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Sara
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Lifestyle Enrichment Coordinator
Sports Bingo
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Sports Bingo
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Lori
Activity
Activity
Animal Bingo
What do the things under the bingo mean a3 a4 Tabloid what do those things mean
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Kemi
Engagement Lead
Engagement Lead
Self-Care Tips for Activity Professionals
Hi everyone, It feels so good to be here!
My name is kemi, I am the engagement lead at St Catherines Nursing Home in Letchworth garden city.
I enjoyed reading this article Taking care of your mental...
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Julie
Activities Co- Ordinator
Activities Co- Ordinator
How to Plan a Movie Screening for Seniors
Can someone tell me what they watched the film on was it a large TV, I would love to get a big white screen to show it on but not sure how this would work, Thank you
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Pauline
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Newsletter Template - August 2026
I would like an august 2021 template please, I am doing our magazine quarterly and have just successfully created the May to July one using your template. thanks
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Lisa
Administrator
Administrator
Hi
As we have a greater number of men in our dementia home at the moment. I was looking to build a little tinkering shed. About the size of a small bus shelter. Has anyone got anything like this or...
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Ashley
Director Of Recreation
Director Of Recreation
Stained glass windows
love this idea! gonna definitely try this with my residents!
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
14 Interview Questions For Hiring Activity Staff
Hi Nathaniel
Thank you for this great information
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Raffaela
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Armchair Travel to Mexico
Thank-you Maurice for these helpful tips and additional information.
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Birgita
Activity Director
Activity Director
Word Ladder #6
These are very interesting and helpful activity plans for my Resident. Thank you very much.
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Nathaniel
AL/IL Recreation Director
AL/IL Recreation Director
14 Interview Questions For Hiring Activity Staff
Great article, recreation and activities is difficult to to find staff for. Often seen as "entry level" without promotion potential, it was a struggle to find ANY applicants prior to the pandemic. M...
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Orchard
Activities
Activities
National "Waiters and Waitresses" Day is May 21st; any ideas what to do for the Dining Room serevers?
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Ann
HCA
HCA
Spring Party
Thank you for the super ideas and tips... I even get excited reading about all the wonderful events you bring us.
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Lisa
Activity Director
Activity Director
Hi, Has anyone done an armchair travel to Canada? I had a resident request to see the Canada, specifically out west. So far we have really loved the Travel videos on Golden Carers. Any suggestions for...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
How to Plan & Implement an Induction & Orientation Program
Hi Kevin
Thanks for sharin
Good luck to you
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Heather
Life Enrichment Aide
Life Enrichment Aide
Sports Afternoon
This sounds amazing. I am going to try this. My residents are really active. So it would be a good challenge.
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Oakland
Wellbeing & Activity Practitioner
Wellbeing & Activity Practitioner
Tea Tasting
I am going to try this with the residents. this week
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Sara
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Slay the Dragon Games
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Slay the Dragon
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Kevin
Activity’s Assistant
Activity’s Assistant
How to Plan & Implement an Induction & Orientation Program
I’m returning to work within the health care network
It’s a joy to find this site for me. After a total knee replacement I was afforded the opportunity to be on the patient side of the system and al...
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Finish the Song Line Quiz
Thanks Vicky for your comments, I notice that you are from England, I am Welsh . nice to meet you, all the best, Golden Carers is a wonderful web site. I am a volunteer sending activities in and a...
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Mothers Day & Mothering Sunday Posters
Hi Angela
Yes we certainly like to make the residents happy
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Animal Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: ANIMAL QUIZ
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Pot Luck Quiz 19
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: QUIZ
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Angela
Lifestyle Aged Care
Lifestyle Aged Care
Mothers Day & Mothering Sunday Posters
I love this site. I used the Mothers day posters as placemats when i did a special happy hour.
The residents ended up taking them home with them which make them happy.
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Janita
Life Style Coordinator
Life Style Coordinator
12 Creative Employee Appreciation Ideas
Great ideas thankyou
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Louise
Lifestyles Lead
Lifestyles Lead
VE Day Posters - Victory in Europe
Great to find something quickly, for V.E. Day. Great resource
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5 years ago
Sports Afternoon
I am with you, I plan to put this program onto the Activates Calendar once we open.
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NICOLA
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Sports Afternoon
I am definitely going to try this one out for our active games session.
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Sarah
Engagement Worker
Engagement Worker
Has any one heard of the game “pig goes pop?” Would you say that this is too babyish for an elderly resident who used to be a pig farmer and just loves everything to do with pigs?
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Susan
Activity Director
Activity Director
The Benefits of Eating Spinach
Wow Chats
I am all for healthy eating and the benefits of certain foods
Thanks again for sharing this
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Peter
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Please help memory block I'm running out of Ideas
I need a theme for a full week and themed activities to go with the theme please help you fantastic lot
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Tomorrow I will do a bread and jam activity. Slices of buttered bread, an assortment of jams for them to spread and to taste and lets reminisce about picking fruit as children, using up surplus fruit...
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Chats
Recreation Programmers
Recreation Programmers
The Benefits of Eating Spinach
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Benefits of Spinach
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Diane
Activity Coordinator
Activity Coordinator
Hello! I have been an Activity Coordinator at a 50 bed Seniors Lodge now for 4 1/2 years and love it! I have found that I get the biggest group participation when there is food involved and I was wo...
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Wendy
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Wonky Words Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Wonky words game
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Gwyneth
Volunteer
Volunteer
Singalong: Oh where has my little dog gone?
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: NURSERY RHYME-Oh, where, oh where, has my little dog gone? you tube
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Debra
Resident Service Coordinator
Resident Service Coordinator
Recycled Dream Spring Tree
The wall large enough for our spring tree was brick/concrete. So our tree kept falling :(. Today the spring tree was transformed into a Spring Wreath. It's right by the elevators where residents and g...
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Raffaela
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Armchair Travel to Mexico
How can I download the video to my USB key
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Francita
Well Being Coordinator
Well Being Coordinator
10 Activities to Commemorate VE Day
I've just decorated the lounges with newspaper clippings and the silloute solider. We will be having afternoon tea followed by old classics war songs followed by a film.
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Animal Bingo
Thanks for all the picture Bingo. I do a couple of rounds with regular bingo and then as the residents begin to get 'tired' we break for tea then do a round of picture bingo before breaking for the da...
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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Armchair Travel to Hawaii
Thank you. This is going to be a fun day with a care home that smells like a pineapple.
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5 years ago
Song Pictionary Ideas
Love it Sara, thank you! You always have amazing activities to share!
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Kerrily
Lifestyle Staff
Lifestyle Staff
Create Your Own Slideshow!
I like this idea but I'm wondering if the font can be bigger, and maybe pictures would help some residents? (I've never made a slideshow before)
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Ellie
Life Enrichment Director
Life Enrichment Director
Cooking for Italian Day - Cannoli Dip
This is perfect for my limited functionality folks.
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