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Evangeline
Care Home Manager
Care Home Manager
Sensory Spaces & Boxes for Memory Care
Golden Carers is an invaluable aid for our care home, and the activities are always clearly set out, easy to use and deliver these much needed activities for our residents. there is always a way to en...
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Ashleen
Assistant Activities coordinator
Assistant Activities coordinator
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
I'm hosting a Yappy Hour brunch and I'm inviting family members and our team members to bring in their dogs. I would really love to have pet shelters and or breeders to bring in adoptable puppies or j...
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Elizabeth
Activity And Volunteer Coordinator
Activity And Volunteer Coordinator
Music in Movies
This was wonderful! I made a playlist to go alongside and played the song if they weren't getting the answer from the clues.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Adopt a Pet Event
Good idea Letitia
Thanks for letting us know
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Faye
Recreation Coordinator
Recreation Coordinator
Words in Words Group Game
I do that too with my residents
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Donna
Carer
Carer
Words in Words Group Game
We have played this game this morning in our day centre and one team got 128 words from Pedestrian we will try the word Independent next, great morning brain storming.
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Pamela
RN
RN
Jokes - Children's Thoughts
My group enjoyed the jokes and thought they were cute.
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Steve
Activities
Activities
Number 1 Hits Reminiscing - July #1
Loved this playing a couple of songs then moving onto July Quiz kept going back Ending with a sing song Thank You!
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D'Ayrne
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Mad Hatters Tea Party
We had our Mad Hatters Tea Party on Friday and it was certainly worth all the effort! Our residents and their families are still talking about it!
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Letitia
4theLOv3!
4theLOv3!
Adopt a Pet Event
Love this! Doing it for the ‘dog days of summer!’
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Vanessa
Activities Co-Ordinator
Activities Co-Ordinator
Teddy Bears Picnic Party/Get together
We invite some children in from our local primary school and have a picnic the residents love to chat with them
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Jenni
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Bird Seed Wreath
How many does this recipe make? Also could you give me an idea or what kind of mold to use? Thank you so much!
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Sharon
Aged Care Nurse
Aged Care Nurse
Hello, I wander if anyone can help me with suggestions of Activity Improvement Plans. I would be very grateful
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Colette
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Wimbledon Tennis Quiz
Q19. How many British players have won Wimbledon?
Answer is not 3 it's 4:
Fred Perry 1936
Virginia Wade in 1977
Ann Haydon-Jones in 1969
Andy Murray in 2013 and 2016
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
No-Sew Playing Card Holder
Hi Steph
What a good idea. And it saves money too
Thank you
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Haley
Activities Director
Activities Director
Hello I am new to this website, so correct me if I am using this the wrong way.
I had a question, if there is a resident that wants to be on their own most of the time and refuses most suggestions fo...
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Sharon
Activity Director
Activity Director
No-Sew Playing Card Holder
I just love your ideas, Steph! I'm am gobbling them up. From Heather, Activity Director at an Assisted Living Community Care home in Prince Edward Island, Canada!!
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melissa
wellbeing manager
wellbeing manager
Is there an armchair travel for Pakistan or am i not looking correctly?
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Denise
CTRS
CTRS
Read-Aloud Audience Participation Story #20
I love the audience participation stories. They are just perfect for my residents. I supplement them by providing a script for each participant specific to their roll. I make them in WORD and then jus...
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1 year ago
Wimbledon Tennis Quiz
In answer to question 19 - I was reminded by my 'seniors' today that Fred Perry also won Wimbledon 3 times in the 1930's? so that makes the answer 4?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Younger or Older than 1985?
Hi Gail
It is simple but engaging. Thank you for sharing.
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Chair Drumming
Thank you Peter for sharing this drumming activity Seems very economical and easy to use
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
14 Men's Club Activity Ideas
Hi Sharon
Glad you are enjoying that website and it is very helpful to you
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Lisa
Lifestyle Coordinator
Lifestyle Coordinator
Chair Drumming
we have purchased all the items need and have drumming starting in July. just waiting for ball rack to be made for storage
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Anna
Activities Director
Activities Director
Younger or Older than 1985?
My BHU patients LOVED this game!! Thank you!
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Meghan
Activities
Activities
Chair Drumming
We do this every month at my facility and our residents love it! We have about 5 songs that i have made rhythms to and 2 freestyle songs. They enjoy every bit of the fun, music, and workout.
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Sharon
Activity Director
Activity Director
14 Men's Club Activity Ideas
Yor Website is the best I've ever seen It has so much to offer for Activity Directors Thank you so much. Sharon Lance- moore
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Bev
Activity Co-ordinator
Activity Co-ordinator
Tinga Tinga Collage
I just had to share this picture with you. Our group today had so much fun putting it altogether and we are just so proud of what they did.
Thanks to you and your team for providing us with all thes...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
6-5-4 Dice Game
If you are looking for really simple dice game, especially for those with dementia. Try these.
https://www.goldencarers.com/dice-games-for-the-elderly/5307
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Simone
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
Lily Pad Leap Frog Game
One of our activities co-ordinators just made this game and we had our first go yesterday . She made 3 bean-bag frogs ( from a simple template found on Pinterest) and we got residents to paint some l...
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Simone
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
Give Me Five
Our residents play this game often as they really enjoy it. Our activities team developed a long list of questions to challenge and support our residents memories. When we started, residents could nam...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
6-5-4 Dice Game
Hi Lauren
This is a great game and stimulating to others
Thanks for sharing it
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Have You Ever – Penny In, Penny Out Game
Hi Bronwyn
Thanks for sharing this Wonderful idea
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Simone
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
6-5-4 Dice Game
Our Residents love this game. We call it Captain of the Ship . The 6 is the captain, the 5 is the ship, the 4 is the crew and the rest of the dice are the cargo. So the object is to get everything for...
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Tamara
Activities Manager
Activities Manager
Have You Ever – Penny In, Penny Out Game
This looks fun, reminds of the Never Have I Ever game :) I will be playing this with my residents for sure!
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1 year ago
Painted Seed Pod Musical Shakers
Hello, This is lovely but could I please add note that unless you have a First Nations person in your home making them, it's really not appropriate for reproduction by those outside of the community....
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emily
Activities director
Activities director
The Price is Right Game
We did this a few weeks back. Instead of actual items we used pictures, just better for our lack of space.
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Rubaica
Activity coordinator
Activity coordinator
Hi everyone i am very new here is there anyone who could give me idea that how can i make something memorable for them or how can i take their handprints or something.
thanks all
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Dear Agony Aunt Group Activity
Thank you Clare for sharing this great Activity
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Musical Instruments Bingo
Thank you Mandy for creating this great activity
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Lexie
Dementia Day Program Director
Dementia Day Program Director
Musical Instruments Bingo
I played this with my residents with dementia today and they really enjoyed it! I found videos of each instrument so they could see what they looked like being played and what they sounded like. They...
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Barbara
Activities Director
Activities Director
Create Your Own Personal Crest
I was looking for a Father's Day craft, and this will be perfect!
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