Can anyone please tell me where I can get some decent exercise cd's with the Chicken Dance at the start of & end of disc with exercises in the middle, this will be for seated exercises for all areas, Low Care, dementia, High Care, any information would be very appreciated
Hi Fiona - I have a few CD's that I have purchased and a few that I had to down load because I had so much trouble trying to find favourite music that the residents love to get up and active with e.g. Hokey Pokey, Chicken Dance, Tom, Tom turn around and Always look on the bright side of life - to say a few. We have exercise group 3 times a week with all residents coming together for 30 minutes of exercise. The physio put the exercise routine together and we all have fun getting physical and trying to apply the routine. We have 5 minutes of warming up .... 20 minutes of the more active exercise and 5 minutes of cooling down. I hope some of this information is helpful?
Once again Golden Carers has come to the rescue. I live in a retirement village and calling on my years as a Diversional Therapist I constantly use the Golden Carers for new ideas to run my group in the village. I especially love the Read Aloud Audience Participation activity and I always pick a very shy resident to take a part. It is amazing how much it brings them out of their shell. The quiz always helps keeps their minds active and gives them such a feeling of self worth when they get a correct answer.