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Sharon
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New South Wales,
Australia
Sharon
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Hand and Nail pamper's where you soak the residents hands and then give them a god massage using a hand scrub (we use a nutrametic's one), then give the nails a cut and hands a massage with some lovel...
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Try adding some essential oils, I did this and not only did the residents love molding the dough, but enjoyed the pleasant perfume. Try making coil pots, beads which they can paint later when dry.
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Quiots, sing a longs, high teas, poetry read (very Popular), gardening (potting cuttings etc), cooking (pikelets on BBQ or fry pan), word games, celebrity head (for low care), hoy, foot spa's, hand an...
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Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks
I got a volunteer to make some memory books buy taking pictures out of old books bought from op shops and markets, calendar pictures, photo's and laminating them and putting into folders. We made memo...
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Hi this is a bit late but may help for next year. I invited a retired and a serving serviceman to come to the facility. One laid the wreath and the other read the ode and lowered the flag. The local...
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Hi there, ask for donations from families, your facility chemist, maybe there is a staff member who is an amazing baker, or a staff or family member that can knit or crochet you something for the raff...
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Hi for a start it is a big ask for you to manage 32 residents, it's just not going to happen especially at that hour of the day. I have employed another RAO who works 11am until 6pm and is there to mi...
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For our low care residents, we hold our exercise classes at 9.30am after breakfast and this works well. For our dementia unit we have found 1pm after lunch is working well. The residents who exercise...
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Yes we have to do a weekly tick sheet, and you will get asked about your tick sheets.
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Pancake treat
Good idea Astrid will be doing this on our bus outings in future. We also cook pikelets at the facility on our BBQ, and the residents love helping, and eating the pikelets.
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Ping Pong Eggs
Thank you for sharing this idea, I will be definetly playing this with my High Care Dementia residents.
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Have started my Diploma in Leisure and Health, I'm 56, so you are never too late.
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As these residents cognition declines so does their ability to participate, therefore you require more help. Activities minimise behaviours if done properly, but no person alone with 45 residents can...
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We hold an annual Christmas and Christmas in July drinks and nibbles nights. The invites are sent out with the accounts, notices put on notice boards and A Frame at front of facility, and in our newsl...
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Hi, we take out 12 residents and one wheelchair and we have the RAO in charge, a volunteer and the bus driver who helps with everything form loading and unloading bus, escorting residents to the toile...
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We run a shopping bus once a month depending on numbers. It is run by the RAO with the help of Volunteer and bus driver. Only the more capable and independant residents are able to go. Minimum number...
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We call them Fiddle Boxes, and you can either make generic or personalise the boxes for a particular resident. Great for minimising behaviours and a great distraction.
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We hold a combind Men's BBQ monthly for all three sections of our facility. It is a chance for the men to get together over a beer or soft drink and enjoy other men's company while enjoying a BBQ lunc...
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The term holistic means covering everything, not just the activity, but their emotional and spiritual needs.
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Have a combined mens BBQ, with a few beers, and get in a guest speaker or take a bus load to a park for a sausage sizzle. You can buy a cheap putting green which we did, and the men love this activit...
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We buy for all females on Mothers Day, and the same with the men. This year I went to the $2 shop and bought some cupcake patties cases in nice colours and made cup cakes which was decorated with fro...
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Try reading poetry, our residents love listening to Banjo Paterson, many residents are able to say the poem while you are reading it. Colouring in is very relaxing, but use good pencils or pastels, an...
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Men are difficult to organise activities for, I work in High Care Dementia, and have found combined mens BBQ with the other two area's (low and nursing home), and have a guest speaker come and give a...
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We have happy half hour just before dinner on a Friday (pre dinner drinks). Our residents get a choice of lite beer, soft drink or a cream sherry served in sherry glasses bought from opp shops. This i...
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Doll Therapy and Dementia
Agreed Nurture therapy is a much better name. We use this therapy at our facility but is not for everyone. For some of our residents it is a very beneficial activity, calming the resident and actual...
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Hi I also work in a facility, and we also have an Ipad. Could you please tell me from what site you have down loaded jigsaws and word games. I am a novice with the IPad.
Cheers Sharon Mesic.
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Poetry Club
We have poetry read once a week, and the residents really enjoy this activity. They especially enjoy listening to Banjo Patison, and many are able to recite verse's, and these are medium to high care...
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Play Dough Crafts
I add some essential oil to the dough, lavender or something pleasing to the nose, and food colouring if you do not want to paint afterwards. Our Physio was very impressed as the dough can be used by...
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Salt Dough Beads
Well done I am going to try this activity with my residents.
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