Ditto Denise, we also make our bats this way. It is cheap and is light for the residents to hold. This game is awesome for float chair & wheelchair bound residents also. We play at least once weekly w...

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Living Eggs Program

This was an awesome activity in our high care section. We used white card and had the ladies paint the flower their favourite colour. I then cut their photo out in a circle shape and then cut a wh...

OMG you have no idea how popular this is in our facility. We bought a set of plastic bocce balls from Kmart & a set of real stainless steel balls from rebel sport (sometimes the steel ones are too...

That sounds awesome Cheryl-ann, will aim at giving your idea a try. Kelly

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Treat Trolley

Leanne I love the 'living egg' exhibit idea. I live in NSW where do I head to find out more and if it is available near my nursing home?

What a nice idea Heather. I have also made a coloured fruit salad bingo for the residents that can't recognise numbers. They love it and most of them recognise common fruits no matter how advanced the...

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Quiz 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'

We did these with our residents last year and will do again this year. We got the residents to paint a leaf in autumn colours and when it dried we asked them what Autumn meant to them or what jumped i...