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This is a really good idea. Because it's ANZAC, and because I'm from New Zealand, I just wish it had 'New Zealand' amongst the word list too!

Thank you Stefanie for this. It is a great reminder that in our caring roles we should not only tend to the physical, mental and psychological, but also the spiritual; the whole person. Many of our clients are no longer able to attend places of worship, so bringing worship to them, through a time of devotion to God, is so very important and well appreciated.

I’m so happy to have found you! I’m a new manager at a new ALF, working hard to keep our residents happy and engaged! I created our first newsletter and now have your resources to help build more creativity and content with confidence! Say that fast three times! ???? Thank you!

Thanks Lisa for the feedback its really appreciated. Gwyneth

This looks fun! However, I don't fully understand the instructions. Could you give more details on how this is executed? Thank you!

This looks great; however, the tick sheet is not provided

Thank you for sharing its a lot of help

Fantastic! Thank you

I am happy to hear that your residents enjoyed the craft! Thank you for sharing!

Do you show the gift or wrap it? . I also play bingo with the group, when they win they can take a quarter or buy a bag, sometimes it could be a zonk. But they love this

I did know how easy it was going to be!First time to do this and it was brilliant!I created a UFO word search for one of our clients and he absolutely loved it!

I did this activity with some of my residents, and they were delighted with the results!

Hello to Everyone!

I am looking for some interactive sensory programs for mild stage dementia care residents.

Thanks.

I play this with my residents on a regular and they love it. Sometimes we play in teams and sometimes we play in group but individually. Either way they really enjoy this game.

Do you have a list of songs to play during the session? Thank you so much for all the great ideas. :)

For complete the 1950s song titles is there a phrase I could download to play for visually impaired or dementia clients as when we ask some can answer some can only answer auditoryily.

There are so many fantastic ideas here. So glad to have this resource available.

I wish there were instructions attached to this for easy group program run.

These are great and the residents love them.

So excited to try this in May! Hoping it sparks interest in similar projects during the rest of the year!

Thank you for this activity. I want to try it with my residents in the Dementia care Unit. I have a married couple who were school teachers.
I am looking forward to hearing their response. We have a monthly reading group with pupils from our nearby school. They come and read to our residents from the Hospital units and the Dementia Unit. Both residents and pupils get so much out of this shared time.

Hi !
I am from Québec, Canada. We have our very own dish. It's call: Poutine. Do not get confused with Vladimir Putin... (it is the same pronounciation).
It is made with french fries, cheese curd and gravy.
You can add it up in your quiz if you like.

OMG I'm loving everything about this site.
It's a godsend to all of us. Thank you so much for caring enough about us Activity workers
To do all this behind the scenes work, to make our and our clients/residents lives happier and easier. Thank you just doesn't seem enough!

Thanks Lisa for your feedback, I enjoyed doing this one . HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL - Gwyneth

This is perfect for my people.

Thank you!

My residents absolutely loved these!! it was such a good conversation starter and we all were laughing! ADD MORE!! Thanks

Get some bubbles and balloons and I use a disco light where they can see all the swirling lights on the wall no strobing though ,with soft relaxing music .

We had a very positive turnout, everyone was engaging and it became a fun activity with customers really enjoying the interaction.

That's wonderful news.

What a lovely idea Jill. I look forward to trying with our residents leading up to our Springtime in September.

What a great portable game.

Sounds like fun!

Thank you so much for these audience participation stories! I did the "Backstage at an Elvis Concert" right after our residents Happy Hour. So much laughter and participation from everyone. We are having one every month now, by popular request. I can thoroughly recommend this activity.

The variety of Bingo games is wonderful and my residents are always happy to take part in something new.

We did this game during an intergenerational game hour. Both the residents and the high school students LOVED it! Many memories shared and so many smiles!!! Thank you so much!

I work in Mental Health Units across two campuses. The content has been very easy to adapt for our consumers. Thank you for the great content. I am always looking for new and interesting ideas to keep our consumers engaged. Golden Carers is amazing. Thank you!

I am a student at TAFE and my Teacher Anne told us about this page. I really like the resources you have here - I can see a few that I think not only can be use with elderly but also can be use with children and young adult too. This is great!
I signed up but will finalise my membership soon.

very helpfully in activities

This is so helpful, thank you!

I work on a very advanced dementia unit,where many cannot walk,are non converse & physically unable to participate in ball games,board games,arts & crafts. I'm struggling with what to do,it's beginning to stress me. My manager insists these people will sit and chat,many do not sit for more than approximately 5 minutes useless their asleep. Help is needed,
Many thanks Wendy.

I've not got a budget but love, the ideas.

Great knowledge !!! Thanks.

This is amazing!!! I can't wait to try with our residents! They love to play Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune so this is right up their alley.

This is wonderful! I'm using it for an intergenerational activity and am making conversation 'flowers' as the event is the first day of spring! Thank you so very much!!!!

Hello all, can you provide some examples of how you document salon services? Thank you!

My homebound love these reads.

Oh wow!

Just saw this. It's perfect for my people!
Anything that's not on a slide, that I can print is fabulous

Thank you

Hi
I have found Golden Carers an invaluable resource and feel awed in some ways at the creativity and generosity of this large community of activity providers. It is a great example of productivity based in collaboration. Generosity seems to be an integral ingredient in people who work in this way to bring upliftment, warmth and human connection. It's a rich resource - thank you.
Leanne - Australia

This is a good one! People always love to see baby faces and animals. A great activity for the big screen TV

Had fun making the Peacock.