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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
British Royal Family Crossword
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: British Royal Family Crossword
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
5 Ways to Celebrate Coronation Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: 5 Things to Do for Coronation Day
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
6 Ways to Celebrate the Kentucky Derby
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: 6 Ways to Celebrate the Kentucky Derby
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3 years ago
Songs for Seniors Quiz
I run a very small group singing for Joy voluntary. Mostly retirees. This list is excellent. I know how much time researching appropriate material, typing, copying paper and ink cartridges cost and ve...
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
St. Patrick's Leprechaun and beer poster
Hi Everyone,
This year staff and residents are encouraged to wear green. In the unit I work we will have a variety of activities of the Irish theme, which will include a quiz, music, and trivia. I a...
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Thank you Golden carers for all the great ideas. My residents really enjoy the quizzes and some of the craft activities. They especially want "This day in history". I try to make it a morning ritual a...
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Tina
life enrichment manager
life enrichment manager
hello
i got a new job as care manager and caregiver at assitant living i need some fun excercies ideas using your hands feet some standing but fun stuff
any idea group things and its in the mem...
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Bernadette
Activity Director
Activity Director
Crafty Collage Easter Eggs
I like this Easter egg decorations, the residents will love this.
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Nicole
Activity coordinator
Activity coordinator
Hi, my name is Nicole I am the activity coordinator for a memory care facility. The residents have different levels of dementia which range from early to late stage. The activity calendar is a tool th...
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Harriet
Activities Director
Activities Director
17 Easy Arts and Craft Kits
This is such a great idea, especially for spring with Easter and Mother's Day approaching us.
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Cecilia
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Hi all, Happy Monday. I hope that the weekend was great.
Question: How are you celebrating Easter and then later on Mother's Day?
Last year for Easter we hid eggs filled candies and had an Easter eg...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Poems for St. Patrick's Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: POEM - I'LL WEAR A SHAMROCK
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Rae
Team Leader Respite Centre
Team Leader Respite Centre
Cinema Word Search
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Oscars Word Search
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Lisa
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
Hi
I downloaded one of the picture guessing game. One picture was of lipstick to look at it you couldn't guess. All the pictures were great to look at and guess. I am trying to find those pictures a...
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Michelle
Activity Director
Activity Director
Good morning my name is Michelle, and I am new at being an Activity Director. I am looking for a video on how residents in my facility can vote. i am the only one for 108 residents and training in my...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Easter Poems
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: EASTER POEMS
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Spring Quiz #2
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: TRIVIA/SPRING AND SUMMER
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Marjon
Activities CoOrdinator
Activities CoOrdinator
How does making a calendar for week month or year work? Do you have to pay extra for more possibilities like sign up for tool kit?
thank you
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Haley
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Recreation Therapist And Writer
Booking Entertainers: A How-To Guide for Senior Care
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Working with Contractors and Entertainers
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3 years ago
Cup and Saucer Table Decorations
What kind of plaster did you use ? Love this idea for our mothers day tea in may
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Shelle
Recreational Therapy Coordinator
Recreational Therapy Coordinator
Hangman Wheel of Fortune
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Hangman Wheel of Fortune
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Matthew
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Weather Events Reminiscing
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Memories: Weather Events.
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Kim
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
Easter Board Game
Love it! Thank You for sharing
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Kim
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
Diversional Therapist / Lifestyle Assistant
Intergenerational Egg Hunt
Last year we had an indoor (all weather option) Easter egg scavenger hunt that proved quiet popular & even the families joined in when visiting. We printed out x12 different A4 Easter eggs with colour...
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Michelle
Admin Officer
Admin Officer
Holi - Coloring Templates
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Artist impressions
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Anna
Trainee Manager
Trainee Manager
Guess the Country Visual Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Guess the country
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Easter Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: EASTER TRIVIA
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Vikki
manager
manager
AFL Tipping 2026
Thanks for doing this years Footy Tips our residents love doing this. I have read that there will be 24 rounds this year.
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Amber
Activities Department
Activities Department
Pot Luck Quiz - Multiple Choice
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: MULTIPLE CHOICE TRIVIA
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Jacqui
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
I am looking for activities suitable for seniors with dementia.
I have reviewed the Armchair Travel and although interesting...I worry that it 'moves' too fast. The commentary needs to be slower.
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Lauren
Support Worker
Support Worker
Animal Bingo
I did my first picture bingo with my residents yesterday and it was a total success
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DAWN
Lifestyle Director
Lifestyle Director
When is Passover for this year 2023? My calendar wiz says April 7th, but when I google search it, it says April 5th.
Thanks in advance!
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MIMI
ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
This Day in History for Seniors: March - 2nd Edition
This day in History is a great motivation for my residents every morning. My staff are distributing them daily in their rooms. I LOVE IT! I'M BACK to explore for more ideas.
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Matthew Flinders Home
Diversional therapist
Diversional therapist
AFL Tipping 2026
Arent there supposed to be 23 rounds?
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Gaylene
Diversational therapist
Diversational therapist
Welsh Bingo
Just love these bingo varieties..works really well with all our residents. Thanks
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Christian
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Life Enrichment Coordinator
Balloon Tennis
My residents love this game... we use pool noodles cut in half. they use the noodle to hit the "VOLLEYBALL" (balloon) So fun
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Diane
Volunteer
Volunteer
Valentine Bingo
Hi - we run a social and luncheon club for aprox 25 members. We recently ran your valentine's bingo game which was great, the only issue was that ideally we needed more cards as when bingo was called,...
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Marcy
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Easter Bingo for Senior Care
I love this idea for Bingo. I only wish there were more playing cards. We can have up to 20 residents playing and I don't want to piece together additional playing cards.
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3 years ago
St. David's Day Word Search
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Word Search
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3 years ago
Wild West Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Wild West Bingo
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Mercy Peter
Student
Student
The Importance of Client Assessment in Residential Care
Identification of the Activity including consultation with the client.
Details of planning materials / resources needed.
Details of effective communication with other personnel, supervisor, and...
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Judy
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Memory Tray Game for Teams
Hi, I have done a memory tray activity with my residents in a Dementia unit. I usually have about 10 items maximum, (everyday items). let them look at it for a reasonable amount of time. Then take i...
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Claire
Community Liaison Manager
Name the Movie Visual Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Name the Movie
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Rachael
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Armchair Travel to Ireland
Hello, do you have a Hungarian arm chair travel? Thank you.
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Dayani
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
This is fantastic website forevery one lots of ideas and creations for the seniors, and we using this website everyday to get fabulous ideas for the activites. Thank you so much!!!
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Wyndley
Activities
Activities
Hi. Are you intending to do an armchair travel to Wales. You have England Ireland and Scotland but no Wales, this would be a good activity for St David's Day
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