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Neide
Sister
Sister
Recycled Carton Bird Feeder
Esta também é otima!
Parabéns e obrigada!
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Neide
Sister
Sister
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Hi Solange!
Adorei esta ideia! Vou poder usa-la com as crianças quando voltar as minhas atividades com elas, não é?
Obrigada!
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wendy
recreation therapist/care
recreation therapist/care
Thank you speech for Volunteers
Thankyou so much for your speech idea. Does anyone have an idea/s for small personal gift to give out to our volunteers (approx.30in all) that we/residents and staff could put together and low costing...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Wheel of fortune
Hi Mavis,
Sensational! How clever of you. I would love to see a photo of your
Wheel of Fortune. I might make one myself and then place the
instructions for our colleagues in the website. Thank yo...
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kerry
Recreation Activities Officer
Recreation Activities Officer
Thanks Solange for postcards exchange section. I hope this will generate a lot of interest and excitement within facilities and forge ties with other facilities.
I would like to make special mention...
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Fiona
Recrecation Therapist
Recrecation Therapist
Hi Debbie regarding the clown day I know of a Rao who got a pony in & had it outside for the residents to pat & talk with the owner. I hope you may be able to contact someone as this was very successf...
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MAVIS
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST
Wheel of fortune
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Wheel of fortune
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
The password exchange program has now been setup on the website - there is a new link at the bottom of the right hand vertical menu for members entitled 'Postcard Exchange'. Those of you who have alre...
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15 years ago
be nice to network really Kirsten I find theres very little support sometimes for DTs
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi Debi, what a great idea to have a \'Clown Day\'.
Let us know how it turns up. Solange
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kirsten
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi all. I would like to put my workplace address forward to the postcard exchange/penpal idea. We are currenlty in the process of having a dementia unit added to our facility and feel this would be gr...
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Debi
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Hi everyone, just wanted to say once again i am really enjoying this site. Im a newly appointed Lifestyle Coordinator at a high care facility and we are having our annual clown day soon. Our lifestle...
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Pauline
Activity Officer/AIn
Activity Officer/AIn
Hi Solange, I am currently working as an AO/DT in a NSW facility and I am very interested in signing up for the postcard exchange program you are trying to get up and running. I feel it would be good...
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Juleen
Nurse/Diversional Therapist
Nurse/Diversional Therapist
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
Hi,I am from Australia, I am an assistant nurse, I have worked in an aged care facility for many years, I work as a diversional therapist one day a week, I think your site is fantastic,Thank you, Jule...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi Kim, thanks for your feedback. We have had a number of people expressing interest in participating in a post card exchange so we are creating a special section on our website to facilitate this. We...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Thanks Catherine! I have sent an email to you and Kerry so that you may exchange addresses and get started with the postcard exchange.
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15 years ago
The postcard idea is great. We have 4 nursing homes on campus and at least 2 at this stage would like to be on the list for postcard exchange. We would particularly like people from other cultures eg...
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15 years ago
Love to give kerry my email so our low care facility can send them a post card and exchange. I have a pen pal in south Australia another Village and it's great. Please give her my email address so we...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Scent for Pleasure
Good thinking Sharon. Sight and hearing stimulation would be more suitable for people with poor sense of smell.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi Catherine, I am sure it will turn up beautiful.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Hi Kerry, it is a good idea. I will try to get a group of Nursing Homes willing to have their addresses on Golden Carers for that purpose.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Treasure Hunt
Hi Lesley, what a great idea with the blind fold and spices identification. Thanks for your feedback.
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Sharon
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Scent for Pleasure
I'm all for sensory activities, but let's remember that sometimes we set residents up to "fail" as 80 percent of those with Parkinsons Disease and Alzheimers have no sense of smell. We need to look to...
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kerry
Recreation Activities Officer
Recreation Activities Officer
Hi Solange
Our Residents love to receive post cards from other facilities.The cards generate a lot of discussion.I wold love to exchange postcards with other aged care organisations around Australia...
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Lesley
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Treasure Hunt
Have played this many times plus with smell articles such as spices for cooking,and blind fold.Sight treats on a tray such as ginger biscuits, chocolate, vegies that were chopped and kept in vegie sto...
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Let us know what activity works for you Michelle. Good luck with your new position.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Scent for Pleasure
I would love to know how you go Kim. Sensory stimulation is really important for people in long term care.
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Vive la France Party!
I am glad it worked out well for you Dulcie.
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Michelle
Social Club Careworker
Social Club Careworker
Hi, I\'ve just become a co-ordinator of a social club. Amazing clients but challenging and last couple of weeks have been tough but now I think I am going to sail along! Amazing site! SO glad I stumbl...
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kim
personal carer/ activities
personal carer/ activities
Scent for Pleasure
I thought this sounds like a really good activity, that could lead onto many paths of conversations I will let you know how I go when I try it
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dulcie
occupational therapy assistant
occupational therapy assistant
Vive la France Party!
hi the vive la france day party we had at work was the best we baked croissants in the morning and had the party in the afternoon the residents ate it with coffee and enjoyed the artist drawing them w...
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monika
recreational activities officer
recreational activities officer
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
great idea fiona thanks heaps...monika
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
Great ideas and every idea helps. Thank you for you input Fiona.
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Fiona
Recrecation Therapist
Recrecation Therapist
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
Hi Monika, I know its late but last year the kitchen made cupcake & we put jaffas on top & brought red items in eg, tomato sauce bottle, red apple,red lipstick, scarf etc & put 6 items on a tray & gav...
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nola
Recreation therapist
Recreation therapist
Bow Ties for Father's Day and Special Events
Hi My name is Nola and I spoke to you recently. I work at Buipa Campbelltown. I shall send my subcription in soon. Hope Fully tommorrow.
Nola Golding
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16 years ago
Hi Michelle, I have made folders of both male & female movies stars with their biographies. GREAT SUCCESS for an activity which can be "pulled out" or planned. I collected my information by just go...
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hazel
personal carer
personal carer
Just joined, this site is very informative. I just put my application as an activity officer today......if I will get the job, this would be very helpful. All the information here, is awesome. Thanks....
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to host a High Tea Party
I quite agree with that, there is more satisfaction in participating actively instead of being waited upon all the time.However in a High Care facility it is almost impossible. An alternative would be...
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Shannyn
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
How to host a High Tea Party
We often run high teas and make it an all day event, the residents bake the scones and make the sandwiches in the morning, then sit down to enjoy the high tea in the afternoon.
Some residents have co...
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monika
recreational activities officer
recreational activities officer
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
Instead if having christmas in july which confuses quite a few residents we have decided to have a Winter Feast...everything will be white, i.e. tableclothes, napkins, table centrepieces etc. Food wil...
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monika
recreational activities officer
recreational activities officer
How to Host a Christmas in July Party
Any ideas re Red Nose Day for SIDS
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
World Oceans Day Poster
Hello Bidgee Haven Hostel,
How lovely was your ocean, thank you for sharing and what a good idea
to have a Hillbilly theme day. Thanks again and keep sharing!
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16 years ago
Balloon Bean bags
I love this idea... Thanks Im going to give it a go this week, thought they would be good to use for my residents with arthritic hands and give pleasure to other resident making them for them.
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Balranald Hostel
Administration
Administration
World Oceans Day Poster
Hello from Bidgee Haven Hostel, we are sending you photos of our activities. One on ocean day, which all residents enjoy participating in, we made out we were on the yellow submarine, sing songs , yel...
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Kellie-Anne
Personal carer Assistant
Personal carer Assistant
Sample Weekly Program for Memory Care
great program !!
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Solange
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Teddy bears picnic
Hi Judy,
Thank you for sharing this great activity.
Cheers
Solange
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judy
Gerontologist
Gerontologist
Teddy bears picnic
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Teddy bears picnic
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Debbie
Leisure & Lifestyle Therapist
Leisure & Lifestyle Therapist
Flower pot colouring-in
Hi my name is Helen.
My residents coloured many flower pots, we laminated these, hole punched the top corners, linked them together with ribbons tied into bows and then hung them throughout the facil...
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