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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I have a routine where i suddenly say the first line of a familiar song & residents have to finish it. I can be in the middle of getting a cuppa and just sing 'I beg your pardon...' and they come back...
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christiane
Registered nurse
Registered nurse
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
I am not the activity person but since I have subscribed to golden carers I have been able as an RN to assist the staff in the facility to understand the importance of the role of the activity person...
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Sadhna
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
Memory Wire Bead Kits
Every Monday morning we have a volunteer to comes and she shows how to make Jewellery we let them choose colours, shapes, beads and make bracelets, necklaces and the residents do have a great time!.
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glynis
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
how would you interpret "thermal comfort in relation to leisure health and recreation"??
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Kerry
Recreation
Recreation
Has anyone organised a memorial service for a resident. Looking for suggestions of songs, poetry or readings. Will be only a small service for the residents to attend.
Thanks Kerry
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Fiona
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Spot the Differences Contest
Some residents don't like the cartoon effects always on the "Spot the Difference" and would be more willing to participate in this activity if it didn't have a juvenile theme. Could you please create...
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Gamiema
Financial Manager
Financial Manager
Happy Hour - does anyone have any experience / suggestions / precautions about setting up a happy hour at a retirement centre for dementia?
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Karin
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
Hi. I am about to purchase an iPad for our facility and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about purchasing a cover for it that is resident and in particular, residents living with dementia, frie...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Balance is indeed a problem for most elderly people. Nevertheless, cycling accounts for 23% of all journeys for people 65 and older in the Netherlands. The sport is not deep-seated in our culture but...
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Sonia
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
I use calendars, I leave posters on pin up boards around December requesting everyones old calendars. I laminate them and use them for place mats, I put them up on the pin up board in the residents l...
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Andrea
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Does anyone know where to get a calander of all the international days/funny days to celebrate. Was suggested by an auditor that you can get a book with all this listed...any ideas would be great
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Yes our residents partake in most of those activites loner or not but one of the things that we do for our residents that prefer their own company is find a like minded volunteer to spend some time wi...
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Marta
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Thanks for a great article. I was thinking of hiring a couple of adult tricycles which would alleviate the balancing issue. We can organise our own 'tour de France' complete with a yellow guernsey!...
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
My Father's Profession Game
I included this as part of Happy Hour/Quiztime last Friday afternoon. It was amazing!! So many interesting stories. I was speechless and the residents were all interested in each others stories. It wa...
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Sheila
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Well done - great article and I am so glad that you have made mention of the fact that some residents enjoy their own company. When living in a communal setting where rooms have to be shared its hard...
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Sara
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Men’s Club: Social Activities for Men
If you have access to a computer and locate it in the activities room and connect to internet they will love that you sit with them and show them old videos in Youtube or if they come from different c...
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Josephine
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
Thanks for this article and just in time too. We have a deeply religious, young man with Vascular Dementia just come to live with us and I was trying to find ways to assist this gent. Your ideas will...
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Christina
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Hi, we have a gentleman in our care home who has Alzeimers, he used to do some carpentry. Any ideas of some meaningful activities/projects he could do to rekindle his love of working with wood. It w...
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Pauline
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi
Iam wondering what type of paperwork/forms do other facilities use for each residents and maybe examples, eg resident profile, activity plan etc
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John
CEO
CEO
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Jigsaws are another idea for residents that don't like mixing with others. We leave a jigsaw out at all times and the residents can go and put in the pieces when they like. Once the jigsaw is finished...
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Linda
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
School Days Reminiscing Cards
You could do similar with "going to work"
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Nicola
activities co-ordinator
activities co-ordinator
Balloon Keep-Up
Hi melaleuce
This could be away of good exercise and sounds like fun.
I will try this out next week.
Thanks
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Patricia
Irector of Nursing
Irector of Nursing
Sensory Stimulation for Dementia Care
I have been searching for a good while for a sensory activity, this looks fantastic, we will be organising this activity next week.
Patsy 29/7/2014
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Janet
PCA/Lifestyle
PCA/Lifestyle
Armchair Travel: A Sensory Experience for Seniors
Sounds wonderful. I am looking forward to discussing it at work tomorrow .
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leanne
Carer
Carer
Hi my name is Leanne and I've just finished my cert 4 in leisure and health, am already a carer in a Dementia unit and am volunteering doing activities in there on my days off .I did a veggie peeling...
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Do you have any suitable scripts for Relaxation Classes (in aged care?) This sight is wonderful Thankyou = Shirley NSW
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Melaleuca
Leisure & Health
Leisure & Health
Balloon Keep-Up
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Balloons
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Barbara
Recreational therapist
Recreational therapist
How to Celebrate Beer Day
What date is international beer day please.
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Lisa
Lifestyle Support Manager
Lifestyle Support Manager
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
Thanks for the fantastic article spirituality is so important to many people,simple activities achieve so much.Angela Wgt NZ
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Adrian
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
Mobile library Trolley
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Mobile library Trolley
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Co.As.It Community Services Inc.
Aged Care and Community Services
Aged Care and Community Services
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
Simple and beautiful activities - Maria, QLD
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Adrian
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
I have been made aware that accreditation has been targeting sensory stimulation. We have the average tick sheet of what activities are done but I was wondering how people are capturing the sensory st...
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Lisa
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
What a wonderful article thank you for the fantastic ideas
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you Lisa, Shirley & Maria.
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
10 Spiritual Activities for people with Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you so much for these wonderful Activities - Shirley NSW
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Sadhna
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
The Benefits of Coloring-in for the Elderly
At my facility colouring is a great hit, I use ppicutres from Golden Carers library and have some very good topics and they love it and get such good pictures at the end of the activity. Thanks for sh...
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Skye
Lifestyle coordinator
Lifestyle coordinator
Can anyone recommend someone to come to our facility in Sydney and sell clothes or gifts to our residents.
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joy
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
I have just gained a position in a respite house with limited space. Also clients do not live there but spend a day sometimes 2 or 3 days. Am interested in suggestions.
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Lorraine
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Art with Seeds and Pulses
Looking forward to doing this tomorrow It will be a change instead of colouring in. many thanks. Lorraine
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Sensory Stimulation for Dementia Care
Can't wait to organise the sensory activity and bubbles = Thank you Shirley NSW
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Ruth
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Recycled CD Fish Mobile
We did this craft activity & they look fantastic! We hung 4 underneath
each other & they look really affective.
Great activity!
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Multicultural Market Day!
Thank you Rosina, we are glad to be able to help.
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Rosina
Client Liaison Manager
Client Liaison Manager
Multicultural Market Day!
how wonderful is this idea, I am going to set up fruit market for my residents thanks for the inspiration love this site
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jasbir
lifestyle assistant
lifestyle assistant
Hand Massage & Nail Care
I am doing this hand and nail massage in my facility every week and its really helps to make people happy.
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Angela
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
Fun Riddle 3
Angela 17th July 2014
I absolutely love and appreciate the puzzles such as target word riddle, spot the difference and fun riddles, our residents look forward each month to tackle a new puzzle. look...
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Karen
Lifestyle Therapist
Lifestyle Therapist
Fun Riddle 3
Hi Patricia, Log in and go to resources and go down to word games and they are all there. Karen
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Linda
Community Care Assistant - Kalbarri
Community Care Assistant - Kalbarri
Name the Vegetable Quiz
My group absolutely loved this, if you have anymore or are thinking of making up anymore that would be great! :)
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Jokes for International Beer Day
Thank you for these. My residents want new jokes every week & theyre hard to find. Kym
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