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Jean
Activities Coordinator
Jane Spencer
Activity Provider
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I would like to thank you all for everything you've done to help people like us, giving us the new ideas and confidence to carry on doing what we do. As you must be aware it's not the easiest job in the world, especially trying to get a smile out of someone. I wish you all the possible good wishes for the future and do hope you will continue for many years to come.
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Next week the residents will have a chance to 'explore ginger' in an activity. We will serve ginger loaf, a ginger biscuit, a piece of crystallised ginger and a glass of ginger beer. I also do a fortnightly program called 'food from the British Isles' When we do armchair travel we also snack on some food from the country we are travelling too. I used food as a draw card and residents who don't normally engage in activities will often attend a 'food' activities giving me a great opportunity to reach everyone. Any food ideas (excluding baking and cooking) will be gratefully recieved.
Hey Jean
This sounds great
I also used food as a drawing card
Here are some other ideas
https://www.goldencarers.com/fun-delicious-no-cook-food-ideas-for-seniors/7484/
Most of the armchair travel activities on Golden carers have a food element to them
Perhaps you can use some of them
https://www.goldencarers.com/search/?search_tag=Activity&search=Arm%20chair%20travel
You might also want to have a resident food committee
https://www.goldencarers.com/8-reasons-to-start-a-food-committee-at-your-community/7492/
I also like to have food at a sporting event that they may watch
After Ginger we did 'exploring oats' going from the big pot mother had on the stove when they were going out in the cold to school, through to them making their own snacks with different oatcake toppings. I demonstrated instant flavoured oats that you make in 2 minutes in the microwave, 1 lady enjoyed it so much that she ate the whole serving, they tasted and enjoyed oat milk. I try to share these stories hoping that it gives someone inspiration.
Hi Jean
Thank you for sharing this
It is inspiring