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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
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Queensland,
Australia
Part time Lifestyle Co-ordinator since June 2012 at Coolum Beach Care Centre, Queensland: a fifty bed facility including a ten bed memory support unit.
Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Gift Idea: Plant Arrangement
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Just letting you know Sansevieria is a classified class R environmental weed in Queensland, Australia and even there are no restrictions on it being sold (go figure) it is highly invasive in nat...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Little Leprechaun Hats
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Little Leprechaun Hats
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Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
12 Ways to Appreciate Volunteers
In Australia go to the following for resources and downloads to help celebrate National Volunteers week from 9 to 15 May for 2016. This is the website: http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/nvw/...
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Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Leprechaun #2 for St Patricks Day
I laminated the pieces of the decorated leprechaun to then blu tack to the wall except for the face which had cotton wool. Its part of this years st patricks day display which was put up in the weeks...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
8 Tips for Planning Successful Dog Visits for Seniors
How do you manage cats in pet therapy? Out of a pet carrier they are liable to be unfamiliar with their surroundinga and may resist being held by elders. I would be concerned with cats scratching peop...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
If anyone hasnt already done so, Pintrest is excellent for inspiration on how and what to do for almost anything or topic. Just mind how much time you will want to spend exploring every good idea!
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Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
What is Dementia? Alzheimer's Disease vs Dementia
Another rare type of dementia not mentioned in your article is Posterior Cortical Atrophy where people experience decline in processing visual information and therefore progressively lose the ability...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
I gave some samples of font types, sizes and layouts to our elders to choose from and the most popular one was one that I could print onto a template and then cut and fit into plastic covers that had...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
We had a PJ day where staff and elders were invited to wear PJs and come to a special morning tea with hot chocolate and marshmallows and special biscuits for a change. Elders enjoyed seeing staff out...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Pancake treat
We often take the pancake mix and ingredients and toppings with us on our weekly bus outings and cook the pancakes on picnic ground BBQs for afternoon tea. Elders assist cooking and enjoy making and...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Play Dough Crafts
I also have tried play dough with success. We have also used it with more able people in a game where players have to make an object unknown to other players out of the dough and they have to guess wh...
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Astrid
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Lifestyle Co-ordinator
Taste Day
We do this at our monthly outdoor morning tea where I choose a country and we taste two foods. It could be from an elder's country of origin or just random choices. I display the country flag and or a...
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