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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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8 years ago
The Role of Assessment in Person-Centered 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 She is becoming increasingly withdrawn and is having a difficult time adjustin...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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Nicholas
Health Care Assistant
Health Care Assistant
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Cheers guys lots of info thanks.
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Sofian
Psiholog
Psiholog
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Thank you for all wonderfull activities,this site is helping me a lot.
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Isabel
Retired
Retired
Sensory Pouches for Dementia Care
I have always tried to find puzzles, games etc that are tactile and challenging for my husband as he is totally blind and has been most of his life. He has Alzheimers and Vascular dementia and havin...
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8 years ago
Does anyone have ideas of group activities that would include residents that are blind. I find myself struggling in this area, please help!.
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Jeanette
Carer
Carer
Nine-Letter Word Puzzles
Always looking for more of these as my residents love them
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Brandi
Director Of Life Enrichment
Director Of Life Enrichment
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
I love this site!! Thank you!
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Karen
Lead Activity Co-ordinator
Lead Activity Co-ordinator
Photo Collages for the Elderly
This is a great idea because photographs are great for reminiscence work with the elderly. And Penny, you are right about us, in turn, learning more about the person we are working for. Combining two...
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Michael
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Just wondering how many residents everyone has and how many have full capacity ? I have 6 residents from 45 that have full capacity I feel all my group activities are always the same 6 . I do spend a...
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Julie
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
6 Resume & Interview Tips for Activity Coordinators
Brilliant tips. I have been called back for a second interview as an activities coordinator tomorrow so will bear these tips in mind. Wish me luck!!
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Michael
Game Therapist
Game Therapist
Is membership of DRTA worth it?
I'm a student studying a Cert 4 in Leisure & Health at Kangan Tafe in Melbourne.
I am thinking of joining DRTA for the student discounts on conferences and worksh...
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8 years ago
Two-Minute Activities for Dementia Care
We do a lot of these activities as well, residents love to receive hugs, hand or foot massages etc. Human touch is so important to us all.
We also have visits from a couple of babies/toddlers, all th...
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Molly
Activity Professional & Writer
Activity Professional & Writer
How to Plan Age Appropriate Activities for Seniors
Molly shared a new article: Age Appropriate Activities In Senior Care
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8 years ago
Sensory Spaces & Boxes for Memory Care
I agree wholeheartedly that mental stimulation is essential to ward off dementia. I have MS and experience severe "brain fog". I am teaching myself Spanish and while my linguistic ability is not impro...
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Kylie
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
I absolutely love this site. I have used it in a Lifestyle Position in a Daycentre with the older Person and I now find the resources and ideas invaluable in my new role as a Recreational Activities O...
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Elaine
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Good evening, I’m looking for any national challenges that my residents can take part in, I feel we need a challenge and something to aim for.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
8 Creative Group Activities for Seniors
I think creative activities are great for seniors because it helps keep their mind sharp
I used to do many creative activities with our residents I also had some of my staff run the activities but...
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Diane
Physiotherapist Assistant
Physiotherapist Assistant
I am a physio assistant in aged care and also community. I am looking for music to use in my group sessions also to take with me when I do community clients . My focus is on balance, strength, pain ma...
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Tracey
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Around the World Cruise
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Around the world cruise
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Maureen
activities officier
activities officier
Sort the Colours
This is a very good activity and can also be used with poker chips. The milk bottle caps are also good when you have 10caps and the tops of the bottle (just under the screw on part) glued to a board...
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8 years ago
Words in Words Group Game
Do you allow two and three letter words. My residents like to start with 4 letter words and
don't allow two and three.
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Michael
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
At work today I was talking with one of the senior carers about my job, she said she would't do my job as she thinks it would be really difficult as this is more of a nursing home than a residential h...
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Yvonne
Activation Coordinator
Activation Coordinator
Nine-Letter Word Puzzles
I tried these with some of my clients during leisure activity they enjoyed them
Thanks
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Spnh
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Modified Beer Pong
I use this in summer to encourage residents to drink extra fluids. I don't do opposing sides, just one pyramid of cups and each resident takes turns in tossing a ball ( or bouncing on the table) into...
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Anna
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Groups Quiz - People, Animals, Things
That’s brilliant thank you for sharing!
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Mia
Activities Manager
Activities Manager
8 Creative Group Activities for Seniors
I love these thank you so much for sharing!!! ♥
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Karen
Lead Activity Co-ordinator
Lead Activity Co-ordinator
Photo Collages for the Elderly
Brilliant, thank you xxx
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Mike
Owner
Owner
8 Creative Group Activities for Seniors
We have conducted Mini-Relay For Life Fundraiser for American Cancer Society over the past four years and our Members raised a total just over $17,000! We have an indoor walking track (100 feet oval t...
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Kylie
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
Lifestyle Enrichment Carer
Hi everyone. I’ve just started working as an RAO in a 90 bed facility, just taken over by a new company. While management have asked for fresh ideas and to integrate the Montessori Approach, I’m havin...
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Angie
Activity Co Ordinator
Activity Co Ordinator
Getting Schools Involved
Fantastic idea from this wonderful website.Tried out a lot of these activities with a really good respose.Still finding difficult with getting the men to engage,any ideas would be most appreciated
A...
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Name That Scent
We had a sensory day today. The clients weren't sure to start with (high functioning) but changed there minds. As well as the range of smells to guess we had hand massages and salt dough rolling and c...
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Geane
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
Great idea! I also believe that Christmas in July can be quite confusing.
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National Lifestyle
National Lifestyle Manager
National Lifestyle Manager
We use Golden Carers across all 60 of our sites, it is a great resource which is used regularly.
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Molly
Activity Professional & Writer
Activity Professional & Writer
8 Creative Group Activities for Seniors
Molly has shared a new article: 8 Creative Group Activities
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Molly
Activity Professional & Writer
Activity Professional & Writer
4 Creative Activity Programming Ideas Residents will Love
Molly has shared a new article: 4 Creative Activity Programming Ideas Residents will Love
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