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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Hi All
I am to host a birthday party for 100 year old lady will have 30 residents of very mixed ability and 15 guests please has anyone an ice breaker activity suitable for such a diverse group PLEA...
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9 years ago
Irish Carpet Bowls
looks like fun I will combine it with other outdoor game/s and have a picnic lunch and icecream. Thanks for the tip.
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Names & Surnames Reminiscing Activity
Glad it worked Barbara. The one we do for professions seems to get everyone involved too. Archer, Baker, Chandler, Driver...hvnt been able to find an E...Fisher, Gardener, Hunter etc etc
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Sandy
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi there, I need to start the cooking session, can anyone please help me with how to do the risk assessment......
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Sue
allied health assistant
allied health assistant
Sample Activities Calendars
Thank you for posting these calendar's they are fabulous. Is there a way to copy these and edit for use in my work place.
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Jean
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Irish Carpet Bowls
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Irish Carpet Bowls
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9 years ago
Sensory Pouches for Dementia Care
I have downloaded and printed many of these activities and they are great
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Barbara
diversional therapist assistant
diversional therapist assistant
Names & Surnames Reminiscing Activity
Tried the alphabet to find a profession for each. It was fun. We did this on a whiteboard Residents enjoyed this activity.
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Francis
Diversional Therapist
The Origins of Common Superstitions
My residents are the same' they just love the quizzes. Because the majority have all been such great readers these words have stayed in their memories. Keep up the great work!
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MaLourdes
Student
Student
English Words Lost in Translation
Amazing, I learn new language. Good for brain exercise especially for the residents.
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Sotiana
Leisure &Lifestyle Officer
Leisure &Lifestyle Officer
Guess the Nations – Mind Game
How can we work without you?, such a great asset to our job, and our care recipients look forward to attending the activities. Thank you
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Karen
Lifestyle Lead
Lifestyle Lead
Chinese New Year Client Names
Thanks for the Idea, we are going to our local Chinese restaurant for Lunch tomorrow so this is perfect. I'm going to add which Chinese Zodiac animal they are also. --Danielle
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MaLourdes
Student
Student
Sensory Lap Quilt
The sensory lap quilt is very nice. I will try to make one for our residents.
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Anthea
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Sensory Pouches for Dementia Care
Thank you so so much!!! I have tried them and they are absolutely BRILLIANT! I have used hand gel, pebbles, buttons, bobbins, sand and glitter stars ..... not altogether..... ha ha.....but so good fo...
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Liz
Personal Assistant
Personal Assistant
Imagine life without Golden Carers. Imagine doing the same activities day after day because the Golden Carers site doesn't exist. Now wake up and breathe a sigh of relief it was all just a bad drea...
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Rebecca
Recreational Therapist
Recreational Therapist
Motown Jeopardy
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Motown Jeopardy
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Claudia
Senior Support Worker
Senior Support Worker
March Quiz
I love this site, thank you so much for making my job a little easier :)
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Vania
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Eyeglass Lens Brooch
What a fabulous craft idea! Many thanks for sharing.
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Julie
Therapy Assistant
Therapy Assistant
Sensory ceiling stimulation... I'm looking for ideas for the something to either hang or stick to the ceiling. I did think of a mobile, with objects of residents interests hanging but visually this mi...
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Marie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How to host a Valentine's Day Party
My first time to join and I'm delighted with all these new ideas for activities. Thank you.
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Genevieve
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
Sensory Pouches for Dementia Care
Sadly these were an epic fail :(
The shaving cream seemed turned to water and seemed to have weakened the plastic, and leaked out ... the hair gel also went watery :( so disappointed...
Any tips?
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Clive
Co-Ordinator
Co-Ordinator
Superstition Quiz
I co-ordinate the Vintage Banquet in Kingston Upon Thames for the over 60s and depending on how difficult the quiz is then I either :
Give a copy to each guest
Give a copy to 2 guests to work togeth...
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Nicky
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Fill out the form please
What a great idea I think I will try it and let everyone know how I go
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9 years ago
Games for People Living with Dementia
How do you get residents to want to participate
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Matthew Flinders Home
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
Mobile library Trolley
Great idea! I will be definitely be suggesting this at my work place.
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9 years ago
8 Tips for Successful One-on-One Visits
My mother is 88, still loves at home. My brother works out of the home office 5-6 days a week, often spends the night there or takes her out of town on the weekends. I live out of tow, 2-4 hour driv...
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Romary
Pensionar/Voluntary Worker
Pensionar/Voluntary Worker
Good Afternoon,
I live in the Western Cape, South Africa and we have a very active Alzheimer Support Group in our city. Our members are people who have either supported an Alzheimer spouse or clien...
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Kl Rao
RAO
RAO
Tea Tasting
Also good to mention the origins of tea, benefits of drinking it. Ask family members to help with this activity and bring in small teapots.
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9 years ago
Hi my name is Kelly
Do you have some suggestions for sensory activities for a blind client with good cognitive skills
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9 years ago
hey there i am looking for some activities to do with residents to do i work in high care area they play bingo but but i want to do something else with them in the afternoons
can anyone give me any i...
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9 years ago
How to host a Valentine's Day Party
Thanks for giving some ideas to celebrate Valentines Day.
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Clarissa
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Ladies afternoon
Ladies afternoon fashion show, inviting family members is something i'm implementing into my activities program. Wonderful idea!
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Brenda
OTA
OTA
Aromatherapy Recipes
There are some great ideas on here guys, thank you I can see myself using these ideas a lot, Bren x
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Names & Surnames Reminiscing Activity
I've done something similar - we went through the alphabet to find a profession for each, and the next week compared notes. I also did surnames that ended in someone's 'son' - Thompson, Simpson.
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Georgina
Lifestyle Co-ordinater
Lifestyle Co-ordinater
Eyeglass Lens Brooch
What a great idea and so easy to make. Will definitely be trying this in craft group. Thanks Lynne.
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9 years ago
Eyeglass Lens Brooch
What an interesting activity idea, so unique and with such a beautiful result! Thanks for sharing Lynne.
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9 years ago
Cookie Pops
Love it Joan, nice and simple. Thanks for the photos too, looks like they turned out great!
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Lesley
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
How to Turn an Activity Idea into an Achievable Goal
Thank you for this. I will admit l have become stale and need to look for new ideas so thanks for the push.
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Leanne
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
Mozart's Birthday Creative Art Project
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Mozart's Birthday creative art project
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Elizabeth
Recreation Activites Officer
Recreation Activites Officer
How to Conduct a Reminiscing Session
Some fantastic reminiscing idea's, thank you!
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Adelina
Recreation Activity Officer
Recreation Activity Officer
Letters of the Alphabet Templates
I thought I can't find it, Thanks.. very helpfull.
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Lynne
Activity Director
Activity Director
Eyeglass Lens Brooch
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Eyeglass lens brooch
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Aubree
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Group Singing with Props
Hello!
Can anyone recommend other Sing Along CD's that would be beneficial for dementia residents?
I looked up Vera Lynn and I think her songs are too slow. I also looked up Toni Almond, but...
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9 years ago
Mozart's Birthday Creative Art Project
This sounds like a wonderful activity, thanks for sharing! If you have a picture you can send in that would be great too.
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Magnolia
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
I Love You in different languages
INIIBIG KITA OR MAHAL KITA
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9 years ago
Pancake treat
We have had great fun and many laughs in previous years with pancake tossing using small, cold frypans for the residents and staff running races (while tossing pancakes) with the residents being in ch...
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Genevieve
Owner
Owner
Hi there guys,
I have a few group homes in Arizona and I'm struggling finding people to volunteer at the homes. Does anyone have any ideas for me?
Thank you
Genevieve
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Anna Garrood
Diversional Therapist
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Golden Carers is fantastic and invaluable, our clients love all the activities, quizzes and crosswords. You all make my job as a diversional therapist much easier with all your ideas. A huge thank you to you and your team. 😊
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