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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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aida
activity officer
activity officer
2016 - Year of the Monkey Personality Traits
fantastic information to celebrate Chinese new year.
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jill
activity coordinator
activity coordinator
Name Bingo
This game is just what I am looking for !! I will give it a whirl on Thursday and report back . Thank you
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Mike
Manager
Manager
I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
Thankyou so much, lovely poem :)
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Paul
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
Hi All,
I've just started Certificate IV in Leisure and Health and I'm struggling with it at the moment and wondering if anyone can direct me to some different material i can use for my a...
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Foloi
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Sing the Next Line - 60s & 70s Hits
Great quizz, but would be helpful if we had the next two lines of the songs. I certainly don't know all the answers and most of my clients would find some of them quite difficult to remember.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Multicultural Market Day!
Hi Fay, I am sorry it did not work for you. Of course an allergic reaction is possible, but very unlikely. I hosted âMarket Day, in several facilities without incidents. Nevertheless, senior staff...
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Anita
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Lifestyle Co-Ordinator
Sample Activities Calendars
Hi, I find it hard to fit all our activities on our program as our program is open to the whole 90 bed facility. We can have 3-4 activities in the morning and the same again in the afternoon so we are...
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10 years ago
Noodle Soccer
Hi Jane!
I believe you call them woggles or water logs in the UK!
They are colourful foam cylinder shaped toys for the pool, they can help you stay afloat.
Cheers!
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Fay
caregiver/recreational officer
caregiver/recreational officer
Multicultural Market Day!
I loved this idea but when I took it to my Leisure and Lifestyle Leader it was shot down in flames - reason : food allergies. Even though allergies are documented and advised to the kitchen I was tol...
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Belinda
Activity officer
Activity officer
Hi
we have resident welcome gifts on admission. Do others have them? ours are tired and I need some new ideas. Hoping you can help..............
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meredith
Activity co ordinator
Activity co ordinator
Valentine's Day Hearts
We will try this leading up to Valentines Day...... looks like fun
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Friendship Wheel
We tried this activity last year during a visit from a local primary school. It was great to see the sharing between these different age groups. We presented the wheel to the class at the end and they...
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Noodle Soccer
I have used the noodles cut into 3 for exercising with, mind you there is plenty of space needed
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Tamm
cna activities director
cna activities director
Sample Care Plan: Responsive Behaviors (Intrusive)
Need information on activities for last stages of dementia residents how to designed a fun day for them
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Linda
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Hi guys
Would anyone have some ideas on guest speakers to come and talk at our facility? I have had Adelaide Gaol, Botanical Gardens, RSPCA and Guild Dogs.
Any ideas would be very much appreciated....
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Kate
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Name the Orchestral Instrument
Thanks for this. We do a lot of visual quizs that I make from scenic calendars with multi choice answers.The residents love them. I think I will add on to this one.
Best wishes for the Year of the...
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Jacqui
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Noodle Soccer
Yes we have used x2 ballons for extra fun.
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Sharon
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Pairing & Sorting
I discovered another pairing activity that was highly satisfying for some of our dementia residents. I gave them a basket or box of clean socks (obtained from the laundry) and asked the residents to...
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Maureen
activities officier
activities officier
Noodle Soccer
I have also used the pool noodles for hitting a beach ball around it creates many comments and laughter however the one that gets most reaction is when we put the tables into a square, remove glasses...
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Sharon
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
8 Ways to celebrate Australia Day
I work as an activities coordinator at a rest home in Whangarei, New Zealand. When I first announced to the residents that we would be celebrating Australia Day, they were not very enthusiastic. How...
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Dee
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Noodle Soccer
balloon tennis has always worked for me. I use hip hop fast moving music. A sure winner.
I will try the noodle soccer game sounds great fun!....Thank you!
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Magnolia
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
How to host a Valentine's Day Party
Brilliant ideas
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Kathleen
Support Worker / RAO
Support Worker / RAO
Sensory Stimulation for Dementia Care
I'm still just a homecare person, hope to be a RAO one day, just need build up my confidence.. I would like to volunteer somewhere on my day off to assist a RAO one day a week to gain practical exp.
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Dianne
Recreation Program Assistant
Recreation Program Assistant
Beach Reminiscing
I work at dementia specific facility.....an activity I like to do every summer that gets everyone involved in is....find how many things you would find at the BEACH starting with "s" ......think we fo...
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Barry
RAO
RAO
Noodle Soccer
We have been using a third of a pool noodle and a beach ball and after our chair exercise class we stay in our chairs in a circle and play noodle tennis, you can here the laughter all through the faci...
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Helen
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Noodle Soccer
Another great idea with halved pool noodles is to play "tennis" with a balloon. Great fun with lots of laughter.
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10 years ago
Handmade Scented Soaps
Thank you for this simply recipe. Excellent for adding various fragrances in different batches such other herbs from the herb garden and scented flowers. Residents can help with choosing the fragran...
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Laureen
Personal care assistant
Personal care assistant
Australian Quiz #6
Great questions. If I feel question is too hard for the group I give them a choice "a" or "b" e.g. 16) "a" snakes" or "b" kangaroos. Making it easier to answer and gives them a feeling of achievemen...
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Mike
Manager
Manager
Capitals of the World Crossword
Thankyou, look forward to doing this crossword, we have a group of residents who are very clever at crosswords.
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Gloria
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Name Bingo
This sounds like something even my high care residents will be able to participate in. Looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks for sharing your great idea!
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi. Has anyone tried button art? I found a way to dye buttons, as most are either black or white, and i was wondering if there were ideas out there for a group project :)
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Your website has wonderful ideas, it gets the creative juices flowing! Money well spent :D
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