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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
Thank you Joanne.
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Debbi
Teacher
Teacher
Social & Cultural Profile Form
Awesome thank you very much, my students loved the simplicity of the layout.
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Baby Boomers Song Quiz 2
Hi Solange,
Have been having fun with the Baby Boomer song quiz and have done up to 70 songs with lyrics. If anyone wishes to get them from me, please feel free to contact me...cheers Jo
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
Love that we are now acknowledging the baby boomers. We are starting to see younger onset dementia residents coming into various facilities and to have on hand activities that are for their generatio...
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Jennifer
Lifestyle co-ordinator
Lifestyle co-ordinator
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
the clients I am looking after have early on set dementia and many with alcoholic related dementia, post traumatic stress disorder, vets from Vietnam, physically very fit, really have to think outside...
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Geraldine
Care
Care
Group Letter Challenge
Love this activity, can't wait to try in with my clients.
Geraldine
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annette
age care
age care
Fun Riddle 1
this be new came for us in day centre , cart wait to tree it in next month quiz thank you
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Tammy
Lifestyle Manager
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
This is very helpful to us as we have numerous residents with Early Onset Alzheimers, and the usual music, poems and life events that our older residents enjoy, are not relevant to this younger genera...
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Crystal-Leigh
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
My experience is a rather different one to both the aforementioned. I work in a facility where the majority of the residents would be considered baby boomers. I think that we also need to acknowledge...
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Darlene
Activities Director
Activities Director
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
I agree with Jacqueline. In California we are noticing that people are staying in their homes longer and moving into facilities in their late 80's and even 90's. By this time they usually have more...
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Baby Boomers Song Quiz 2
Love this idea...and have added some more of my own...it will also be a test to guess who actually sang the songs..once you get started you find plenty and will sing away all day...
24. Like a bri...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
Not sure we are ready for this yet I am a baby boomer and I am still working and living in my own home. most Baby boomer are not quite 70 yet so in our current society most are still working. Most of...
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jenny
activities co-ordinator
activities co-ordinator
hello would anyone have a funny poem about birthdays to read out at an upcoming joint celebration . thank you
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Lynette
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
ANZAC Day Service
We recognize ANZAC day on the nearest working day prior. This then allows our residents to take part in the official events in the community on ANZAC Day. We always give our returned service men and...
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Lynette
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Anzac Day Wreaths made from plastic spoons
Pasta also works well in place of the spoons, for both the ANZAC and Christmas wreaths. We have tried shells and bows. All looked great.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Letters of the Alphabet Templates
Hi Lyn, yes we do. Go to this link and download 0 to 9 numbers. Best wishes.https://www.goldencarers.com/library/numbers/
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Lyn
Recreation Activities Officer
Recreation Activities Officer
Letters of the Alphabet Templates
Thanks so much for the alphabet templates I use them regularly. Do you have any number templates?
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Susan
Activity organiser
Activity organiser
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Love these ideas and today I am taking in my old button box to sort through with a resident. I thought I'd take in my big office pencil sharpener with the side handle to see if they would enjoy doing...
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Susan
Recreation Activity Officer
Recreation Activity Officer
Fun Riddle 15
Keep these Riddles coming. I used this one on St.Patrick's Day just becourse it start with a "P". I combined it with word search puzzle with clients sitting around tables engaged in a team challenge a...
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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
What is 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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