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Joanne

Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator From New South Wales, Australia

20 Activities


Pot Luck Card Game 4

Pot Luck Card Game

Leapin' Frogs 7

Leapin' Frogs

The Twelve days of Christmas 7

The Twelve days of Christmas

Home town Monopoly 3

Home town Monopoly

Aussie 12 days of Christmas 5

Aussie 12 days of Christmas

Tactile Reminiscing Ideas 6

Tactile Reminiscing Ideas

DIY Christmas Shirts 2

DIY Christmas Shirts

C'mon Aussie 7

C'mon Aussie

Find It Group Activity 9

Find It Group Activity

Commonwealth Games Flags 1

Commonwealth Games Flags

Stained glass windows 5

Stained glass windows

Songs for Seniors Quiz 111

Songs for Seniors Quiz

Christmas card hangers 3

Christmas card hangers

Mulitcultural Songs 10

Mulitcultural Songs

Read Along Books for Dementia Residents 12

Read Along Books for Dementia Residents

Guess the Aussie Jingle 5

Guess the Aussie Jingle

Red Hat ladies

Red Hat ladies

Halloween Songs to Other Songs 5

Halloween Songs to Other Songs

Song Lyrics from Around the World 7

Song Lyrics from Around the World

Wartime Song Quiz 8

Wartime Song Quiz

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Joanne 29th May 2014 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks

Great idea..I have used calendars from the Reject shop and they have beautiful pictures in them too and for want of floral pictures Better Homes and Gardens magazines have great ones.
Joanne 29th May 2014 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Foliage & Floral Wreaths

Instead of ivy I used a pine wreath from the Christmas decorations and made some felt poppies which I had attached to red battery-operated lights...very effective and can be reused yearly for ANZAC and Remembrance Days.
Joanne 29th May 2014 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Mardi Gras Jester

This can also be done with felt or that latex rubber craft material that is available
Joanne 29th May 2014 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Nursery Rhyme Game

I have also done this with pictures that I have printed from the computer and laminated. This idea is good for small groups and you can lead into reminiscing about other nursery rhymes from this. This is also a good game with any residents...especially those without dementia as you can read the reasons behind the rhymes to them and see if they agree with it.
Joanne 19th Aug 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Bow Ties for Father's Day and Special Events

We did this last year for fathers day...it was great....
Joanne 5th Jun 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Find It Group Activity

I have done all the pictures in colour..though my own copy was in black and white to help the residents, though I found it harder to find the bits and pieces
Joanne 4th Jun 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Find It Group Activity

I did them in colour...cheers
Joanne 25th May 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Red Hat Society Program

I formed a Group at the Nursing home and one of the resident's wives made me some hair comb fascinators and some other fascinators using cardboard and tulle.

The ladies all had names and we asked families to get them some purple tops.

Went well for a few years, unfortunately we have to begin again as the original members have mostly passed on.

I even joined the Red Hat Society in USA and got heaps of information from them...next time I join I can wear purple as I've passed 50!!!
Joanne 16th May 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

Find It Group Activity

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Find It
Joanne 16th May 2013 Leisure and Lifestyle Co ordinator

How to host a High Tea Party

Try the second hand shops for cups and saucers....they are quite cheap and the residents love them. Nowadays you can buy the tiered cake stands quite cheaply. I also got some sandwich plates from kmart and sourced some doilies from ebay....the residents love the effort we go to.
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