maria

Hi there,
Once the surveys have been collected how do you analyse it? Is there a format available. I am unsure how to put the info together.
Thank you,
Maria

I do something similar, but I get a silicon muffin tray cut out circles with the points written on them and resident tosses coin and then we add up the score. I have run tournaments with the 1:1 residents who are not wanting to participate in groups but are very happy to participate "at a distance" in a group activity. I have also used this for our in house olympic games with great success.

I have made these with great success using rice.

I record it as 1:1 emotional support. Sometimes residents just need someone to listen to them in an unhurried fashion. It promotes trust and may also serve as a way to encourage participation.

You could try reminiscing about any special prayers, Sunday school and church picnics. Did they use Rosary beads? Do they remember their first communion, confirmation? How about favourite hymns? What do they feel when they see photos of young animals or beautiful sunsets/nature? Have they been to other religious services/weddings etc and noticed the difference to their own? Do they remember what priests,nuns or clergymen wore? eg habit,wimple,dog collar. I hope this has been of some help.

I believe Maxwell Smart used the phrase "Good thinking 99"

You can pretty these up with fancy duct tape they sell in Office Works too.

I have printed the poster using different coloured paper and it looks fantastic! I am also laminating them so i can use them again. Thank you

In 1915 in Australia the average age was 24 compared to 37 today.

In 1915 the Northern Territory had the oldest median age (41.7) with Tasmania the youngest (22.4). A century later this has reversed with Tasmania having the oldest median age (40.8) and Northern Territory the youngest (31.5)

In 1915 men outnumbered women by more than 161,000. Today women outnumber men by 105,000.

The number of aged pensioners has increased by more than 31 times in a century from 72,949 to 2.3 million.

The percentage of the population aged under 15 has halved over the last 100 years.

Over the last 100 years the population has increased from just under 5 million to almost 24 million today.

In 1915 there were just 2,465 university students while today there are almost 1.2 million.

In 1915 a loaf of bread cost 3 1/2 pence, milk was 3 pence a litre.

In 1915 82% of the population were Australian born today it is 71%.
Just a few facts I found on the net....hope it is useful.

Instead of small shovels you could use second hand spoons and forks.