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Juleen
Nurse/Diversional Therapist
Nurse/Diversional Therapist
I am looking for ideas on how to organise a Family Trivia Night at our facility, any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Lynley
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
I tried this game last Easter but a lot of the residents could not distinguish between the eggs and colours (due to eyesight issues) and found it very frustrating. Maybe I might make a smaller versio...
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Acacia
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Art-Based Cognitive Therapy: Palm Sketch
Loved the Art-Based Cognitive Therapy: Palm Sketch! we traced everyones hands with a black felt let them do what they wanted, some people coloured in their hands others abstracted and others painted f...
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Jennifer
Director Of Activities
Director Of Activities
What questions do you ask when you are checking a volunteers reference? I am not happy with the current form used at my facility and I'm looking for better questions to ask to get a good idea about a...
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Deirdre
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Art-Based Cognitive Therapy: Palm Sketch
Fantastic idea. Thank you so much to every one who has contributed this is my most valued resource.
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Carol
Activities Organiser
Activities Organiser
Teddy Bears Picnic Party/Get together
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Party/get together
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Kim
lifestyle
lifestyle
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Our residents loved creating this tree and are very proud of it as it has created colour and atmosphere in an otherwise bare area. We have plans to add more to it and incorporate easter into it. A won...
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Karen
Lifestyle Lead
Lifestyle Lead
Rhyming Ball
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Rhyming Ball
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Karen
Lifestyle Lead
Lifestyle Lead
Poetry Mad Libs
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Poetry Mad Libs
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Lindsey
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Does your center chart daily? What types of things are you tracking? Do you assign staff particular clients to chart on?
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Sandy
Activities Director
Activities Director
Art-Based Cognitive Therapy: Palm Sketch
Excited to give this a try!!
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Lindsey
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Good morning,
The day program I manage is currently going through renovations to improve our environment to a more home-like setting vs facility. We will be moving towards smaller groups vs larger an...
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Sheri
PCAP/OTA
PCAP/OTA
Be The Change You Want To See
I feel like crying.. I am of the 'new generation' of carers who want to see person centered care put into practise in all residential facilities. I struggle with this daily. I am told I am slow, I don...
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Romary
Pensionar/Voluntary Worker
Pensionar/Voluntary Worker
Be The Change You Want To See
This is an excellent article. I believe it happens more in places where the dementia clients are amongst the elderly folk who do not suffer from this disease. Caring for dementia clients is a comple...
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Lisa
Life Style Co-ordinator
Life Style Co-ordinator
Be The Change You Want To See
I love the way that you think Daz!
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Darla
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Recreation and Rehab Manager
Be The Change You Want To See
Thank you for this article. It came at the right time.
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amanda
lifestyle coordinator
lifestyle coordinator
Good morning all.
We have a good range of volunteers at our facility however i'm wanting ideas on what type of activities they can do with our residents. We already do 1:1, gardening, chats etc
Wou...
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Lynne
Activity Director
Activity Director
Decoupage Wooden Hangers
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Decoupage wooden hangers
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Rachel
Activity Director
Activity Director
I'm currently working as a Activity DirectorADC at a 160 bed facility. We have assisted living/short term/long term and both female and dementia units.I need some fresh ideas for quick grab activites...
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Daz
Lifestyle Consultant
Lifestyle Consultant
Be The Change You Want To See
Daz has submitted an article: Be the change you want to see
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Georgia
caregiver
caregiver
Art-Based Cognitive Therapy: Palm Sketch
A new activity has been submitted by a Golden Carers member: Art-based Cognitive Therapy
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Items We All Lose
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Items we all lose
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Karin
Recreation Therapy
Recreation Therapy
Hi everyone!
I am an activity convener in Alberta, Canada and I am interested in starting a pen pal/ email relationship with a seniors facility in a different country. Ideally I think Australia wou...
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9 years ago
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
The Tenants Union successfully challenged this ban several times, arguing landlords are not entitled to restrict tenants from having pets because it interferes with their ”quiet enjoyment” of the prop...
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Shannon
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
Love this take on the traditional Bingo game. Would you be able to provide a modified version of this game for dementia clients eg reducing the number of squares on each card from 24 to 8 or 10
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9 years ago
10 Ways to Improve Activity Participation
I am very interested in the drumming activity you mentioned. Could you please provide further information on the free online lessons - perhaps the website or contact details. Thanks.
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9 years ago
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
The Tenants Union successfully challenged this ban several times, arguing landlords are not entitled to restrict tenants from having pets because it interferes with their 'quiet enjoyment' of the prop...
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kathie
activities co-ordinator
activities co-ordinator
Book Fruit Salad
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: BOOK FRUIT SALAD
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Sharese
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Little Leprechaun Hats
They look very effective, thank you.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Chocolate Holder Chick
Hi Christine, over fifty chicks!! That's impressive! Thank you very much for sharing. Cheers.
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Christina
recreational officer
recreational officer
Chocolate Holder Chick
chicks were great ,had to make over 50 !! phew !
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9 years ago
Doll Therapy for Dementia
Hello. I'm starting a therapy session for the dolls, but I need some advice. What should be the duration of the session? And how often? once a week? Once a month
Thank you for your sharing.
Social g...
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Darlene
Director
Director
I am looking for an efficient and organized way to do shopping ( grocery, office supplies, etc) and inventory control at my facility. I am planning to address this issue with the cooking staff at our...
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Rec & Leisure
Animator
Animator
Hi Everyone, I work in a long-term care facility as an Activities and Volunteer Coordinator. We are in very exciting times and moving to a brand new facility. The facility is much larger and we are co...
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Bronwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Little Leprechaun Hats
Our attempt at making Leprechaun Hats. We will be using them as table centerpieces in the dining room. So much fun to make.
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Beatriz
CNA Enrichment Coordinator in Memory Care
CNA Enrichment Coordinator in Memory Care
Things that go Together Quiz #2
.I hope they enjoy, my group is the different stage so sometimes just one person is interesting, and then I need to make little group with different activities.
But all your ideas are really helpfu...
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9 years ago
Reminiscence - Childhood Nursery Rhymes
Thanks so much for your feedback ladies. And thank you Diane for sharing this activity!
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Diane
RMN
RMN
5 Fun Technology Activities for Residents
Hi if you have an iPhone or iPad there is a free app called MindMate and one called memorybox which are both very good resources
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
10 Activities for International Women's Day
Hi Darlene, thank you for your kind comments. You are a very caring and enthusiastic Activity Coordinator, and you go a long way to make your clients happy. Congratulations!
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Linda-Joy
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Match-Up Cards
Really liked this funny thing I used to use something similar in my junior classes am in the process of making sa specific one for a boating fanatic
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Robyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Match-Up Cards
wonderful :) they work a treat, 1 resident loves to sit and do the whole set
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Darlene
Director
Director
I am looking for an efficient and organized way to do shopping ( grocery, office supplies, etc) and inventory control at my facility. I am planning to address this issue with the cooking staff at our...
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Darlene
Director
Director
10 Activities for International Women's Day
I used these ideas to organize a fun day for women's day at my facility this week. It was a HUGE hit. I invited a well known women in the community to give a talk/chat/discussion reminiscing on the...
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Darlene
Director
Director
International Women’s Day Matching Quiz
I customized this to make it a list of FIRSTS for women in my country. It was a HUGE hit this week for women's day....the women ( and MEN) at my facility loved it and they had a lot of fun guessing t...
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Janet
Physiotherapy Assistant & MultiSkilled Carer
Physiotherapy Assistant & MultiSkilled Carer
Coin-Tap Chair Dance
I love this idea, but would you be able to give us a sample like in you tube?
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Nicky
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Fill out the form please
hi every one I just wanted to let you know my residents loved this activity thank you Golden carers for all your great ideas
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
IRELAND Cryptic Quiz
I'm going to use this on St Patricks Day. Thanks
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Loretta
Director of Activities
Director of Activities
Hello everyone. I am the Director of Activities in a country facility. We hold our activities on our wings in the dining rooms. On one of my units I have a mixture of residents from alert and oriented...
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