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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
The Happy Wanderer Exercise & Singalong
I make my residents in the exercise class really do a deep Ha Ha Ha to "Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha". Some get tickled. I tell them it clears their lungs of stale air. Love it Love your site and all the g...
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8 months ago
Hi, thank you all for sharing amazing ideas. An activity I do often with my elderly group is "find the hidden pictures..." Most enjoy using the brain to find the objects and feel accomplished when fin...
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Amy
CHSP Team Leader
CHSP Team Leader
Funny Poems by Roald Dahl
Looks like a great skit / play in the making. A few costumes from the op shop .....
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Krista
Activity & Memory Care Director
Activity & Memory Care Director
Winter Quiz #2
very hard questions but good dissicission
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Karen
Recreational Therapist
Recreational Therapist
Rebus Puzzles #10
Thank you for this activity. Could the answers please be put on a separate sheet so I can print the sheet and give it to my residents.
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Taylor
Director of Resident Activities
Director of Resident Activities
Lily Pad Leap Frog Game
I play this game with origami frogs which I tie in with the Chinese New year. There are several you tube instructions if you don't know how to make them.
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Taylor
Director of Resident Activities
Director of Resident Activities
Festive Paper Lantern Craft
I use brass fasteners or paper brads. Some people also call them paper fasteners.
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Sisouphane
Program Coordinator -Hive
Program Coordinator -Hive
The Number 11 Quiz
very nice games, thanks :)
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Wendi
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for those accurate and encouraging words! It always feels good to reflect on the "why" that keeps me moving forward.
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Breanna
Activity Director
Activity Director
New Year's Eve Bingo
Hello is anyone able to update this to reflect 2026?
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Leslie
Resident Service Coordinator
Resident Service Coordinator
Newsletter Template - January 2026
What's the answer to the question on the noticeboard? "If you multiply the months of 2024 and add that number to what time the ball drops in Times Square, what number do you get?"
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Mary
Social Care Manager
Social Care Manager
End of Year Message 2025
Happy new Year to you and all your team, i value this site so much and myself and my team and of course my residents love all the themed activities you provide.
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Nisha
Manager
Manager
End of Year Message 2025
Happy New Year thank you for a wonderful reflection on year gone by .It was all of above and could not have done without the resourses this brilliant app provides best wishes for 2026
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Sara
LED
LED
Newsletter Template - January 2026
do you mail them to family? If so how do you do this?
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Teresa
Instructor Lifestyle
Instructor Lifestyle
8 Snippets of Guide Dog Trivia
all your efforts in programs are fantastic many thanks
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Sophie
Community Nursing Nurse Unit Manager
Community Nursing Nurse Unit Manager
End of Year Message 2025
Happy new year. Thank you for your kind inspiring words. look forward to using Golden carers once again in 2026.
Kind regards
Australia
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Peter
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
End of Year Message 2025
Beautiful and meaningful commentary on the facilitators, creators, users and entrusted guardians of this treasured resource. Thank you one and all. And happy New Year. Peace x
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9 months ago
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you very Much for yours and entire golden carers team help Talita
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Sharon
Activity Director
Activity Director
End of Year Message 2025
No I want to thank you. I have been an Activity Director for more than 25 years and this is the best resource for Directors Thanks so much.
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Hayden
Activities Director
Activities Director
End of Year Message 2025
Thank you for the encouragement.
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Christmas Quiz XII
Loved this one. My resident loved it. Thanks so much.
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Jackie
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Music & Motion Ribbon Exercise
Wow! Great idea, can't wait to try this out
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Farmington Station
Programming Team
Programming Team
"Hello" Around the World Quiz
would have loved longer : )
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Christmas Jeopardy
For those who want to play a Jeopardy game for Christmas or another time, you can change the questions to meet and need of your residents
You can use a whiteboard or not, but the attachments may help...
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Castle
Social Care
Social Care
Spot the Differences - Christmas Intergenerational
You need more christmas spot the differences
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Letitia
4theLOv3!
4theLOv3!
Christmas Jeopardy
This is a wonderful jeopardy game with questions our SNF residents could answer… just right in difficulty! Thank you so much!!
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Lin
Activities Co Ordinator
Activities Co Ordinator
2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics
thankyou so much for these posters, i can get planning the winter olympis now for our residents
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Esther
Social Club Activity Officer
Christmas Door Hangers
Thank you so much for sharing this Steph, our clients loved making these this afternoon. We weren't able to print the templates on card stock so we cut them out and glued them to some coloured card st...
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Lucy
Recreation Manager
Recreation Manager
This Day in History for Seniors: January
This is amazing...I love that This Day in History is interactive. Can't wait to cast it onto our TV in the Cafe...it's a great start of the morning activity after breakfast and before their fitness c...
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Sally
Community Engagement Manager
Community Engagement Manager
Hi all! I use this wonderful site every month to plan our engagement calendar for residents in our supported housing as well as our care home. I also produce a quarterly Newsletter and I am trying to...
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Sian
Carer
Carer
The Price is Right - Christmas Toys
Is there a British priced version ?
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9 months ago
100 Movie Recommendations for Seniors
2nd Hand Lions was a big hit with my residents!
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Lorraine
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Christmas Tree Group Colouring
this was a fantastic group activity. we did a community tree each resident and nursery child colouring their own part. the end result was amazing
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Samantha
Director Of Recreation & Leisure
Director Of Recreation & Leisure
Does anyone have a template for their program plans that they are willing to share? I thought there was a template on here already but can't find it anywhere.
Thanks in advance!
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sandra
Activities Director
Activities Director
Guess the Word Whiteboard Game
I covered the letters with a playing card and every time our residents guessed a letter they got to keep the card. At the end of the activity they counted up their cards. Fun activity! Thanks
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kathy
activities assistant
activities assistant
30 Indoor Activities Ideas for Winter
thank you so much for these the seniors love this!
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Kurt
Librarian
Librarian
The Price is Right - Christmas Toys
The action figure is Captain America, not Captain Marvel. Otherwise it looks like a lot of fun. I always wanted the ten-in-one gaming table.
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Molly
Activity Coordinator
Name the Classic Toys
It would be great if pictures were bigger for senior population to see. This is true with a lot of the activities. But we love all the content :)
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Words Starting With D Quiz #2
Thanks for this it was fun.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Aussie Christmas Conversation Ball
Hi Cath
Sounds like a great game
You actually can play a similar game for any holiday or
Just make a ball and have the residents give you ideas on what to put on it
Thank you
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Debbie
Recreation Therapist
Recreation Therapist
Canadian Football Teams
Thanks Karen it is great to see Canadian focused activities.
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Beth
Day Center Manager
Day Center Manager
Christmas Tree Group Colouring
This was an amazing group activity. It showed off everyone's creative side, and it was a good activity for all abilities. I'd love it if you came up with some more group projects like this.
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Sisouphane
Program Coordinator -Hive
Program Coordinator -Hive
Aussie Christmas Conversation Ball
very nice game and suitable to play during festive season. Thank you very much for your great ideas.
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Joanne
Recreation Therapy
Recreation Therapy
Indoor Bocce Game
What at great game! I used it today and the therapeutic benefits were amazing. I observed increased focus and concentration, teamwork, social interaction, balance and mobility, hand-eye coordinatio...
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Sheila
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Volunteer Arts/crafts Assistant
Old Wives Tales #3 - True Or False?
This was great. Thanks so much.
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Michelle
College Recreation Professor
College Recreation Professor
Kazoo Sing-Along Fun
Fun! We're going to do Christmas Carols.
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Christine
Activities Director
Activities Director
Holiday Movie Bingo
We love this special bingo cards, however 12 is not enough. We usually have 20-25 Bingo players. Is it possible to make more than just 12. Thank you :)
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Letitia
4theLOv3!
4theLOv3!
Hit or Miss Music Roulette
Thank you so much for this activity idea! I played it with skilled nursing and rehab residents.,, wide range of abilities. They LOVED it! They asked to play again soon. Those living with dementia real...
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Amanda
Diversional Therapist
Diversional Therapist
Santa's Visit
We have a gentleman that comes into our facility on Christmas Day and gives out the residents Christmas presents that we raise money via raffles to purchase. We do a special Christmas Day newsletter e...
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