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11 years ago
Abayomi Rag Doll
Julia,
Lovely feedback thank you, glad they enjoyed it!
Since the knots need to be trimmed anyway, one solution might be tying the knots with longer pieces of material so the loops are easier to...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Abayomi Rag Doll
Hi Julia, you may use lycra for easy making knots however, you must increase the width of the 'body' rectangle (by a quarter more) otherwise the doll will look too skinny. Best wishes!
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Josephine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Family Feud Game
Hi Jodie, I am as yet to trial this with our residents. Wondering which web site you got onto for the questions and answers. If you could provide the address I would be grateful. :)
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Julia
recreational officer
recreational officer
Abayomi Rag Doll
I tried this last weekend the residents loved the dolls but did find it a little difficult tying the knots. I loved it and tied many knots. Thank you.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Italian Themed Party Ideas
Thank you for your kind words Josephine. I am so glad the activity turned well for you. Best wishes.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Words in Words Group Game
Congratulations Colleen! That's fantastic!
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Hayat
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Abayomi Rag Doll
It's lovely activities I will showing my residents next week I am sure they will love to make the little dolls ...
Hayat
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Josephine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Italian Themed Party Ideas
Thanks Solange. Well the afternoon turned out better than was expected and some beautiful reactions from our residents, one lady who has reverted back to only speaking Italian was singing out loud wh...
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Rebecca
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
IBingo Free
Awesome! Thank you! What a great idea!
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Colleen
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Words in Words Group Game
We play this game in our facility on a regular basis, our residents all love the challenge. Today we used the word "pedestrian" to see if we could better your scores and achieved a score of 244. We...
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11 years ago
Doll Therapy for Dementia
Is there anyone who has an assessment form for doll therapy?
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Rosemary
Dementia Practitioner
Dementia Practitioner
Coin Flick Challenge
That sounds very cool . I'm going to try this with our male members . Cheers for a simple but entertaining idea
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Jodie
Residential Care
Residential Care
Family Feud Game
Played his with my residents this morning, they loved it so much that I have gone onto google and downloaded another 10,000 questions and answers :)
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11 years ago
Abayomi Rag Doll
What a lovely item to make. I will be showing my Day Centre clients how to do this in July. I am sure they will adore their little dolls. Dawn
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Margaret
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
i am Activity coordinator and adpoted an 11 year old West Highland Terrier called Bede 7 months ago from the RSPCA. He comes to work with me. He is my responsibility.
I am passionate about the benif...
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jennifer
activities worker
activities worker
IBingo Free
Thankyou i have been looking for something like this.
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Sylvia
Coordinator
Coordinator
Shop til you drop OP shop HOP
Great idea, adding this to our program. Like your international restaurant :) Sylvia
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Sample Care Plan: Responsive Behaviors (Intrusive)
I red most information from your programme and increase the knowledge of activity plan how it is work for my facility thank for sharing this all ideas
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Morena
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Bucket Toss Game
That is wonderful idea solange I organised similar game with my residents in the facility, I named Modified Ping pong table game. Seated all residents around the table, place a small bucket on the cen...
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Catherine
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
The Benefits of Coloring-in for the Elderly
I think that colouring in can be used in many ways. For example I laminate the colouring and use it to provide the decorations for our special days. It is great to see the reaction from the resident's...
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Catherine
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
The Benefits of Coloring-in for the Elderly
I think that colouring in can be used in many ways. For example I laminate the colouring and use it to provide the decorations for our special days. It is great to see the reaction from the resident's...
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Lisa
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Treat Trolley
We have this as well, it's named the Lolly Trolley Dollies, how fun. It does make a bit of money which we use to aid resources for new activities, works well so far.
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Taryn
Activities coordinator
Activities coordinator
Family Feud Game
What a great idea! I cant wait to try it with my participants :)
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Suzie
coordinator
coordinator
Balloon Keep-Up
I use this with my clients, it's great fun but also very beneficial for concentration and focus while counting as well as hand eye coordination and improving and maintaining gross motor skills. I add...
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11 years ago
Things that go Together Quiz
I made this into a 'worksheet' where you draw lines between the matches, it was challenging, but not too hard for any participant. Thanks!
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Sample Care Plan: Responsive Behaviors (Intrusive)
Hi Carol, I couldn't agree more. Much is said about 'person-care' but very often the support is not there, hence the stress.
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11 years ago
Sample Care Plan: Responsive Behaviors (Intrusive)
Wondering why such a big burden is put on the Activities Assistant at all the facilities to cope with such a diverse range of needs, when there is supposed to generally be a reasonable ratio of staff...
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Leila
DT
DT
Balloon Games
we use foam pool noodles cut in half, our residents love it.
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Kim
Diversional Therapist / tafe teacher
Diversional Therapist / tafe teacher
Recycled Hoy Game
Hi guys,
We too play this game however I put the sheet landscape and have 3 of each suit.... I also make sure the suits are in rows of the same suit to make it easier to find eg... A row of spades, t...
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Sandy
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
Family Feud Game
Thank you for sharing this idea. I have been wanting to run this without having to buy the board game. :)
Cheers, Sandy
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Cathy
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
HI everyone, I have to set up an induction/ orientation check list to use when new lifestyle staff (usually untrained) start. Any ideas? I guess the usual documentation training, where equipment is k...
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Erica
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
IBingo Free
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: IBingo Free
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Jodie
Residential Care
Residential Care
Words in Words Group Game
We have played this game for years. To make it more personal I use the full name of residents playing the game. eg Jonathon Micheal Smith
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I'm starting a Hand and Foot spa room in the Low(ish) Care section in which I work. One for ladies and one for men. Ladies are easy but men are more tricky. I'm calling it "The Man Cave" and I think i...
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julie
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Stories Out of a Hat
We do a similar thing and call it show and tell. residents bring something that they value and show and talk about the item. This also gets the conversation going.
Julie
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Irene
Planned Activity Support Worker
Planned Activity Support Worker
Men’s Club Outings
I would like more craft activities for a men's shed PAG ,,,
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Snoezelen Rooms and Sensory Environments for Dementia Care
Hi Julie, lava lamps can be bought on this link: http://www.lightingsuperstore.com.au/category/lava-lamps/67
They cost approximately $30 plus shipping; about $10 dollars. Gumtree and EBay sell them t...
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Jodie
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Snoezelen Rooms and Sensory Environments for Dementia Care
Hi, we are looking to create a Sensory room & are having trouble finding out where to purchase lava (& similar) lamps. We are in the Gippsland region. Any suggestions would be welcome. :)
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Italian Themed Party Ideas
Hi Josephine, what a great idea! Congratulations!
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Josephine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Italian Themed Party Ideas
Thanks for these ideas. I have been able to download some Italian opera from YouTube, mainly Andrea Boccelli and will be inviting all to an afternoon at the Opera, all to dress up, turn the lights do...
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Erica
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi all,
I am sure your resident's really enjoy playing bingo. It is a great activity that gets everyone involved and is really great for our patients cognitively.
I thought i would share with yo...
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Lifestyle
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi all :) does anyone know how to do a lifestyle yearly budget? I need to submit one in 2 days? errrrrrrr
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11 years ago
Liz
I work in a 70% Italian facility and am finding it hard to find activities that they really enjoy as they like to sit like the old days in their own little groups and either watch T.V , chat or s...
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Karen
Activity director
Activity director
I'm looking for a simple activity to add to our Fathers Day activity. Last year we made paper airplanes and had a flying contest from our balcony.
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Maree
Planned Activity Group Co-ordinator
Planned Activity Group Co-ordinator
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
An activity that our residents enjoy is hitting a balloon with fly swats, they will get increased exercise as they reach out to hit the balloon, purchased alot of fly swats and labeled them for activi...
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