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Karen

Lifestyle Lead From Queensland, Australia

10 Activities


Musical Masterpieces 8

Musical Masterpieces

Drawing from Numbers 1

Drawing from Numbers

Poetry Mad Libs

Poetry Mad Libs

Rhyming Ball 3

Rhyming Ball

Pin the Band-Aid on the Injury 2

Pin the Band-Aid on the Injury

Giant Scrabble 2

Giant Scrabble

Active Monopoly 7

Active Monopoly

Chinese Zodiac Napkin Holders 1

Chinese Zodiac Napkin Holders

Postcard Crossing Postcard Exchange 2

Postcard Crossing Postcard Exchange

Closed Terrarium

Closed Terrarium

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Karen 7th Nov 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Active Monopoly

I've just realised that I made a mistake with the property cards. they still have our local street names instead of the monopoly street names. Sorry for that everyone, If would advise just putting a sticker over each name and writing in the correct name.

Danielle
Lifestyle Assistant
Karen 2nd Nov 2017 Lifestyle Lead

5 Fun Technology Activities for Residents

We have done the whole virtual world tour with Google Earth and at the moment I'm planning a "Tech Day" so thanks so the ideas. I'm thinking of using the game GeoGuessr for something interesting.
Karen 2nd Nov 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Active Monopoly

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Active Monopoly
Karen 30th Oct 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Playing Cards: All-Inclusive Games for Seniors

I'm sure we are all aware of the game SNAP, well one of our group members taught us her variation, it's called Animal Grab. Instead of snapping the cards, at the start of the game everyone chooses an animal noise then when a pair comes up you yell out your animal noise. It is very fun and everyone laughs a lot because most people, staff included forget their animal in the heat of the moment and end up yelling the wring sound.

Thanks for the card game ideas.
Karen 21st Jun 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Giant Scrabble

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Giant Scrabble
Karen 7th Jun 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Mixed Media Collages for the Elderly

We completed our collage and entered It in our local show. The group won 2 prizes for a total of $75. We did a bottle tree with individual canvases to symbolise the individuals within the group, The name of the group (by popular vote) is The Bottle Tree Wanderers so we thought a Bottle Tree was quite appropriate.

Thanks for the great idea
Karen 8th May 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Pin the Band-Aid on the Injury

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Pin the Band aid on the Injury
Karen 3rd May 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Creative Button Tree

These are fun, we made some last year with our group. We used flat backed canvases so that is was easy for our clients to glue the buttons on. Great activity for any skill level!
Karen 3rd May 2017 Lifestyle Lead

Party Themes for Dementia Care

I forgot to update you on our picnic last year! We had a lot of fun just chatting and having lunch together unfortunately it was a bit hot for our outdoor games I had planned so this year I'm planning another one a little earlier on in Spring.
Karen 30th Mar 2017 Lifestyle Lead

How to Support Mentally Alert Clients in Mixed Group Environments

I really find one of the best things for our more Mentally Alert Clients can be to have them assist the others, or even get them helping out with the activity. That way they really feel that they are contributing and (For lack of a better phrase) not being "lumped in" with all the others. I have also developed some great find a words that are 'hard', 'harder' and 'hardest'.
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