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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
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Queensland,
Australia
Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How To Structure Reminiscing Sessions For Seniors
This is exactly my session structure. I'd been doing it for 10 years, and have heaps of topics that inspire endless conversation, sometimes good memories, sometimes not, but i dont think that matters....
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Kymberly
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True or False Lollipops
Wonderful way to get people involved in discussion. Thank you
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Coffee & Conversation
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: 'Coffee & Conversation'
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hand Massage & Nail Care
How have you separated hand massage and nail painting carol?
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Free Music Playlists for the Elderly
How is the sound quality from your computer? Do you have amplified speakers attached?
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Look & Listen
For those who have done this, has it worked better to pick one common 'show & tell' day for everyone to bring something? I had in mind for people to take turns, and they seemed to be too self-consciou...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I have the same position in supported living Nori. We serve them tea and coffee, and a piece of cake or bisc, starting 1/2 hour before the activity, served up by volunteers. The activity is advertised...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
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Alphabet Game
I like doing surnames are also a profession or linked to their background & what someone might have done for a living, like abbot, archer, baker, carpenter, driver, English, fisher, gardener, hunter,...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
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Reminiscing with Vintage Photos
Love the activity. The photos are just a prompt to find Australian pics of my own, exactly the kind of discussion i need weekly. Extended to how they paid getting on, how they let the driver when they...
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Book Fruit Salad
This sounds fun ...could you explain this a little further please
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Talita, I submit comments and activities via this site all the time that return to me 'undelivered'. I have been using the facebook site instead, Ive tried 3x today
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Kymberly
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One topic this week - 'house husbands'. I read an article that, there are almost just as many dads staying at home with the kids now as mums. So i asked why that might be (after i jotted down the reas...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I submitted a topic on the link but i often have trouble with it sending...? Generally my mornings go for about 90 mins, we have a cappuccino machine now, i put out some eats, and some residents also...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
I do reminiscing but in a 'natural' forum,(so i call it 'coffee & conversation') so to encourage residents to take the conversation. But if your sessions work well on their own momentum thats even bet...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi Friends, I'm about to propose doing 1 on 1 visits, for residents who are either going through a hard time, need encouragement to participate etc. Does anyone have ideas for a template that allows f...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hand Massage & Nail Care
Its a lovely idea - are there H&S issues involved here, with doing massage, as well as hygiene? It would be nice to introduce with mother's day coming up
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Names & Surnames Reminiscing Activity
Glad it worked Barbara. The one we do for professions seems to get everyone involved too. Archer, Baker, Chandler, Driver...hvnt been able to find an E...Fisher, Gardener, Hunter etc etc
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Names & Surnames Reminiscing Activity
I've done something similar - we went through the alphabet to find a profession for each, and the next week compared notes. I also did surnames that ended in someone's 'son' - Thompson, Simpson.
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Australia: Reminiscing About Life In 1915
Thank you. This one activity has given me many prompts
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
I am doing my diploma and have been asked to make a 'work plan', hiring a bus for ppl unable to attend activities. It asks for a purpose, goals, constraints, and what a driver might be accountable for...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi, I'm in the situation where I may be able to renegotiate my wage...I'm a qualified DT. Is there an award wage to go on in the industry? Thanks
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How wonderful. I would LOVE to hear about it Yvonne. Do you guide the residents with movements up in front or just let them do as they please? Residents i work with are semi-dependent, and i would ima...
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Anyone have any ideas/pics/websites for decorating the table for a Christmas morning tea? :)
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Obviously DT involves a lot of informal 'counselling', whether it is a group activity or one-on-one. But does anyone promote personal counselling as being a recognized service, is it a formal process...
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Kymberly
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i would like to conduct a sitting down dance activity, with songs that invoke memories, but also encourage movement. Such as 'Delilah' - it seems to lead in to rocking & singing. Would this be seen as...
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Remembering 1966
Great resource, thank you. Given my a great idea for 'this week in 19 _ _ ' type of activity :)
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman were standing looking at a prize cow in a field. 'The Englishman says, 'Look at that English cow, she's a winner alright.' The Irishman disagreed. 'Hang on,...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
Henry took his wife to the state fair every year, and every year she'd say to him, 'henry, you know that i would love to go for a helicopter ride. Its been my life-long dream.' But every year Henry wo...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Charades #2
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Charades
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Kymberly
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Found out that its actually an app so I've made my own collection, & just laminated my own cards...i've tried it with 3 of my groups and they loved it. Never seen them laugh so much...me either :) A...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi. I'm looking for a list of words for charades for movies/songs/actors categories. There are lots of suggestions for objects and verbs on the net - anyone know whr i can find one? :) Anyone done som...
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Hi. I'm looking for a list of words for charades for movies/songs/actors categories. There are lots of suggestions for objects and verbs on the net - anyone know whr i can find one? :)
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
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Share your Jokes
Should I continue to post these?
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
The residents loved this one - There was an elderly lady standing on the street. She had both hands holding on to her hat, while the wind was blowing her dress up around her waist.
A dignified gentle...
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
Today, the same gentleman recited a poem his wife said she'd never heard him say today
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Kymberly
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I left work with a tear in my eye today. A new couple has been coming to my coffee & conversation mornings for about 4 weeks, She said ever since she has never seen/heard him light up and participate...
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Nursery Rhyme Quiz III
i find out how they originated on the internet & their backgrounds, they often referring to stories of kings & queens of the time. Its very interesting -
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Words in Words Game 4
Hi Karen, Can u tell me how you did this activity as a group? I find that its often the same ppl that know the answers faster than the others & not everyone gets the time to have a turn. Even when i a...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Iconic Aussie Ads
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Iconic Aussie Ads
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
There was once a pirate captain who never once lost a battle. he sailed the seas, taking ship After ship, noone seemed to be able to defeat his crew in combat.
One day his first mate was curious abou...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Guess the Nations – Mind Game
Residents love these kinds of quizes
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How To Structure Reminiscing Sessions For Seniors
My topic this week went along the theme of ancestors - where they came from, any interesting stories, family tree & history, were u named after someone, if u found a suspicious story would you share,...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Re- my last comment about a memory book, this may be a good example of questions, to have photos & magazine clippings to match http://homehelpershomecare.com/blog/2015/12/30-life-questions-you-need-to...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Hi. Has anyone created a memory book for or with a client? Perhaps not necessarily something for a dementia sufferer, which is what my research has found, but something a resident can participate in t...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Share your Jokes
A cab driver picks up a nun. She gets into the cab, and the cab driver wont's stop staring at her. So she asks him why he's staring.
He replies, "I have a question to ask you, but i dont want to offe...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
How To Structure Reminiscing Sessions For Seniors
A recent topic i did was 'punishment'. Did you ever go to bed without dinner? Did u hve ur children go to bed without dinner? Stories? (The men enjoyed telling what they got up to) What was the punish...
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Kymberly
Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
Is hand massage something I can do without specific qualifications - i hv a cert 4 in health & leisure.
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Kymberly
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Activities Coordinator
I thought this would spark a topic of conversation for ppl. It sure did with my groups :)
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This website has been such a tremendous asset to me in providing such great ideas. The clients have enjoyed the picture bingo, quizzes and I am looking forward to doing word ladders with them for the first time very soon. I also print out crosswords and word searches and make up booklets for them to do in their rooms. I will be definitely rejoining.
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