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13 years ago
Picture Matching Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Picture Matching Bingo - Using large flash cards:
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13 years ago
Picture Matching Bingo
Encourages Mental and verbal stimulation.'
(I use this for residents who have difficulty recognising numbers but still like bingo. It allows them to play at a slower pace.
You need 4 packs of pic...
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Valerie
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Paper Planes Reminiscing Game
Making airplanes sounds like a great idea. Do you have any templates as I only know how to make one sort.
Love your site.
Val from NZ.
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13 years ago
Santa's Visit
Haha love it! I suspect working with you must be lots of fun!
Thanks Ron!
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
Love it...a wonderful poem..thanks Christine
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
C'mon Aussie
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: C'mon Aussie
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Joanne
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator
Whiteboard Word Challenge
We do this and call it Build a Word...the residents love this activity
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Roslyn
Occupational Therapist Assistant
Occupational Therapist Assistant
Does anyone have medium crosswords for 13x13
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Adelina
Recreation Activity Officer
Recreation Activity Officer
Create your own Word Search!
I will try this for my residents...will see the result.
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Bronwyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The Scottish Farmer - A Tale of Kindness and Discovery
Wow, I loved this and cannot wait to share this story with my residents.
Thankyou
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Johnny O'keefes birthday is in January I'm wonderin if you have any information about him/or a quiz? with thanks Shirley NSW
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Karen
Assistant Nurse
Assistant Nurse
Hi, I have completed Cert IV in lifestyle and leisure. Currently I am working in a hospice and wondered how I would go about setting up a program for people with a terminal illness. Thanks for your he...
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Jessie
Support Care Worker
Support Care Worker
10 Ways to Celebrate Elvis Presley's Birthday
Wonderful idea! Am planning it already.
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Ron
RAO
RAO
Santa's Visit
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Santa's visit.
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
what a great idea - you are the first night shift worker that actually does something for the residents (instead cleaning and documentation) etc. Love it and might try that myself :)
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
Dream Weaving
hi everyone - asking for suggestions and ideas on how to convince the residents to write down what they would love to do like the above examples. no one will put their name on the suggestion forms and...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Christmas Pantomime - Pinocchio
Hi Anne, there is nothing like a pantomime for team-building and bonding among staff. It is also loads of fun for staff and residents. Congratulations!
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Anne
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
Christmas Pantomime - Pinocchio
lots of fun to do and residents,family members and staff are still laughing about it.
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Anne
diversional therapist
diversional therapist
Christmas Pantomime - Pinocchio
We did this at my work place . We performed it at our staff Christmas party first and then at the residents' party. All sections of workers were involved; care manager as gepetto, een as pinocchio
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Kate
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
leisure&Lifestyle assistant
I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
what a nice poem - I will this tomorrow - thank you Christine and merry christmas
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Jessie
Support Care Worker
Support Care Worker
I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
Lovely!! Some great reminiscing ideas for my folks. Thank you.
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sandra
Activities officer
Activities officer
I was wondering if any one could give me some info on where I could purchase some large die that we can roll on the floor in our centre. In Brisbane preferably. Also I am after a Crosly Entertainment...
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Skye
Lifestyle coordinator
Lifestyle coordinator
Hi ,can anyone recommend any entertainers to come to our facility in Sydney's north ?? We are desperate for new entertainers.. Thanks
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Catherine
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Elizabeth... Do u have a physiotherapist at your facility? If so seek their advise. :)
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Elizabeth
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi Has any one any ideas for a Resident who is having great difficulty lifting her head up. There must be some exercises - activities out there which I could try. I NEED HELP PLEASE Liz
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13 years ago
Whiteboard Word Challenge
Thanks Heather for submitting the Word Games activity - this is a great idea!
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Rachael
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
i am wondering if you could help with emails of places where we could purchase games and equipment for age care residents in melbourne
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Kl Rao
RAO
RAO
I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: I Remember The Cheese Of My Childhood
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
One-on-One Checklist to Record Monthly Visits
I agree with Jackie, this would be a good form for Volunteers - Shirley NSW
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Health & Lifestyle Survey
Their seems to be words missing in the sample resident lifestyle survey? Shirley NSW
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Is the Calender for each month available yet for 2013? Thankyou Shirley NSW
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Debbie
Lifestyle & leisure Coordinator
Lifestyle & leisure Coordinator
Cinderella Christmas Pantomime
Dear Solange,our facility performed this pantomine today for residents and their families for their Christmas party. We added a few of our own lines mainly because people forgot but like everyone who...
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Marion
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
do we have the answers to the Martin Luther King crossword?
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karen
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi, i have worked in an aged care facility for 6 yrs as a pcw, 3 yrs ago i decided to change my profession it had taken this long for my place of employment to reconise my skills and employ me as a DT...
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Suzette
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Koala Keno
Prize ideas: Use the morning activity time to pick and make small bunches of flowers. These can be given as prizes.
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Valerie
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Christmas Colouring-in
Thankyou so much for the Christmas Templates, they will be very useful this week as we start to gear up for Christmas. Val NZ
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Marlene
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Recycled Book Pages Christmas Wreath
Thank you so much for this idea! It was an absolute hit at our home. The residents loved it!
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13 years ago
Tactile Reminiscing Ideas
Hi great ideas unfortunately this would be deemed childish and not appropriate in our facility, so sad
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13 years ago
I work on one of my shifts in a special needs unit one of the Nurses who is in charge seems to have a problem with me, I have asked her and she denies this,However I cant do much right when I'm there....
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Christmas Colouring-in
Thankyou for the Christmas Templetes - Shirley NSW
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amy
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Aussie 12 days of Christmas
we have started this activity, and sing after lunch each day. It is really fun, and suprisingly as we do it at the dining table even the residents who usually do not engagfe are joining in. Every body...
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amy
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Clinical Nurse Consultant
just wondering if any one has a list of movies suitible to play in my facility. Saturday afternoons is " movie afternoon" . Im searching for movies that are classics as well as older movies that my re...
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Do you have a recipe for old fashioned ginger beer please? Shirley NSW
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to Plan Music Activities for Dementia Care
Hy Lyn, congratulations on your decision to play the ukulele for the residents. As you see, it was very successful; and what a good idea to have volunteers to come periodically to sing. You are an ass...
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Christine
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
A Heartfel Poem on Love and Dementia
I will use this in our magazine .So very true Kerry
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lyn
recreation therapist
recreation therapist
How to Plan Music Activities for Dementia Care
On the first Friday of each month a group of (6) volunteers come in and sing for our residents. There are (6) very high care residents and they have warmed to the idea of the performers. I can play th...
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Shirley
Recreation Officer
Recreation Officer
Do you have any NATIVITY CHRISTMAS COLOURING TEMPLATES? Shirley NSW
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