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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
From
Queensland,
Australia
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Armchair Travel: A Sensory Experience for Seniors
We are lucky enough to have Apple TV through out our facility so we have armchair travel with our volunteers becoming involved and assisting to make it a great experience for our residents. We have tr...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
One of the things we have just started with some of our more physical men that dont want to be involved in most other things is window cleaning, we bought a couple of squigges and buckets and away the...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Activities for the Baby Boomer Generation
Not sure we are ready for this yet I am a baby boomer and I am still working and living in my own home. most Baby boomer are not quite 70 yet so in our current society most are still working. Most of...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Doll Therapy for Dementia
I am still sitting on the fence with doll therapy. I have seen it work very successfully for some residents but I have also seen it back fire and become another behaviour issue. I think as Diversional...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
15 Activities for Residents Who Prefer Solitude
Yes our residents partake in most of those activites loner or not but one of the things that we do for our residents that prefer their own company is find a like minded volunteer to spend some time wi...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Sensory Stimulation for Dementia Care
One of the things I use for sensory stimulation is bubbles lots of fun but good for eye movement and getting the residents to blow the bubbles is good for the lungs (inhale exhale). the ones you can...
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
Left & Right Game - Christmas
Yes I played this game last year for Valentines day with a version of a love story and the residents thought it was great fun at the end they all had a have-a-heart ice cream.
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Jacqueline
Diversional therapy team leader
Diversional therapy team leader
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
We have Delta dogs come visit us for our pet therapy programe at present we have 4 dogs per week come in and spend time with our residents. It is very successful and the local prison sponsors the prog...
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