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meredith
Activity co ordinator
Activity co ordinator
Easter Bunny Baskets
Made these one year and will do them this year ...residents loved the activity.
lot of fun- Thank you for great ideas . Meredith
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meredith
Activity co ordinator
Activity co ordinator
Easter Poster
Great Poster- will do this with the residents
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meredith
Activity co ordinator
Activity co ordinator
Leprechaun Craft for St. Patrick’s Day
I am going to do this with our residents, I am sure they will enjoy the session.......they love the craft activities
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Michelle
RAO/AIN
RAO/AIN
Easter Bunny Baskets
I made these with my residents last Easter using paper plates. They worked out great and everyone loved them.
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Fiona
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi, I just wanted to make a suggestion for anyone else who may have residents with Schizophrenia. I have some residents with this disorder and I find they can be very recluse. What I noticed really...
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Brenda
OTA
OTA
Tongue Twisters for Fun
We had a fabulous time trying to pronounce these sentences.
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Irish Jokes
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: St. Patricks Day
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Sylvia
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
Hi
Any ideas for food for St Patrick's day? Thanks
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sharon
activities co-ordinater
activities co-ordinater
Easter Quiz - Religious
Thank you, the residents really love these quizers and I find that nearly all jion in and become very excited and proud of themselfs when they get an answer right.
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Anna
Lifestyle assistant
Lifestyle assistant
Autumn fun
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Autumn fun
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Katrina
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi everyone :) im looking for ideas for a nursing home for seniors week
any ideas would be great
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Ann
activity co ordinator
activity co ordinator
15 Minutes to Share...
Hi
I am an activity co-coordinator in a nursing home with 71 residents,
I made up my own FAMILY FORTUNES word game
I printed the questions with 4 top answers and made it to a booklet so oth...
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Marcia
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Balloon Tennis
We use table tennis net and bats and use balloons great fun and enables all levels to participate including wheelchair/tub chair/stroke residents who only have use of one hand including those who can...
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jane
activity provider
activity provider
Noodle Soccer
What fun we had. I changed the name to hockey and had a goal keeper near the frame.
Everyone loved it and it got extremely competitive. Thank goodness the noodles were
foam, otherwise who knows w...
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Mary
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
Balloon Tennis
we made bats out of wire coat hangers then covered them with panty hose[ the knee-highs] when discarded firstly you bend hangers to form a bat then put the knee highs on, great fun
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Mary
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
March Quiz
we love all the quizzes you have on this site
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Heather
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Balloon Tennis
we do a balloon tennise but we use balloons as balls our net is toilet paper our bats are fly swats it is a lot of fun we were taught this by a clown doctor
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Activities
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
We are so lucky to be a country nursing home and we have two miniature ponies who live in a specially built paddock and stable on premises, one of our residents feeds and grooms the ponies daily and c...
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karen
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Benefits of Coloring-in for the Elderly
we have created a creative coloring activity, we have so many residents who now use those adult coloring books that we decided to get them together as a group.
we will be having theme days such blu...
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Villan
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
ANZAC Day Service
We celebrate Anzac Day at our place by inviting the local RSL club. Their representative will come and host our Anzac Day program. A local brass band brighten up the place and also our Chaplain read...
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Margaret
Care Co-ordinator
Care Co-ordinator
St Patrick's Triple Word Challenge
this looks great thank you !
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Say Hello & Goodbye in Different Languages
Thank you all for the additions. They shall be added to the list!
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leanne
Activity organiser
Activity organiser
Romantic Couples through the Ages
Thanks for the answers, very much appreciated
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Claire
lifestyle coordinator
lifestyle coordinator
Balloon Tennis
I went to the local cheap store and had to improvise as there was no noodles.
Instead I got 6 foam tennis bats and turned it into balloon tennis.
It was a fantastic session and all the residents l...
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Patricia
teacher
teacher
HI,
I am wondering if anyone has some ideas relative to breaking the ice and getting to know
one's participants.I am beginning a job as an activities coordinator in a large day program
for the fra...
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Marie
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Our facility is appears so clinical and hospital like. My boss has asked me to come up with ideas on how to make it more like home, particularly for dementia residents. Nothing is of the table. Hit me...
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Wendy
Adventure Specialist
Adventure Specialist
Songs for Seniors Quiz
Wow! I am organising a 'Ladies Lunch' and I am going to try this for a bit of a 'pick me up" thank you
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Teresa
Activity cordinator
Activity cordinator
How to host a Valentine's Day Party
Just signed up on your group very excited for my residents putting on new activities
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Nicola
activities co-ordinator
activities co-ordinator
How to Host a Western Party
This seems really a greet idea and can't wait to do this at work. I think everyone will enjoy it !
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Susan
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Songs for Seniors Quiz
It is such a treasure having great song lyric resources. Thank you so much. This is an excellent resource.
A simple one that has been good is from Melodic memories - they have sing a long lyrics to...
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Susan
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Beer Sing-Along
It would be super helpful to have some songs with lyrics as part of the downloadables. Pub nites are so much fun!
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Shelley
Music therapist
Music therapist
How to Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day
watch the Pirates of the Carribbean movies
make a Mock tail of rum punch
tattoos are also fun with the temporary tattoos - the Dover company has had pirate tattoos in the past ARGGHH!!
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10 years ago
Noodle Soccer
Hi,
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing this game, I played it today with our high care residents using a large exercise ball and the noodles and our residents had a ball. Lots of laughing and resi...
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Debi
Activities Director
Activities Director
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
My Residents have enjoyed the adult coloring sheets. They are always asking for more. They also enjoy word search, crossword puzzles and trivia sheets. Packets are handed out weekly.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Chinese Zodiac Memory Game
Thank you ladies, we are glad the activity worked for you.Best wishes!
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Leanne
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Chinese Zodiac Memory Game
Thank you for this, our residents really enjoyed it. We did however, make an alteration where we wrote the name of the animal on the card as well. For a different game we had the cards facing up and...
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Dee
OTA
OTA
St Patrick's Triple Word Challenge
Hi there,
Are there any more white board games as my residents just love playing. I have a few of my own.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you all for the feedback. It is really appreciated. Best wishes.
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Karen
DT
DT
We are going to Italy for our arm chair travel this month, any ideas for decorations and costumes????
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aida
activity officer
activity officer
Brain Food Game 1
this is very good , also you can add a girl name starts with any letter from the alphabet , the same with type of food ,or job.
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Kathryn
Care worker
Care worker
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
I've just made some hand sized bean bags for our residents at work to use for games or just as a sensory experience, but I hadn't thought of using different materials and different fillings! Will defi...
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Kl Rao
RAO
RAO
Hi everyone,
National Geographic has courses on DVD and CDs which it is offering at huge discounts. Go to www.shopgreatcourses.com.au and look at the range. The courses can be used for residents or...
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Jennifer
Lifestyle co-ordinator
Lifestyle co-ordinator
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
a good reminder for people with simple basic caring time with people
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10 years ago
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you for a very helpful website with lots of interesting ideas
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Satomi
Carer / Activity Coordinator
Carer / Activity Coordinator
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Back to basics. Thanks for bringing up this topic again. As I'm the only Golden Carers member at my work, I'll show this page at the work computer. Sometimes reading the webpage together has a great...
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Golden Carers is a wonderful resource. I really like the idea that more of it is going to be in video format as this grabs my participant's attention! Even after 20 years in the activity director role, the ideas in Golden Carers are often refreshingly innovative and really useful, even on the fly. Your help is invaluable! Many thanks!
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