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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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Clive
Co-Ordinator
Co-Ordinator
Hi Fellow Golden Carers,
Re : ICE BREAKERS
I co-ordinate weekly ( every Thursday including lunch ) a group of over 60s called the Vintage Banquet at our local church. Our group varies from 20 to 3...
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Patricia
Quality Of Life Director
Quality Of Life Director
I have 80 residents in my community skilled nursing/rehab. 1/2 of them have dementia and 1/4 are rehab and the other 1/4 are long term residents.
My challenge is having activities coinside with bot...
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Stephanie
Memory Care Life Enrichment Coordinator
Memory Care Life Enrichment Coordinator
I am a Life Enrichment Coordinator for a brand new- opening soon Memory Care facility. I have a budget to buy activities for our facility. I am trying to incorporate all kinds of different activitie...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
20 Lifelong Learning Themes for Seniors
Hi Helen, I think you are doing well; it is a challenge to motivate clients when their attention span is so short. You could try activities such as Proverbs, Nursery Rhymes/Lullaby, Scent Guessing, a...
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Helen
Home Duties
Home Duties
20 Lifelong Learning Themes for Seniors
Our Seniors Church members about 4-5 members visit one Care facility about once every 3 months due the scheduling of other programs for the High Care participants. We play the piano and sing small cho...
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Jaswinder
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Quiz: God in Different Languages
God is in Sikhism AKAL PURKH
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karen
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
6 Ways to Combat Social Isolation
I chose residents who already had an interest in gardening. Then purchased pots,soil and plants from Bunnings. Choose an afternoon and go for it. Some residents were happy to do the potting. Some just...
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Nicky
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator
Festive Wall Art Craft
What a lovely idea for Valentine's Day I think I will try it .Thank you Golden careers
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Stephanie
Memory Care Life Enrichment Coordinator
Memory Care Life Enrichment Coordinator
Sample Activities Calendars
Here is my April Activity Calendar for Memory Care
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Tea Tasting
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Try a New Brew !!
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Diane
Recreation Team Leader
Recreation Team Leader
8 Hot and Cold Drinks to Share in Good Company
great look forward to trying these different drinks, thankyou
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9 years ago
Interested in hearing what other facilities do when a resident has passed away and they need to remove them from their room to holding bay. Do they cover the face of the deceased or leave it uncovered...
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Nicole
Volunteer and Clinical Support Coordinator
Volunteer and Clinical Support Coordinator
This site is amazing! I'm not sure how I survived before I was introduced to this! Something for every occasion! So many ways for the clients to reminisce and learn about new things. Well worth the me...
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Lorraine
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
20 Lifelong Learning Themes for Seniors
I will include a learning activity on the next calendar - sounds great
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Topsy
Deversional Therapist
Deversional Therapist
Snoezelen Rooms and Sensory Environments for Dementia Care
A bubble machine also works well...after all who doesn't love bubbles. Just be careful with the positioning of the machine
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Dawn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to Increase Work Satisfaction through Goal Setting
Thank you
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Tracey
Recreational Coordinator
Recreational Coordinator
Quiz: A Question of Romance
Valentine's Day is not a public holiday in England. Florists, restaurants, hotels etc do generally charge more on Valentine's Day but this is just because they know people will pay more on special day...
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Carol
Activities Organiser
Activities Organiser
Great site,so glad I found you.
Is there any way we could go to the forum and carry on where we left off instead of having to travel through all the previous posts.
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9 years ago
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
My mum is about late mid stage and rapidly moving to late stage, with the added extra of lung cancer and macula degeneration. Being blessed with a creative/musical family mum not only listens to musi...
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Round Robin Storytelling
Do you need to keep repeating the story as you go along. Many of my ressies are quite deaf and find it hard to follow. We play "I went to market and I bought......: and I usually need to repeat what w...
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Cheryl Elizabeth
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Yabbie Race and Boomerang Throw
We celebrate Australia day with the thong throwing game,quizzes,trivia and volley ball,and this year I will try the Yabbie race,sounds like fun.we also have a special lunch and entertainer singing a...
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MARYANN
Programs Manager/Diversional Therapist
Programs Manager/Diversional Therapist
How to Evaluate Care Plans & Write Quarterly Reviews
This looks great would be awesome for Residential Care - congratulations -
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Margaret
Aged Care
Aged Care
Matthew Flinders: The Man Who Named Australia
Clients very interested in the history. Promoted lots of discussion about early explorers. Thank you.
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Marie
Activities
Activities
Matching Colours
This is good activity for late stage dementia. Also you can use your colorful bingo chips. Before the Bingo game I ask the residents to sort there chips by colors - But be carefully for residents...
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Kim
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Hi, I have done this tree as an Australian Day project. The clients from all parts of the aged care facility enjoyed doing it. Some of the residents had great fun thinking outside of the box and did d...
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Janet
Planned activity support worker
Planned activity support worker
Just had to finish my assignment in L&H and do the Smart Goals which I knew nothing about was browsing thru and G C had all the answers for me
Thanks heaps
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Lesley
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Salt Dough Magnets
Thanks again for this fun activity. I had eleven residents take part and they all enjoyed making the mixture and feeling the texture of the dough whilst kneading the dough. Painting the next day again...
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Lesley
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
School Days Reminiscing Cards
I did this activity with my residents on Monday. Three ladies helped me cut the card and questions and happily stuck down with the glue whilst having humerous chat. We then went into the lounge and ev...
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Lesley
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
5 Engaging Read-Aloud Activities for Seniors
Thank you very much for this idea. My residents are all in their nineties and we read a humerous addition of The Wizard of Oz. Two of the residents enjoyed reading aloud. I have asked my residents wha...
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Lesley
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Read-Aloud: Audience Participation Story #1
Thank you very much for this activity. My residents really enjoyed taking part and hearing the story that they are keen to do another one.
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9 years ago
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Hi I work in a day centre looking after people with dementia. We have various activities going on for people with different stages of the disease.
We have introduced memory boxs, therapy doll, and a...
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Rita
Adult Day Program
Adult Day Program
Green Quiz
Hi i live in Canada. Any ideas for us Canadians
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
DIY Painted Mugs
Hi Linda and Alison, I am sorry to hear that. I will check if there are paints that can withstand dishwashing. Dishwashing detergent is brutal. I will let you know. Best wishes.
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Kristine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Hi there,
I would like to know how to write up instruction manuals for other staff to use activities and games. I did have a manual but they have been thrown out. Things like : Benefits, preparatio...
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MaLourdes
Student
Student
How to Increase Work Satisfaction through Goal Setting
Thanks for posting this. It is very helpful for me, the contents of goal setting are clear and it has the necessary step by step ways of helping one to be organized and achieve it.
Best,
Malu
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Marjorie
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Name the Aircraft Quiz
Thank you so much for the great photos and information. I work with many men who were in the aerospace field and can identify these aircraft. Even though they all have Memory problems, they are so ver...
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LINDA
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT
DIY Painted Mugs
I did the same, unfortunately the mugs get put in the dishwasher and the mug's decoration disappears
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Robin
Program Associate
Program Associate
Winter Craft – Snow Flakes
These Snowflakes can also be cut out of white coffee filters. Fun to make, look great!
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Sandy
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
How to Increase Work Satisfaction through Goal Setting
Thank you this article was just what I needed to get me motivated.
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Rose
Activity Director
Activity Director
Words in Words Group Game
Excellent for residents!!!! Thay enjoyed and got 122 on pedestrian, not bad l will add this to my calendar twice a month, thank you
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Patricia
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Beach Ball Volleyball
We played this last week and it was nothing short of fantastic! The laughter we all shared ignited by a fierce competitive spirit was priceless!
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Claire
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Green Quiz
Will have to change a few of these to suit my residents as we're iin the UK and I don't think they'll know some but a great quiz. Will let you know how we get on.
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Claire
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Words with "OLD" Quiz
Sounds like fun. Will try this in our next brain training session.
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Roxanne Serritos
Life Enrichment Coordinator
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Golden Carers has been a godsend to me. The person before me left me having to wing it, so I found Golden Carers through an internet search. I use the calendar and many of the activity ideas, but what I appreciate most are the shared ideas from other members. Knowing what works in other facilities is so helpful. I'm coming to the end of my first year, and can't wait to renew for another year.
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