, and dots. Then, cutting apart and hanging with a bit of string - well, any air blowing...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
This memory board is also good to decrease problem behaviors https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-decrease-problem-behaviors/5056/ because a resident can be brought to a quiet area with the board and...
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Shazia
Director
Director
Songs for Seniors Quiz
Thank you for all the effort you have put in. these songs are great.
Tracy
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Left-Zone Area Activity
We are trying this for the first time tomorrow at my new job. It was popular at my old job but my new place as a lady without a left arm so we have adjusted the day to a Braintraining day and having a...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Cross-out The Odd Words #3
THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS GAME. MY CLIENTS LOVE THESE!
Lisa
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Cross-out The Odd Words #2
THANK YOU GOLDEN CARERS! This is such a fun game.
Lisa
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
A board like this is especially helpful to those who have dementia. If it is in a residents room, it can start discussions with staff and visitors.
Remind all that you never ask a resident with demen...
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Molly
Activity Professional & Writer
Activity Professional & Writer
Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
Molly shared a new article: Reminiscing: How to Create a Memory Board
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Mihaela
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Dementia Care & The Physical Environment
Hello, did someone have an idea for personalise the doors for residents?
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fay
volunteer
volunteer
I just started up I have my certificate four in lifestyle leisure I wanted get into understanding in activity in the aged care down the track I love have a job in as assistance of diversional therapi...
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Catalina M
Activity Director
Activity Director
Words starting with A Quiz #2
FROM MY FACILITY AND RESIDENTS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
You have make my day!!
Catalina
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Norma Jean
Activities Director
Activities Director
I just joined. Im trying to find where I can add templates and photos to the calendar. I have started September Calendar but its blank.
Can someone help me create a cool calendar for to of my assist...
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Sue
Lifestyle Lead
Lifestyle Lead
Nearly New Boutique
Thanks for the advice. I will give this a try and see what response I get. We do have some lovely families that I am sure would support the idea. I will let you know if I succeed as I love the idea.
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Amy
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
You can also sing nursery rhymes (or other songs) together while you exercise during a morning stretch activity. For example, sing Row Row Row Your Boat while doing a rowing motion with your arms and...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with A Quiz #2
THANK YOU GOLDEN CARERS!
Lisa
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Soooo happy and thankful to have this resource - it saves so much time and energy collecting and collating information. Thank you to everyone for all the ideas; it covers so much!
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