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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
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Queensland,
Australia
Running a team of 5 Lifestyle workers and 25 plus Volunteers
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi Brian, I found a really good free one on Dementia Training Australia. Think its called Sexuality in Aged Care
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Icare Advice. Hi all, Im wanting to have a quick chat with anyone who uses Icare and Activity charting for daily documentation. We received advice from an Accreditation consultant to link up the Activ...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi all, for those of you who use Icare, what kind of information are you entering into 'my daily routine' on the resident's profile? Does anyone have a template questionnaire for this? I've tried goog...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Im currently working on these too in our memory support wing. Would anyone care to share any examples they have already done?
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
I have created an after hours/weekends activities resource boxes for each section when my Lifestyle girls are not working. I have inside:
-Quiz books
-Adult Coloring
-whiteboard markers for work ga...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Supermarket Shopping activity-
Hi all, Im from Queensland, Australia and Im wanting to set up some type of shop with fake foods and boxes ect. They would be free to browse around an grab items for th...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
With the Corona Virus restrictions easing, we are now allowed to take residents on outings in Qld Australia. I have many question on this! Do we social distance on the bus? Do we only go to outdoor pl...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi all, Im wondering if there as any Aussies on here who have completed a Self Assessment in accordance with the new Standards that came out last year in preparation for an Accreditation visit?
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi all,
Have any of you had to submit a self assessment against these new standards in preparation for an up coming Accreditation visit? I'm struggling with this..
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
We only need the residents permission for outside display ie Social media, newspapers ect. And as for the children, the daycare is responsible for getting appropriate approval off parents.
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi Jane,
We have had a musician/comedian come to our facility to do a show. This one in particular was a little crude, but the residents really enjoyed the show!
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Thanks Talitha. I have most of those apps suggested. I was hoping to find more of a queue card communication type app. lot of the ones I'm finding are more for children. Thanks for your reply all the...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi all,
I'm looking for suggestions on adult appropriate communication Apps to download?
It would be great if there was one specific to activities, like Are you going on the bus ride' ect.
Any idea...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Thank you so very much Solange, I'm going to start playing around with a new application design with the above information. It certainly sounds more user friendly that the Aged Care guide lines forms....
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone has a user friendly Pet Application/Agreement form that they use for pet therapy sessions?
I have the aged care approved form, but its not very user friendly an...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
You could also add a 3 wishes section and work on making wishes come true though out the year
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
We pulled it off with great success!
A lot of the prizes were able to be re gifted as Christmas presents for their loved ones :)
We sold raffle tickets at the door at a price of $2 for 3 tickets.
I...
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Good Moring member,
I'm wanting to run a Christmas Tombola. Has anyone done one? Do you have any advice on how to go about it?
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Torbay Lifestyles
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leisure & Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Have you tried your local tafe?
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