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Kelly
Recreation Director
Recreation Director
Maths Quiz #11
My residents LOVE these math quizzes! Please keep them coming!!
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Honorine
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
13 Things You Should Know About Each Resident
I love it, it's so useful!!!
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Sandra
Operations Specialist
Operations Specialist
Grateful for Golden Carers! This site offers so much content. I oversee 20 communities and sharing new information is a blessing! Sometimes we find ourselves in a rut....thanks for ideas I've never th...
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Honorine
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
10 Engaging Whiteboard Games for Seniors
I am really impressed with Golden Carers, you never run out of idea and always prompting us with new activities.
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Amber
Activities Department
Activities Department
Presidents' Day Trivia
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: President's Day Trivia
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Matt
Head of Activities
Head of Activities
Things Your Mother Told You Reminiscing
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Things your mother told you
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Jayleen
Activity Assistant
Activity Assistant
This Land is Our Land Display Board
We did this project today, and it was excellent! What a great idea! The residents and staff all loved sharing their stories and learning about each other. Wonderful!
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Margaret
Planned Activity Staff
Planned Activity Staff
Shrove Tuesday Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Shrove Tuesday Bingo
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Liberty
Activity Director
Activity Director
Win a Ticket, Trade a Ticket
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Trade a Ticket
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Karen
Service Activity Coordinator
Service Activity Coordinator
Book Swap
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Book Swap
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Bronwyn
Assistant Lifestyle Officer
Assistant Lifestyle Officer
NRL Team Logos
Hi there
Just wanted to let you know that there is a new team in the NRL is this year it is The Dolphins (from Redcliffe) and their logo isn't in the list of the NRL Logos.
Thanks Bron
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Kay
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Passport Template for Armchair Travel
A fantastic idea, I can’t wait to start travelling….
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Nikki
Selwyn Centre Coordinator
Selwyn Centre Coordinator
Digital vs. Paper: How To Best Communicate With Residents
I email our quarterly newsletter to families and the few guests who use digital means of communication. I always get enough printed copies for all guests though as even the ones who have read their e...
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Julie
Wellness & Activity Coordinator
Wellness & Activity Coordinator
Black History Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Black History Bingo
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Matthew
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Influential Figures Reminiscing
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Memories: Great Figures
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Tracy
Lifestyle Therapist Team Leader
Lifestyle Therapist Team Leader
ANZAC Day Picture Bingo
Anzac day picture Bingo is not completed ? or am i doing something wrong.
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Rae
Team Leader Respite Centre
Team Leader Respite Centre
Who Am I? 1950s
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Celebrity Heads/Who am I? Actors/Actresses 1950s
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Sunya
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hello everyone. I have questions? In your facility they are short on CNAs. You have an memory care activity assistant. They pull from activities to work on the floor. But, residents go without activi...
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
A space has become available that I would like to set it up as a sensory lounge/space for our dementia residents. Any suggestions or input from Golden Carers members would be appreciated in order to h...
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George
Majestic Entertainer
Majestic Entertainer
A Day at the Office Bingo
Hi Rosemarie.
When you printed the cards with 16 photos on what size of card did you use.?
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3 years ago
Left / Right Game - Valentine's Day
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Left / Right Valentine
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Memory Tray Game for Teams
Hello Lorraine - that sounds a good idea, thanks for the feedback, it's worth a try. Gwyneth volunteer
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Shaquira
Activity Director
Activity Director
NFL Football Teams Word Search
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Word Find
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Choose the Correct Spelling Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: CHOOSE THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE MISSING WORD IN EACH SENTENCE
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Diana
Wellbeing coordinator
Wellbeing coordinator
I Love You in different languages
Te iubesc! Romanian
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Maryellen
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
This site is amazing! Thank you for the many ideas I am able to use with my residents.
Each month brings great ideas
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Lifestyle
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
National Registrated Diversional Therapist
Romantic Poems
A wonderful tool for anyone who wants to use activities for the elderly. In residental or independent living. I am a registered DT and use it on a daily basis, I encourage the team to use it as well....
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Elder Care/Activities Director
Memory Tray Game for Teams
With our set up, I can't do the sitting around tables bit. Perhaps if I draw the "items" on a white board, let the residents study it, and then remove one at a time?
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Rae
Team Leader Respite Centre
Team Leader Respite Centre
The Everly Brothers Word Search
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: The Everly Brothers Word Search
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Sharon
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Feather Collage
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Feather Collage
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Rhonda
Activity Director
Activity Director
Day of Pairs Dice Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Day of Pairs
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Maths Quiz #11
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: QUIZ ON MATHS
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Matthew
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Mindful Travel Experience
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Mindfulness: Travel
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Elder Care/Activities Director
Finish the Phrase Bingo
Being "budget challenged", I made a new list incorporating many of those here, plus a bunch more that are easily drawn by hand (even by me, and that's saying something!! :-D )
I'm working with a 4...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Elder Care/Activities Director
Mixed congnitive and physical abilities group - ideas that fit this profile?
I am working with a group that numbers generally between 6 and 11 each time I do activities. My time is limited to not...
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Katharina
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Guessing Game - Who Am I?
I think the game is great but don't understand why you have princess Diana in with stars of the silver screen. Otherwise a very good game.
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Ella
Senior Recreational Activities Officer
Senior Recreational Activities Officer
Silhouette Pictures
This project was a hit!! Thank you!!
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Hayley
Community access worker
Community access worker
Hi everyone ,
I’m struggling for ideas to encourage a men’s group in the residential facility. As a lot of men have cognitive issues and physical limitations.
It appears a lot easier to start group...
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Emily
Activities Assistant
Activities Assistant
Thank you for providing such a creative and inspiring activities! I use Golden Carers daily and My residents love all of the quizzes and Arts and Crafts activities! Golden Carers is where I go for all...
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Lin
Caregiver
Caregiver
15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Thank you all sooo very much for your helpful suggestions! I care for a man who has just entered into late stage Alzheimer's disease. His attention span is extremely short and it has become quite dif...
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Tasha
HCA- Assistant Manager
HCA- Assistant Manager
Pollock-Inspired Spaghetti Art
You could also try to use a yarn and drag the yarn to create some beautiful work.
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Single Letter Answers Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: SINGLE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET AS ANSWERS
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