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11 years ago
Name the Animals Quiz
I used this activity as a starting point, I printed large photos of the various animals and included some information about the animals such as where the live and what they eat. Then I showed the pict...
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sandra
volunteer carer
volunteer carer
Words Ending with Ship
I had great response to this and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of words ending with "ship" came to light. These wonderful people, in varying stages of ageness never cease to amaze hank you....
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Ngoc
lifestyle student
lifestyle student
How to Prevent Falls in Senior Care
Hi lovely ladies, thank you so much for those useful information which are related to my assignment now,
thank you Golden carers for offering me this opportunities to build up my confidence while i...
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Cathy
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
15 Sensory Activities for Late Stage Alzheimer's
We have a sensory basket. It is an old wicker picnic basket filled with things to touch and do. EG: different textured material, feather boa, scourer pad, I spy bag, artificial flower ( we spray it wi...
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Karen
Lifestyle assistant
Lifestyle assistant
Remembrance Day Ceremony Guide
The Remembrance Day program is excellent, thank you.
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Ladies Discussion Group
At our High Tea today I brought along a traditional wooden Japanese Toy and explained it. Then the discussion led to our first toys. It became a little controversial when one lady talked about her gol...
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Lisa
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
November – The Gratitude Month
My residents love to talk, we often have discussion groups where I ask a simple question and a very long discussion ensues with so many different subjects it goes for ages. I can see these activities...
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Anne
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
Solange, Do you have a new pantomime for this Christmas? We have done the last two, Pinocchio and Cinderella and had a great deal of fun. Staff performed them for the residents' Christmas party.
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Manager
Community Services Facilitator
Community Services Facilitator
How to Respond to Challenging Behavior
Hello, We have a 40 yrs old mainly non-verbal male client, intellectual impairment/dual diagnosis who is Spitting.
When going out he will spit a lot in the car and at the carer.
Spits on changeove...
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rosalie
leisure & health assistant
leisure & health assistant
Ping Pong Egg Toss
what a great activity and to paint the egg cartons also to attract the eye... Will try this one next week.
thankyou..
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Alyson
Disability Support Worker
Disability Support Worker
Armchair Travel: A Sensory Experience for Seniors
I started up Armchair Travel at a facility, we also had passports for participants & they loved them
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Mary
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
The Story Behind Bonfire Night
Parkin ( look on the net for the recipe) a stick ginger cake made with oatmeal,
and treacle toffee are also traditionally eaten on guy Fawkes night in U.K.
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Samantha
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
November – The Gratitude Month
Love this ! Will try...
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Sheree
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
November – The Gratitude Month
What a cool idea. Will give this a go..
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Ngoc
lifestyle student
lifestyle student
ladies and Gentle man , I am a life style student so I would appreciate very much if some one could help me to explain the question
" what is meant by the term Holistic health "
it is one of a ques...
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Ngoc
lifestyle student
lifestyle student
Collective Nouns for World Animal Day
i love it , thank you so much golden carer, i now feel more confidence to start my activity with the residents even though i am just a student
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joanne
Diversional Therapist Assistant
Diversional Therapist Assistant
Volunteer's Handbook
Thanks Solange! Just what I was looking for :)
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Sadhna
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
Ladies afternoon
wOW THATS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. WILL HOST ONE TO SEE HOW IT GOES IN MY FACILITY.
THANKS A LOT FOR SHARING.
SADHNA SHAH
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Therese
Occupational therapy assistant
Occupational therapy assistant
Ping Pong Egg Toss
I am going to play this game with my residents. I work in a dementia specific unit so have modified it to suit. What I have done is painted the egg cartons red on the outside, in the middle are the co...
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Trish
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Doll Therapy for Dementia
I found doll therapy to be very beneficial in the recent Dementia
area I worked in. There can however be a lot of friction between
residents as they fight over whose doll it is. Best to have many
o...
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Denise
Advocacy Information & Referral Officer
Advocacy Information & Referral Officer
How to Start a Garden Club for Seniors
What an excellent idea. We are planning an accessible garden at our land council. Your tips are really helpful
Cheers
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hello. Can anyone recommend a dvd or exercise program for improving balance please? Kym
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Kim
Activites coordinator
Activites coordinator
Tongue Twisters & Tricky Teasers
You are so welcome John...so love our residents, and spend hours and hours trying to find new and fun stuff for them...they are all so precious...and consider all of them my family! I love to sew and...
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Jade
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Words Ending with Ship
Im going to try this one tomorrow xx
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Sheree
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi, in the home which I work we are getting more and more men. Has any one got any good ideas on how to start a mens group. The men are of different levels.
Cheers Sheree
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Susan
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
Colouring-in for May
Thankyou Cathy for the advice about google images. I would never have thought of looking there for borders.x
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Karen
Lifestyle assistant
Lifestyle assistant
Doll Therapy for Dementia
During a singing session I often pass the lifelike baby doll around the group, the residents singing to the "baby". It creates a positive atmosphere and feelings of contentment. What can be more natur...
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matylda
recreation Terapist
recreation Terapist
For Pondering: You are Survivors
I love it very much Solange well said,we will have Special Morning Tea in our facility to celebrate our wonderful residents.Thank you .Matylda
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Sharon
RAO
RAO
Doll Therapy for Dementia
Agreed Nurture therapy is a much better name. We use this therapy at our facility but is not for everyone. For some of our residents it is a very beneficial activity, calming the resident and actual...
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11 years ago
Doll Therapy for Dementia
yes great article we already have introduced doll therapy don't forget to get a signed document were family agree for there loved one to have.
DMAS in Tasmania do supply lifelike dolls at a price.
c...
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Michelle
Lifestyle + Leisure Coordinator
Lifestyle + Leisure Coordinator
Doll Therapy for Dementia
....Nature Therapy or Nurture Therapy? Call it what suits the culture in which it is used. This (as for any therapy) work with, & for, some dementias but not for other types (or different resident mix...
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Dot
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Doll Therapy for Dementia
Used to love doll therapy until a resident, and those near her, became very distressed by the "dead" baby because it did not move. Now have interactive kitten, the small one. When this kitten has not...
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Claire
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Doll Therapy for Dementia
I use doll therapy at my facility, one man who has since passed away used to sit and cuddle the doll in the evenings, it stopped him roaming the hallways, he thought it was one of his grandchildren. H...
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Debra
Volunteer
Volunteer
Doll Therapy for Dementia
I have always been an advocate of Doll Therapy however have also experienced the down side which was usually caused by individual staff who did not understand the therapeutic benefit and sabotaged the...
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jacquie
activity coordinator
activity coordinator
Doll Therapy for Dementia
l use dolls and am introducing other baby itens to our resources. l think its a valid therapy as it promotes conversation and socialising especially among the female residents and evenif they are not...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Doll Therapy for Dementia
I am still sitting on the fence with doll therapy. I have seen it work very successfully for some residents but I have also seen it back fire and become another behaviour issue. I think as Diversional...
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Cathy
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Colouring-in for May
Try searching "page boarders" in Google images. You will find images that you can save to "picture" on your computer then print off to colour. (Do a "print pre-view" first to see if the picture is the...
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Cathy
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Lifestyle Coordinator/ DT
Doll Therapy for Dementia
At our facility we use a "reborn" doll which is life-like for 1x1 or group therapy use and the usual kind of baby doll for our dementia unit were residents wander and or hold the dolls all the time. W...
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ALISON
Day Care Cordinator
Day Care Cordinator
Remembering the Clothesline
We spoke about the clothesline on Thursday at the Day Centre, i run. it was brill the ladies thoroughly enjoyed and reminisced and a few of the men commented about the washing line.
Thanks
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Susan
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
Freelance Activity Co-ordinator
The Farmer's Cat Word Game
Yes you can change it to anything you want, e.g. in my supermarket basket, in my holiday suitcase, chuildren's names in the classroom etc.
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Judy
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Colouring-in for May
Hello, I am using the floral photo frame for creating name plates to put on bedroom doors. The residents are doing all the work and love to complete the colouring in, and I write the name in the midd...
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Janelle
RAO
RAO
The Farmer's Cat Word Game
I have done a similar alphabet game, each resident names an item to be put into a school bag eg A Apple, B Ball, C Calculator etc. we made it a little more challenging by each having to repeat what th...
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Marie
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Demonyms Quiz
Victorians=Mexicans (south of the border)
Queenslanders = Banana Benders
West Australians=Sandgropers
Tasmanians=Taswegians
South Australians=Crow-eaters
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11 years ago
Free Music Playlists for the Elderly
Hi Heather,
The paid version of Spotify actually lets you download any songs so you don't need an internet connection to listen to them. You can do this on the iPad.
They have a free 30 day tria...
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11 years ago
Can anyone give me an example how to complete a procedure for an activity?...Thanks
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Armchair Travel Group Play
We have done this twice with Great Britain and France and are about to do Italy. We do some language learning, try food, watch a dvd and have the books from the Library for a few weeks. I would like t...
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Fiona
Recrecation Therapist
Recrecation Therapist
Pull To The Finish Line Horse Race
Ron the pull along horses sound great, I'm going to make them for this years Melbourne cup. Thank you.
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