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13 years ago
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
What a lovely idea! If you have any pictures you can share, please email to [email protected]
Thanks Jane!
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Jane
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
We at Bupa South Hobart have made your Spring Dream Tree. We wrote each residents name on the flowers. We put the tree on display in our lift and invited residents to find their flower and then make a...
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Ron
RAO
RAO
Pull To The Finish Line Horse Race
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: And they're off in the Melb cup.
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Sally
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Carpet Bowls Game for Seniors
We love Carpet Bowls at our centre. We use Bocce balls instead of regular carpet bowls because they are different colours and some of our residents have Macular Degeneration. It is always lots of fun...
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Christine
Volunteer reader
Volunteer reader
Stories Out of a Hat
Thank you...I love it. Christine.
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Angela
Lifestyle and leisure in aged care
Lifestyle and leisure in aged care
Iced patty cakes
I make pikelets every Tuesday and we reminisce about our experiences of cooking with our families, mother's/grandmother's. The smell in the facility also brings good memories. I have also cooked mini...
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Wendy
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
we have both a dog and a cat at our nursing home the dog Otto sleeps in one of our residents room and she is responsible for feeding him also he attends our daily walking group were one resident holds...
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Loreta
Recreational Officer
Recreational Officer
Sample Activities Calendars
Thank you Talita. I tried to changed my activity monthly as much as I can so Residents will not get bored. Is anyone can suggest here where I can get the chair exercises for elderly for reasonable pr...
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Jean
Recreational Activities Officer
Recreational Activities Officer
Leapin' Frogs
I made this for our residents and they love it. I made te mat out of non slip matting from bunnings. The lily pads are made from felt and a kind staff member sewed us some frogs which i filled with ri...
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LORRAINE
RECREATION THERAPIST
RECREATION THERAPIST
Ukulele fun
Our dementia residents love singalong I take my ukulele or guitar. Made up books so the residents can sing along too. I'm not the flashiest uke or guitar player but as long as they are enjoying it so...
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LORRAINE
RECREATION THERAPIST
RECREATION THERAPIST
Iced patty cakes
Very lucky that our cooks provide the cakes. Our residents do cream, icing, sprinkles, banana, we do the activity around the dining table and incorporate it with morning tea all residents wear gloves...
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LORRAINE
RECREATION THERAPIST
RECREATION THERAPIST
Some ideas : I use USB sticks and the Internet . There are stacks of aquariums that you are able to download off youtube which I run on the tv while playing music either on the movie or just a CD play...
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Aranui Rest Home and Hospital
Diversional Therapist I/T
Diversional Therapist I/T
Ukulele fun
Ukelele is a wonderful instrument. I also lear It is snt on the internet and my dementia clients just come alive when I play. Dr Uke is also an excellent website, you can download songs and you can...
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patricia
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
I would like comments /suggestions on the following. I would like to do a quilting activity with my low care residents (Some are not really low care).
I want the end result to be the residents own w...
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Lauretta
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Should RAOs and DTs do nursing jobs in aged care facilities especially feeding? If so, is it in the job prescription? what do other members of golden areas think?
from Lauretta
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Annette
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
Bean Bag Toss
wow..i'm new at activities and looking at this ..mm..i like it , a must to sew this week..thanks everyone for the imput
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Pauline
Activity Officer/AIn
Activity Officer/AIn
Hi everyone, are their any AO,s out there working as an activity officer & finding that their jobs are also starting to include nursing and domestic duties, is this legal and are we covered by insur...
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patricia
Recreational Activity Officer
Recreational Activity Officer
I work in a facility with 32 beds classified as low care .Some of these residents are in early stages of dementia. There is a hugh range of mental and physical abilities. Does anyone have any suggesti...
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Annette
Activity Officer
Activity Officer
Snoezelen Rooms and Sensory Environments for Dementia Care
Hi Shelly, i worked in a facility as a nurse at the time the AO in dementia unit was very creative and she put together a sensory room. I didn't really know at the time why she did it, however now i'm...
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13 years ago
Iced patty cakes
Thank you Denise, this is a lovely idea! This would be a fun intergenerational activity too.
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Karin
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
Homemade Cards for Mother's Day
We're making the flower pot and flowers now for spring. The residents will be able to take them "home" and put them up in their rooms or on their doors (gotta love bluetak!)
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Leapin' Frogs
Thanks for sharing! The 'Leaping Frogs' must be lots of fun.
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Alexis
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
Does anyone know of any DT / lifestyle positions available around the sydney/ south sydney area?
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Bow Ties for Father's Day and Special Events
We did this last year for fathers day...it was great....
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Ron
RAO
RAO
MarPoolBowls
Hi Denise
I notice that Aldi have the Pool Balls on special at $19.95 on Saturady 24th Aug, you will need two sets. If you know anyone from a larger town that has an Aldi, they could buy them for you...
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Helena
Lifestyle Co/Ordinator
Lifestyle Co/Ordinator
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
We have 2 birds in a cage and 3 fish to start with I take my Labrador to work Monday and Tuesdays our residents love to watch the fish and the chatter from the birds staff and visitors have commented...
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Annemarie
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Summer Yarn Balls
Hi, I love the idea of a Spring Ball. Any other ideas what to do for a Spring Ball? Thanks Annemarie
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Helena
Lifestyle Co/Ordinator
Lifestyle Co/Ordinator
Leapin' Frogs
what a great idea am going to make up a set in craft
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denise
personal carer
personal carer
Iced patty cakes
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Iced patty cakes
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denise
personal carer
personal carer
Would anyone have a templete of a place card for Fathers Day for the residents to colour in ,
thankyou
Denise
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denise
personal carer
personal carer
Father's Day Decoration Garland
What a great idea I will definately get the residents to help with this activity
Denise
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Michelle
Volunteer & Pastoral Care
Volunteer & Pastoral Care
A Heartfel Poem on Love and Dementia
Thanks Kerry Used it for our Newsletter Lovely Poem
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Emilie
AIN/RAO
AIN/RAO
Fathers Day Poems
Thanks for this, we are going to put the poems into our Fathers Day cards.
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Emilie
AIN/RAO
AIN/RAO
Bow Ties for Father's Day and Special Events
Thank you so much for this great idea! Am going to place them in our Fathers Day gift baskets!
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denise
personal carer
personal carer
MarPoolBowls
Hi,We are in a very small country town we have15 residents, Where can you buy the bowls from ,can anything else be used it sounds like a great game
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13 years ago
Resident Assessment: Identifying Needs in Long-Term Care
I'm doing diploma in community services and require to conduct complex assessment and referral found your web insightful thanku
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Deb
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Chick Hatching Program for Seniors
Hi
Thank you for your help. We finally heard back from the living eggs organisation and they advised us that their server crashed that is why they lost our bookings and all our emails etc.
We lef...
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Shireen
Care Assistant
Care Assistant
Rosh HaShanah Apple and Honey Cream
can you please inform me to when this event is taking place
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Kl Rao
RAO
RAO
Has Golden Carers thought of having a vacancies section so that RAOs and rec staff have a forum to look for jobs in the industry?
Just a suggestion...
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Chantal
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Thanks all for your shopping suggestions. I am in Sydney (sorry for not mentioning that important bit of helpful info) so most of your ideas couldnt work for me. I do have Frocks n Frill to you that...
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13 years ago
Many thanks to those of you who completed our Student Survey.
If there are any other students - past or present - would like to provide some feedback on how we can improve our website for students,...
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Marnie
Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator
Left-Hand Word Search
http://www.lefthandersday.com/posters.html - there are fun facts and activities on this page in the form of posters
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Natalie
program support worker
program support worker
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
What an absolute great idea will definitely try it myself
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Libby
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Balloon Games
We made bats from wire coathangers which are shaped into a diamond shape then old stockings are pulled over the diamond shape,cork stoppers for handles,then electrical tape over so no sharp edges,the...
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SUSAN
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
Ukulele fun
Three of us from where I work in Cessnock are all taking Ukulele lessons together. Such fun. Two gigs so far with residents.
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Chantal
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Hi, do any of you know of people who do clothing sales in aged care facilities. I have a lady that comes in with shoes and another with jewellery but just cant find an inhouse clothing supplier. We...
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Janice
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Jokes - One Liners
These are so great, I will certainly be using these. Our elderly always love a laugh. It's the best medicine.
Janice
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13 years ago
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Hi Gail,
thank you for sharing these wonderful photos!
Talita
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Janet
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Find It Group Activity
I have bought the large pads of "things to find" books and our Residents love them. I think they cost around $10.00 each, but there are around 20 pages and they are already in colour, so are easier t...
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