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Bianca
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
8 Tips for Successful One-on-One Visits
In response to Kerry, 1:1 duration or frequency is not prescribed by the accreditation agency. A smile and a quick hello also constitutes 1:1 interaction. If a residents is specifically visited for be...
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Vicki
RAO
RAO
Fun Riddle 2
Love these riddles. They are good in a group or as an individual activity. I have amended my version for those who are not able to use a pencil . Print the quiz on A4 large enough for all to read. I p...
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Words starting with A Quiz
I'm looking forward to using this activity soon - Shirley NSW
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Michelle
Recreation Activities Officer
Recreation Activities Officer
End of Year Message 2025
As someone relatively new to the aged care industry and newly trained, thankyou for your practical suggestions. They work or give ideas that can be easily adapted to people in high dementia care.
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Daisy
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you Solange for inspiring us who are worked off our feet and are often too fatigue to come up with I the ideas we would hav liked to in our own.
Also thank you for the unity to know there are...
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Pauline
Activity Officer/AIn
Activity Officer/AIn
End of Year Message 2025
To the golden carers team, thanks for your support during 2013 and I hope this sight continues to be a voice in a lonely world for DTS, It is good good to know someone out there understands and suppo...
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robyn
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
Armchair travel with Google Maps
Having been doing this for 12 mths .. Really enjoyed
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12 years ago
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for all the wonderful feedback, we appreciate it so much!
Merry Christmas to all!
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Bianca
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas all, your comments an suggestions have been well received and your ideas well 'borrowed'.
Thank you all for sharing
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maggie
Health & Leisure Activities
Health & Leisure Activities
End of Year Message 2025
Thanks ever so much Solange. The month of December is usually an even bigger challenge in the aged care sector. While many people celebrate others feel the pain of having no family to join. Thats w...
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12 years ago
Hi I have an elderly group with poor mobility and was wondering if anyone knows of some good places to visit in the southwest areas with easy access to toilets and food. Gardens, places of interest to...
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Restvale
lifestyle & volunteer coordinator
lifestyle & volunteer coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Hi Solage & crew,
Thank you SO much for this message...I needed it today!
Have a happy Christmas & enjoy a break yourselves.
Peg
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Debi
Lifestle Coordinator
Lifestle Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Merry Christmas Solange,
Thankyou for those wonderful words, they are a great reminder of how important the position of all lifestyle workers are, keep up the great work everyone.
Thankyou for your...
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Nette
Recreation and Leisure Manager Blue Cross
Recreation and Leisure Manager Blue Cross
End of Year Message 2025
thank you and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you, thanks Nette
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you Solange and your team for this great site. this is my bible and love reading all the articles, thank you for making my work more interesting. Hope you and your family have a very happy &...
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Kerry
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for your support & ideas through 2013, I look forward to conversing with you all in 2014, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, regards Kerry.
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12 years ago
End of Year Message 2025
Dear Solange, Being a leisure and Health worker can be lonely and frustrating so say the least sometimes, but one thing we all have in common is a friend in you and your wonderful site. The support of...
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Kathryn
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Ladies Day opp shop fashion parade
The local St Vincent de Paul held a fashion pararde on both sites of our facility recently. Both events were a huge success with the volunteers staying and lunching with the residents after the parad...
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Jennifer
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
End of Year Message 2025
Hi Solange, Thank you for this site, I love it! Thank you also for your understanding about our role. I have volunteered in this area for 20 years, and I have had to recently leave a Rec Officer job I...
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Lisa
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
End of Year Message 2025
Hi Solange, To you and all the people at Golden Carers I would like to thank you for your wonderful website and wish you a happy and safe Christmas and new year. God bless you all Lisa :)
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Susan
Lifestyle Cordinator
Lifestyle Cordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Dear Solange. I always have good intentions of contributing to such a wonderful sight and feel I must at least reply to your lovely end of year reflection. You put together such fantastic thoughts and...
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Linda
Community Care Assistant - Kalbarri
Community Care Assistant - Kalbarri
Birthday Celebration Song
What a fantastic song. Very well done. I will definately use it in my Day Centre. Linda
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12 years ago
Hi everyone ,
I just love this sight ,
I am leaving my position in 5 weeks time as going to NZ for 12 months with my partners' work .I love my job and all the Residents , However I don't know wha...
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Eryl
Lifestyle Facilitator
Lifestyle Facilitator
Sing the Next Line - 60s & 70s Hits
Oh my God!!!!! Just reading this, I have now been reminded how old I am . hahahahahaha Thanks for that. ;)
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debbie
day centre coordinator
day centre coordinator
The Scottish Farmer - A Tale of Kindness and Discovery
Hi,
that sent shivers down my spine. One good deed deserves another. I will read this out to my clients today.
Merry Christmas to all at Golden Carers and the members at large.
Cheers Debbie
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12 years ago
Koala Keno
We play this game every month, the residents get confused at the beginning of the game however as the game goes on they seem to manage it.
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Kerry
Recreation
Recreation
Hi looking for suggestions of music/songs for chair dancing/movement activity. Chicken dance, hokey pokey - any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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Lorraine
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi was wondering if anybody knows where l could get a hold of a indoors mat for indoors lawn bowls????
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karen
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
20 Meaningful Activities for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease
I regularly play music which we all sing/hum too.The fun really starts when we bring out the musical instruments. Staff come from far and wide and join in . The residents faces are priceless!
Give it...
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
Hi Team, A few of our residents would like to have a go a Card Making, any ideas
Kate
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
Name Change of Countries and Places
will try this one thanks
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Raelene
Manager
Manager
Daily Attendance Forms
Hi
We actually dont need attendance records for the purpose of accreditation. I find this type of roll call formula really un person centred. We focus on having Activity Memberships where people incl...
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Wendy
Lifestyle Manager
Lifestyle Manager
Fundraising is a good way to support lifestyle, look at your local council get a book from them which gives all organisations in that council and then write and ask for a donation for say a mothera da...
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Tania
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Scottish Farmer - A Tale of Kindness and Discovery
Chicken Soup for the Soul, and varying titles of this are great short stories that are inspirational and will promote conversation
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leonie
leisure and lifestyle
leisure and lifestyle
Felt Christmas Poinsettia
These were a great hit, HC and LC had a ball doing this. Lots of glitter and gum nuts for the center. Thanks leonie
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Vanessa
student
student
The Scottish Farmer - A Tale of Kindness and Discovery
Vanessa -Would you be able to tell us where to find other inspirational short stories, books or share more with us please.
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12 years ago
Hi, I have just taken over the management of a Dementia Day Group (which is unfunded). Does anyone have any cheap or free ideas on how to keep reluctant people who have become staid and set in their w...
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Eryl
Lifestyle Facilitator
Lifestyle Facilitator
Words in Words Group Game
Thanks for the idea ladies. I have a mixed bag program this afternoon, which is unfortunately going stale due to a turn over of residents. I think this one might be the shot.
Have a good day. :)
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Catherine
Social Suport Coordinator
Social Suport Coordinator
Felt Christmas Poinsettia
Great design, we are making them for our Christmas breakup as a table setting.
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Cassie
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Chinese Symbols Chain or Poster
are you able to say what the symbols mean?
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debbie
day centre coordinator
day centre coordinator
Just wanted to comment on birthday cards I have been creating on moon pig web site. I have created several birthday cards for our clients using this site and they think it is wonderful.
The card ca...
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Has your exercise DVD been put into place as yet.
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Kerry
Recreational Coordinater
Recreational Coordinater
Understanding Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease vs Dementia
Great information! Thank you.
Even though we have had this information through training, I find this information very rewarding to read again.
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denise
personal carer
personal carer
Ukulele fun
could we have the internet site please it sounds like great fun
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Susan
Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator
Paper Christmas Tree Centerpieces
Love these ideas thankyou
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Just wanted to say I Love the new LOOK - Shirley NSW
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Jodie
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi All
Long time member first time qustion asker. I am really struggling with ideas to celebrate Chinese New Year for 2014. The clients are not active and prefer to be "entertained" from their seat...
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Tangi
RECREATION THERAPIST
RECREATION THERAPIST
Royal Quiz
Hi Solange and Karen. Was George V father to George VI, who in turn was the queens father? Oh dear, isn't history wonderful, or is it memory games? Loved the movie The Kings Speech - with those wonder...
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Tangi
RECREATION THERAPIST
RECREATION THERAPIST
I Went to Market Memory Game
We did this on an ice cream afternoon, sitting in the garden under a long archway of blooming vines - just wonderful. It is definitely for a small group however, everyone tried hard to remember, lots...
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