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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with C Quiz
Thank you for this! My clients love them and I use them every week.
Lisa
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Words starting with D Quiz
GOLDEN CARERS IS THE BEST WEBSITE IN THE WORLD! IF I COULD NOMINATE YOUR COMPANY FOR "BEST WEBSITE"', I WOULD! YOU DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE CONSISTENTLY!
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!
Lisa
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Nearly New Boutique
We asked family and friends of the residents ours is a faith based home so we are very lucky and have lots of support. The experience of choosing was so lovely to see.
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Georgina
Weekly Day Care Facility
Weekly Day Care Facility
Words starting with A Quiz #2
Our clients love to do a quiz - as a group, as this does not make any individual feel uncomfortable at "being put on the spot" . It's surprising just how much spin-off conversation these quizzes crea...
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Samantha
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Good morning,
I am looking for different seated exercise programs for our residents, any ideas or links would be much appreciated.
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Lalia
Director
Director
Balloon Pop & Play
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pop Goes The Balloon
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Sherlene
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Sip and Paint
Wow! so many nice ideas!! Thank you very much. You help make my job so much easier, fun, and exciting!!
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Fran
Psychologist
Psychologist
Good morning! Something to think about for the upcoming Holiday Season. We have a huge gratitude tree out into the dining room for everyone to view. We have residents make a leaf of what they are t...
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Fran
Psychologist
Psychologist
I absolutely love all the activities. I am a school counselor by profession and love the Brain Crunch type activities that are language based. We do a monthly group activity and I use many of your a...
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Wendy
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Words in Words Group Game
I use lists of words that are commonly used every day and ask the residents to make a sentence using the two words.
Words like went and saw are good for dementia residents and on our residential floo...
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Melissa
Activity Co Ordinator
Activity Co Ordinator
Morning. I work in a care home in West Sussex UK and I am looking for a company that will come out and do armchair exercises, reminiscing, singing and games etc. We already have Kiddley Divey who...
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Sue
Lifestyle Lead
Lifestyle Lead
Nearly New Boutique
Hi Sue, How did you get the nearly new items in the first place. I have taken some residents shopping in the past but this would open up a whole new world.
Another Sue
Lifestyle Coordinator
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Nicki
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Sip and Paint
Such a GREAT activity to try. Can’t wait!!
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Carolina
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
This Day in History for Seniors: September
Thank you, there are a lot of ideas to see and learn here.
Great site!
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7 years ago
Calendar 2019.
Hi all,
Just wondering when the calendar for 2019 is coming out. I need to get started planning.
Many thanks!
Regards from Western Australia
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Catalina M
Activity Director
Activity Director
Rhyming Riddles - LIGHT
Thank you so much. I and the residents appreciate your ideas and thank goodness i found you,.
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Rose
Activity Director
Activity Director
Sip and Paint
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: SIP AND PAINT
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Amber
Activity Director
Activity Director
What are some of you planning for Assisted Living Week in September? Id love to hear some of your ideas! :)
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Christine
Lifestyle & Programs Manager
Lifestyle & Programs Manager
Songs for Seniors Quiz
WOW!!! Love this, can't wait to use it with my residents! Thank you for all the hard work!
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Dana
Life Enhancement Director and Photographer
Life Enhancement Director and Photographer
Hangman & Variations
I have done this game backwards--Build-a-Man--instead of Hangman. It was pretty much the same, Hangman without the noose! We drew in the grass, flowers, birds, the sun, etc. until we had the right ans...
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Juanita
Activity Director
Activity Director
Good Morning Everyone,
Hope you are all having a good day. I am struggling with volunteers. I do get a lot of calls and people that come but once we go over the requirements needed to volunteer i...
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Camille
GERIATRIC CAREGIVER
GERIATRIC CAREGIVER
Rhyming Riddles - LIGHT
Great activity for my group they love it. Thanks so much
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Louise
Support Worker
Support Worker
Craft Snake
Just new to the site. Hoping my clients get to enjoy some of the craft ideas
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Yamilee
Speech Language Pathologist
Speech Language Pathologist
Sort the Colours
I can't wait to try this activity. I like the fact that it does not require much cognitive effort.
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Phillippa
Facilitator
Facilitator
6 Resume & Interview Tips for Activity Coordinators
Brilliant tips for people. I love this site.
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Robyn
Healthy Ageing Advocate
Healthy Ageing Advocate
Hi can anyone give any suggestions. Our facility run a bus trip once a week. Sometimes it can be a challenge to motiviate our residents to want to attend. (We always have a good time - it's just chall...
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Rhyming Riddles - LIGHT
WOW! YOU MADE ANOTHER ONE! Thank you very much! I appreciate your hard work.
THANK YOU!!
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Melody
OTA
OTA
Doll Therapy for Dementia
One resident in particular is a joy to watch her love for a very life like baby. She is very softly spoken so it’s a little difficult to know for sure she thinks the baby is real. Her smile never leav...
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Jo
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
This Day in History for Seniors: September
Yay. These are the best. I know there is a lot of work compiling these but they are just the BEST.
Thank you
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7 years ago
Meaningful Activities for Men
Thanks for sharing your helpful ideas I pick up some new activities suitable for men at our facility. Thank you so much Golden Cares and team.
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
Rhyming Riddles #8
THANK YOU for another Rhyming Riddle! Your website in run by incredible people!
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Mercedes
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Famous and Infamous left-handers
I so grateful for this site. My clients enjoy the activities. I like the wide variety. Golden carers has made my life much easier. Thank you so much!
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Rita
Rita1234
Rita1234
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
Great site has been extremely beneficial .. thank you all the wonderful information and ideas
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Evangeline
Assistant Manager / Activities Co Ordinator
Assistant Manager / Activities Co Ordinator
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
A brilliant site with lots of taster ‘free’ activities!! When time is limited due to workload this site is invaluable to ensure our wonderful residents have meaningful activities appropriate for them...
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yasmin
Recreational therapist
Recreational therapist
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
This site helped me a lot during our Accreditation. Thank you so much Goldencarers
So much wonderful information
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7 years ago
How to motivate residents in long term care
I have residents that are high functioning VERY able bodied and BORED .... I am one activities coordinator for 68 residents total and need ideas for meaningful activities and 'jobs' for when I'm not a...
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Sue
Therapy Assistant
Therapy Assistant
Fun with Salt Dough
Great idea, and surprisingly, has universal appeal for all ages. I used a packet of lemon jelly crystals in the dough, recently. This added a nice yellow colour, but not much smell, so the essential o...
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Sue
Therapy Assistant
Therapy Assistant
Nursery Rhyme Game
Oh, wow, I tried Nursery Rhymes last night. I was careful to choose an adult singing, not a squeaky child (all due respect) and I was blown away by the calming effect late at night in the dementia hou...
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Robyn
Lifestyle coordinator
This Day In History For Seniors: August
Loved "this day in History" My residents enjoyed it too.
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Yvonne
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
i have joined today and am so amazed by the sheer amount of oy it is bring me and my residents it is mind boggling the variety of tools Golden Carers has got and it is given me a new lease of confiden...
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7 years ago
The Importance of Client Assessment in Residential Care
What are three important physical capilities might the client be assessed for when developing a care plan??
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Kayleigh
Coordinator for The Intermissions Program
Coordinator for The Intermissions Program
True or False Lollipops
I love when they are able to have something tangible to hold onto. It really helps with participation and engagement. Thank you for sharing.
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Kayleigh
Coordinator for The Intermissions Program
Coordinator for The Intermissions Program
Whiteboard Word Quiz
We do this in my group as well. They have great fun with it!
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Caroline
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi! My name is Caroline. I am a Recreation Therapist in the USA. I have a particular resident who is new to our facility. She is becoming increasingly withdrawn and is having a difficult time adjustin...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Nearly New Boutique
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Nearly New Boutique
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Donna
Diversional Thaerapist
Diversional Thaerapist
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know the name of any exercise DVD's for seniors, mainly wheelchair and princess chair bound. (chair exercises) I have the golden carers chair exercises and another seated DVD...
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Elaine
PCW
PCW
Whiteboard Word Quiz
I play a similar game, depending on the topic/theme for example winter I ask the clients to give me words starting with "wi".
They try and better themselves with getting more words each time.
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Shirley
Memory Care Coordinator
Memory Care Coordinator
Whiteboard Word Association Game
Thanks you for the white board letter game. We love letter games at our community.
Here is an easy letter game that can be played anywhere with a larg group, small group or one person. It can be p...
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Alyss
Program Director
Program Director
We're celebrating "National Peach Month" August 1st. and serving Peach Cobbler. Has anyone done any games using "Peaches" as the theme?
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Margaret
Senior Carer/activity Co-ordinator
Senior Carer/activity Co-ordinator
Finish the Sayings and Proverbs Game
I'm going to do these quizzes with my residents tomorrow they look lots of fun and I'm sure all will enjoy I will give you feed back once done.
thank you.
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