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John
CEO
CEO
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
We have adopted two cats in our dementia wing which have proved to be a great asset to our facility. Both cats have been desexed are wormed and given flea treatment on a regular basis. One resident...
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annette
age care
age care
St. Patrick's Leprechaun and beer poster
hi every one I used shamrock different sizes turned in to broach, different colours papper. stuck with thick foam double tape, got broach pins clued pins( used heat gun,) different colour green...
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Bronwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Words that start with Pen
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Words that start with "Pen"
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Geraldine
Care
Care
Words in Words Group Game
Geraldine
For my spring theme, I used the word springtime for my word in word game and we got a least seventy words. Springtime is also great for an activity for reminisce, it lifts the clients spiri...
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Cathie
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
I would like to provide a resident with farm noises but can only find kids cd's. Can anyone please help?
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Tracey
Leisure&Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure&Lifestyle Coordinator
Can anyone offer any ideas on some activities to do with low and high care dementia residents between the hours of 6-8pm? Staff are finding that some of the residents are still quite energetic at thi...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Drive time
Hi Lorraine, another good idea for Drive Time. I imagine it can generate lots of reminiscing. Thank you for sharing.
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Donna
Activity Worker
Activity Worker
Hi there I work in an adult day care centre and it is a non profit organization. Can anyone suggest any fun low cost activities? Any ideas greatly appreciated.
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Sharon
RAO
RAO
Pancake treat
Good idea Astrid will be doing this on our bus outings in future. We also cook pikelets at the facility on our BBQ, and the residents love helping, and eating the pikelets.
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Sharon
RAO
RAO
Ping Pong Egg Toss
Thank you for sharing this idea, I will be definetly playing this with my High Care Dementia residents.
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Lorraine
Recreational activity officer
Recreational activity officer
Drive time
2 weeks ago I took our residents to the tip, but I organised to meet a lady from the council to get onto the bus when we arrived. We drove around while she informed us on how the tip now works. A lot...
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11 years ago
Shamrock Decorating
everyone at my nursing home loved this easy shamrocks and clovers
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11 years ago
Cup and Saucer Table Decorations
What a great activity, I'm going to start organise this for a craft sessions.
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi. My time is always spent with residents in a group, from 10 to 15 different participants at a time, 3 days a week. I would like to know how to introduce one-on-one time, with so many residents to a...
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Gail
Personal carer
Personal carer
Paper leaves fall decoration
Just a quick comment, I love both ideas but we actually get the residents to cut them out and then hang them, if the residents are involved in making them as well, they are more likely to get involved...
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Barbara
activities assisant
activities assisant
Leprechaun Hats Craft
Great Hats made a sample, we are going to make these in our Dementia wing , looking forward to getting started.
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matylda
recreation Terapist
recreation Terapist
Beethoven’s Biography: A Life of Genius and Struggle
Great topic for my new Book Club ,Biography -thanks
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matylda
recreation Terapist
recreation Terapist
Any ideas how to prepare and organize Book Club .What easy books or poetry could be ideal to use in this activity .
Thanks Matylda
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Veronica
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Hello Carol. Don't beat yourself up over this. You will find that 1:1 is more beneficial and if they have dementia you won't be able to do group activities for any length of time. It is hard to do act...
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dorothy
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
hi all just wondering if anyone of you are doing the bachelor of dementia care at UTAS i would like a study buddy.
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Catherine
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Wedding Photo Guessing Game
We did a baby photo guessing competition, staff photos. It was fun.
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Group Letter Challenge
I write mine up on the whiteboard for all to see and answer
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Group Letter Challenge
Do you write them out on a board? I'm not sure i'd have access to one, and was wondering if giving out pencil & paper would be enough, or just discussion
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11 years ago
Cup and Saucer Table Decorations
just made this with my residents and they loved it,had lots of fun!
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
Did you hear about the fellow who lost his left arm and his left leg? Well he's alright now.
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Jo
activities coordinator
activities coordinator
How to Respond to Challenging Behavior
HI everyone, I am a activities coordinator in a hospital looking after the longterm elderly conditions patients. On average 3/4 of my patients have Alzheimers/dementia and the majority are looking for...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
How do you manage cats in pet therapy? Out of a pet carrier they are liable to be unfamiliar with their surroundinga and may resist being held by elders. I would be concerned with cats scratching peop...
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CAROL
THERAPIST
THERAPIST
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Can anyone offer advice please?
Our nursing home is small and most residents wheelchair bound and sleepy with medications.
I am finding it extreamly difficult to engage residents therfore facing ne...
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Natasha
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
St. Patrick's Day Celebration Activity
Great ideas Josephine. We too play the pick a box type activity, however call it 'envelope bingo'. Our clients love the game and we have used it with various themes; Summer reminiscence, Christmas, Va...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
If anyone hasnt already done so, Pintrest is excellent for inspiration on how and what to do for almost anything or topic. Just mind how much time you will want to spend exploring every good idea!
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Understanding Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease vs Dementia
Another rare type of dementia not mentioned in your article is Posterior Cortical Atrophy where people experience decline in processing visual information and therefore progressively lose the ability...
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sonia
Recreational therapist
Recreational therapist
Shamrock Decorating
lovely activity and we decorated our dining room with the clovers!!!
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Resthaven
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi all,
Just wondering how other sites are celebrating Anzac Day this year as it's the 100th Anniversary. I would be very interested to hear everyone's feedback.
Trish
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Understanding Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease vs Dementia
the Uni of Tasmania course is brilliant....I have done it and am thinking of doing further studies.
Cheers Jo
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Cate
Lifestyle & Wellbeing Co-ordinator
Lifestyle & Wellbeing Co-ordinator
Things that go Together Quiz
My residents and I played this game last Monday and we all loved it. I used different coloured paper so the matching was made a little easier for some. I printed about 6 matching pairs on the one colo...
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11 years ago
Enhancing the Senior Living Experience with Pets
I bring my dog to work every day since she was 9 weeks old. I am the allied health service manager and she is the most popluar staff member of all. Her name is Missy (now 18 months old ) and she is a...
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Michelle
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
was wondering if anyone could tell me where to look and find out how to find out the benifits from doing an activity.Words to explain the benfits of the activity went.
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Ellen
Lifestyle Assistant
Lifestyle Assistant
Whiteboard Word Challenge
This is a great game the residents in our facility love it. we sometimes write their name on the board and the group see if they can make up to 50 words out of that name.
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11 years ago
Hi there,
Has anyone had success in organising special days/events to encourage family and friends to visit there loved one more often.
Thanks
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Brett
Lifestyle & Leisure Coordinator
Lifestyle & Leisure Coordinator
"Good Day" in Different Languages
Good day in Maltese is " merhba "
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Katja
Recreation Activiites Officer
Recreation Activiites Officer
St Patrick's Day Decorations
We have come up with another quick solution for putting it all together by using a stapler. Works very well.
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Donna
Activity Worker
Activity Worker
Hi there I already have my qualification in Cert IV in Leisure and Lifestyle in 2009 and now I'm thinking of doing the Diploma in Leisure and Health. Can someone please tell me what this higher qualif...
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Svenne
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Water Trivia, Facts and Figures
Great work to whoever compiled this fact sheet. Thank You!
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Regis Cypress Gardens
Lifestyle Team
Lifestyle Team
Aromatherapy Recipes
Hi all.
Were are allowed to gently massage with sorbelene creams etc.
we are not allowed to put oils directly onto the skin so I like mixing oils with water in a spray bottle.
Only make what you w...
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11 years ago
Sample Activities Calendars
How great all this monthly and weekly calendars are...!
Golden cares you are the best as a team work.
Maria
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Josephine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
St. Patrick's Day Celebration Activity
Hi All, Just another thought which has worked well for us. I searched for Irish Dancing Schools in my area a couple of years ago and just put in a call, to see if any children/parents willing to come...
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Julianne
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Quiz: God in Different Languages
Would like to know how to say God in China.
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Verna
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
hello, would anyone have green recipe's that you have used previously for St Patrick Day Celebrations. Any recipe's would be gratefully received. Many thanks Verna
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Donna
Activity Worker
Activity Worker
Hi everyone I work in an adult day care centre for the aged and disabled and I'm looking for a list of entertainers, guest speakers in the suburbs of Melbourne. Any help greatly appreciated. I love th...
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