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3 years ago
Love the scarecrows they look so easy to make, will make them with our clients next month. Thank you. Kerrie
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Katie
Activity Organiser
Activity Organiser
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Musical bingo
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Lisa
Memory Care Program Director
Memory Care Program Director
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Autumn Word Search
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Gail
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi
This place is brilliant! So many ideas I will try out
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Anatole
Geriatrics Professional
Geriatrics Professional
Hello you all, I've been doing activities with older adults for some time now. I have worked in both assisted living and in memory care. I recognize the importance of hearing what others find most suc...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Make 5 new words by changing one letter of each word sharing a common theme
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4 Seasons
Activities Director
Activities Director
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pool Noodle Paint Stamping
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3 years ago
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pirate Bingo
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Megan
Therapeutic Activities Services Worker
Therapeutic Activities Services Worker
I love this! I too work in a mental health hospital as well. I always would just draw a person, a flower, or something that fits the season. Sometimes I wouldn't draw anything at all and would just cr...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Where/What/Who quickie questions - Time 5/10 mins
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Kimberly
Recreation
Recreation
I do something like this every morning with the date and temp and all that, and my residents fav part is that I put a "today in history" or a fun fact and then I add what todays national day is!
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Diane
UK Memory Club Volunteer
UK Memory Club Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Daily Personal reality orientation board for people with dementia
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Diane
UK Memory Club Volunteer
UK Memory Club Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Robin pebbles
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Diane
UK Memory Club Volunteer
UK Memory Club Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Peacock collage group project
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3 years ago
This sounds like a great idea. I will try this game to my seniors group.
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Jen
Activities, Social Day Program, Life Enrichment
Activities, Social Day Program, Life Enrichment
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Impressionist Hydrangeas
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Kate
Well-being Coordinator
Well-being Coordinator
Can anyone help me. I'm doing a printable calendar of activities . How do I delete the words that are already on the page
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Denise
RN/MDS Coordinator
RN/MDS Coordinator
I was directed to your website for information on activities care plans. Very informative, and very interesting. The ones we have now do not match up to your level of client-centered or standards of...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi, four seasons
I am hoping you can help Patricia out
Thank you
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Courtney
Activities Director
Activities Director
There are also non-alcoholic mulled wine recipes out there too. I'm going to try one at my next armchair travel.
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Patricia
Retired
Retired
How much of the slow medium and the cell medium do you use please?
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Wendy
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Our residents enjoyed the quiz , got a lot of answers for each question.
Thank you!
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Donna
Nurse
Nurse
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: UK Music Quiz 1960's
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Donna
Nurse
Nurse
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: UK Music Quiz 1960's
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Rearrange the Capital letters in order to get a suitable answer
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Sally
Activity Director
Activity Director
Several of my residents have said they would be interested in a grief support group. Have any of you set something like this up? What are the pros and cons???
Thank you for any suggestions.
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Rosita
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
The variety of Bingo games continues to cause much anticipation and pleasure when residents read the weekly programs.
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: POT LUCK
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: FOOD ANAGRAMS QUIZ (timed) 5/6 minutes
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Lorraine
Lifestyle Coordinator Riverside
Great, made me wish I could speak Irish!
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3 years ago
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Music Stars Bingo
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Veronica
Supervisor
Supervisor
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Baking Quiz
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3 years ago
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: British WW2 Bingo
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Kath
Engagement & Purposeful Living Manager
Engagement & Purposeful Living Manager
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Honey Month Bingo
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3 years ago
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Scotland Bingo
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June
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
i read On This Day every morning to our residents.
Any piece of history that I know our residents would be really interested in, I do more research on it. We have had some wonderful conversations, ev...
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Jacki
Allied Health Assistant
Allied Health Assistant
Great for scanning activity. I laminate mine on A3 and use a whiteboard marker so they can be used over and over. You could do this in a group and change pictures around after a set time period, just...
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Rosita
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
The short stories are a wonderful addition to the ever expanding activities that can be provided to residents, mine certainly enjoy them.
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Diane
Recreation Director
Recreation Director
Hi Everyone: Looking for some simple non-cooking ideas. We have a skillet and and a electirc grill. We have made grill cheese, pancakes, walffers, donuts etc. Looking for new things to cook? We use o...
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4 Seasons
Activities Director
Activities Director
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Farmer's Market Event
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3 years ago
I play the accordion and loved getting the playlist from Susan. I like to play from lead sheets and would welcome any links. I have been playing a Senior Assisted Living facility. Thanks.
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Estelle
Life Coach
Life Coach
What we did today was quite fun. We went through ‘this day in history’ and then played hangman afterwards. All the words I chose, came from the information in ‘this day in history’. The residents quic...
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3 years ago
I'm interested in join this wonderful website. I work with a lots of residents that speak Spanish. I was wondering if the daily chronicles can be printed in Spanish?
Thanks.
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3 years ago
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: British Bingo
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Tonya
Visual Impaired
Visual Impaired
I am visual impaired looking for some activity suggestions to keep my mind occupied thanks
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Steve
Activities
Activities
Thank you for a fantastic bingo card went down so well with our residents . We had had a flower arranging demonstration first so fitted in perfectly what I did as well as the calling cards I had a pla...
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4 Seasons
Activities Director
Activities Director
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: What's in the Box?
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