A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: IRELAND Cryptic Quiz

Lovely idea - thanks

We held a World Kindness Day/week 2 years ago which turned out to be a huge hit. I made some badges which we sold for funding care in the community - but if you wore a badge you took on a challenge to...

Thought you might like some fun to add to your professions quiz that I saw in a newspaper once: Golden Oldies Old accountants never die, they just lose their balance. Old bankers never die, they...

I wrote this quiz a number of years ago - hope someone can use it :) Film and Song Quiz 1. Which song from the Musical "Oklahoma” speaks about "a bright golden haze on the meadow? Ans. "Oh what...

Here's another one for you: Whether Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot We'll weather the weather Whether we like it o...

I love all the comments that have come through - Solange - I am working in a Frail care Centre where even an exercise bicycle is not an option because of the fraility of the residents. Though I do run...

Well done - great article and I am so glad that you have made mention of the fact that some residents enjoy their own company. When living in a communal setting where rooms have to be shared its hard...

Wow what an amazing list! Thanks

Hi Patricia - How about an Easter bonnet - encourages creativity and it is certainly not childish. Award a prize for the prettiest hat. The hats could also be used as a centerpiece for the tables.

Hi Lowana - always a difficult one - especially when the person has a love for life. If you can hone in on her other senses, hearing, taste, touch, smell - to compensate for her loss of sight then yo...

How about each resident making one and then putting them all on the wall together to form a "patchwork" . Thanks - I am looking forward to trying this one out :) Sheila Douthwaite

In addition to your Australian map - once you have the places people come from you can combine it with a "road trip" I did a quiz around South Africa for our residents visiting well known places by as...

Thought you might like another Irish quiz: IRELAND cryptic Quiz All the following answers have the letters IRE somewhere in the word. 1. Church tower SPIRE 2. An unsatisfied...

Perhaps you would like to use an Italian quiz a put together a number of years ago? Word Quiz - SPAGHETTI BOLOGNAISE All the answers to the clues from the letters of Spaghetti Bolognaise 1....

How about you you have an activity where the right hand is not used (or if you have a right handed person vice versa.) Not only would it highlight the left handed day it would also make people more aw...