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Auriel
RAO
RAO
Solve the Riddles
Excellent activity. Residents loved it...lots of laughter
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Amanda
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
5 Fun Technology Activities for Residents
Hi any more fun apps I can use plz
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Kim
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Pudding Football
Totally doing this! Sounds like a GREAT sensory activity!! Thanks!
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Thea
Facility Manager
Facility Manager
Resident Facilitated Historical Sessioin
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Resident facilitated historical sessioin
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8 years ago
Harry & Megan - Romantic Timeline
Thanks so much for your feedback Diane, we appreciated it so much! x
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8 years ago
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you for sharing these great activities for Alzheimer's patients. These activities will keep them engaged and entertained and will develop their cognitive skills.
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Kay
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello,
Has anyone ever heard of a "roving" resident council? The MDS 3.0 Care Plan Cookbook references one under the approaches section for Isolation Medically Necessary (page 96). We are a small f...
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Amanda
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Good Morning (from Ohio) I am looking for anything that I can use to educate on resident rights. Hoping for some glorified simple version that is easy for residents to understand. Any insight would be...
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Michelle
Senior Care Worker
Senior Care Worker
Health & Lifestyle Survey
hello is there any surveys for the service user family or staff
thanks michelle
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
What's In the Bag
I tried this yesterday I had to modify slightly as had a very large diverse group so when resident pulled out a spoon we thought of how many types of spoon we could think of, alarm clock how many diff...
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meredith
Activity co ordinator
Activity co ordinator
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
We played jeopardy yesterday.......was a lot of fun. Will play again.
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Lydia
Nurse
Nurse
What State is That Town From?
This was an absolutely brilliant idea, I found it also triggered some reminiscing from people who have lived or travelled through or have family in the these towns. A great memory exercise! Really hel...
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Diane
Recreation Team Leader
Recreation Team Leader
Harry & Megan - Romantic Timeline
Thank you so much to everyone for all the great ideas, so beneficial for all in our job.
Our residents benefit so much from such a selection of topics.
Soooo appreciated.
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Donna
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Dementia Care Provider
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Dementia Care Provider
Hi, I am doing preference boards in our patients rooms, what questions have you used to help make staff aware of patient preferences?
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Kim
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Biology Facts and Trivia
Your site is so helpful, endless ideas and activities help me so much not just for Diversional work with elderly residents but with my grandchildren as well!!
Thank you
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Melissa
Activities Director
Activities Director
Pudding Football
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pudding Football
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Amy
Day support worker
Day support worker
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
Jeopardy looks like it could be great fun but I can't work out how to play it! Do you need to be familiar with it as a TV game show or am I just not understanding the instructions?! Any help much appr...
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Jacqueline
Activities Team
Activities Team
Finish the Sayings and Proverbs Game
I use these quiz/ sayings to fill in time at the end of organised events. My residents love these so much and I said to them that we had got to page 9 and who was going to remind me next week? One la...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Words starting with Sp
Hi Jo and Anne, thank you for your kind words. Your feedback means a lot to us. Cheers!
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Presbyterian Support Upper South Island
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Words starting with Sp
Love Golden Carers, use it alot. Thank you.
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Anne
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Words starting with Sp
What a wonderful site !!!!!
So many ideas especially for trivia class.
Thank you so much for all your hard work.
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Hank
REC & ACT
REC & ACT
Medical Dictionary
Great filler while we wait for lunch or during a social!
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Nancy
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
Hi there
Can anyone give me a good example of sensory documentation for a care recipient?
Thanks in advance
Nancy
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Debbie
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Passover: The 4 Questions
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Passover: The 4 Questions
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Lisa
Activities for Seniors
Activities for Seniors
By the Numbers Quiz: U.S. & Canada
My people LOVE this! Made them feel smart!
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8 years ago
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
Thank you so much for the feedback everyone, it's wonderful to hear these games have been well received by your clients!
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Ohinene
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
I tried yesterday the jeopardy game it was a blast even aides joined it was great thank thank you
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Claudia
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
The activity was a big success, residents that usually refuse to engage in group activity were actively involve!!! I'm very happy :D
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Kaitlyn
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
I cannot even begin to express how thankful I am to have found this site! My residents have been thriving with all our new activities!
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Patricia
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
12 Ways to Appreciate Volunteers
We have an annual luncheon with beautiful placemats, centerpieces and table setting. We have piano music playing for 30 minutes while the volunteers are arriving and having hors d'oeuvres. Then whil...
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Lynn
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
Hello every one :)
I just started work in a dementia home, doing activities and this website is helping me already... just to have contact with you all and knowing you are doing the same work around...
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Niki
Activity Director
Activity Director
Laughing Together - Five Activities to Get Residents Smiling
These ideas are wonderful! I'll be using a few of them at our "Laughter is the Best Medicine" program next month!
I recently did a bulletin board with riddles: I typed them in a large-size font a...
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Acacia
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Laughing Together - Five Activities to Get Residents Smiling
We are still loving Golden Cares over here in Shawnigan Lake BC
there will be a fabulous laughing circle going on this morning:) thanks for all the tips!
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8 years ago
My mom is 86, nearly blind and has early stages of dementia. Do you have resources for low vison and blind elders? Thanks
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Christine
Support Worker
Support Worker
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
Thank you for this game, I have used it with 2 separate groups with differing cognitive abilities including dementia and all participants loved it. I have now been asked for new questions to add. Than...
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Toni
RN/Carer
RN/Carer
St. Patrick's Day Crossword
Hi Talita - the crossword puzzles are great. Can you please make the template available so we can generate our own puzzle? I celebrated St Pat's Day with Seniors involved in Woodturning. It would be g...
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Zoe
HUB MANAGER
HUB MANAGER
True or False Quiz - Easy
Hi this is an excellent activity, I find true/false & yes/no games are wonderful for those living with Dementia. If anyone has a resource where I can find more I would be eternally grateful:)
Golde...
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Basil
Voluntary Social Work
Voluntary Social Work
True or False Quiz - Easy
Incredible site.
Thank you
Keep up the good work
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Sharon
Certified Nurses Assistant
Certified Nurses Assistant
I need some good suggestions on ring toss games. And also bean bag games.
Thanks
Sharon
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Raelene
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
enlarging to A3 and laminating
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Yamilee
Speech Language Pathologist
Speech Language Pathologist
Sensory Spaces & Boxes for Memory Care
I am a new member and I'm enjoying reading about all these great ideas. I am especially drawn to the tactile and olfactory sensory activities as most of my clients suffer from various degrees of heari...
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Molly
Activity Professional & Writer
Activity Professional & Writer
Laughing Together - Five Activities to Get Residents Smiling
Molly has shared a new article: Laughing Together - Five Activities to Get Residents Smiling
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8 years ago
15 Uplifting Activities for People with Limited Mobility
You could try activities that stimulate the senses like tray clothes that have different materials with various texture sewn on to them or materials that rustle. Use things like rain tubes. use cuddly...
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Glenys
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
Great ideas.Our residents love playing how many words can you make from one word.e.g
Steaming
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Easter Colouring Poster
Thank you for the Easter Coloring with the true meaning of Easter. Our Residents will enjoy coloring these pages and appreciate that the true meaning of the holiday is recognized.
Darla Spiry
Br...
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Michele
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello everyone. I am an activity director in Baltimore Maryland. I work at a facility that is dedication to nuns only. I just wanted to say hi to you all.
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Penny
Trainer / Assessor
Trainer / Assessor
Photo Collages for the Elderly
A fantastic idea something that can be done during respite care. It also helps care workers to learn more about the person and provide more relevant personal centred care. That can promote conversatio...
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Carole
Leisure & Lifestyle Officer
Leisure & Lifestyle Officer
Race Around Australia Trivia Game
Hi I recently did race around Australia trivia game it was a huge success thank you, I am wondering where the trivia pages were sourced from, the mix of questions were fantastic. If anyone out there c...
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Thank you so much for all these wonderful activities and ideas. I used to spend hours compiling quizzes and looking for activities. You have made my job so much easier, keep up the good work!! : )
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