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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
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United Kingdom
Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
What goes in here?
I thought first aid kit, baby box, sewing basket, and of course a handbag!
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Here in our home I have used the longer corridors as a indoor path we have a large mural with bench for a rest, a chair by the window and a destination as a reading area. Many of the residents use thi...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
How to Start a New Resident Welcome Program
Bought some small travel size toiletries put them in a wedding favour bags, have some postcards of the building printed to add a personal note and a welcome sign to hang off the door. Have left packs...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Kitten Therapy
We have a cat in our dementia unit we have a member of staff who purchases his food takes him for his vet check ups etc He is lovely and lazy some staff don't like him but some people don't like cats!...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
I have the wand thank you I'm sure the activity was if I had three wishes kinda of a thing but don't want to go round the room with everyone giving probably the same answers I'm sure I found this idea...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Hi Read somewhere on the site activity based around waving ' a magic wand' used the search engine and now can't find it! Duh should have saved it but...... Activity using a Magic wand, bought the wan...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
On a one to one situation I would be tempted to ask why they feel they need to speak to me that way why are they upset in a very calm non aggressive way, a genuine query, had a similar incident with a...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Nearly New Boutique
We asked family and friends of the residents ours is a faith based home so we are very lucky and have lots of support. The experience of choosing was so lovely to see.
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Nearly New Boutique
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Nearly New Boutique
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
True or False Lollipops
I have some fly swats that we use for balloon tennis I think I could use these sounds like good fun!
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
What's In the Bag
I have a large box of assorted items such as watch, spoon, clothes peg, toffee hammer a real assortment of items.
I put an item in the bag and invite residents to put their hands in to try and ide...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
What's In the Bag
I tried this yesterday I had to modify slightly as had a very large diverse group so when resident pulled out a spoon we thought of how many types of spoon we could think of, alarm clock how many diff...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Rebus Puzzles #1
I used to do this activity ages ago but literally ran out of our daily puzzle! thank you so much staff and residents can once again have a little mental challenge with their breakfast. It also encour...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Sports Afternoon
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Sports Afternoon
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Taste Test Savoury Nibbles
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Taste Test Savoury Nibbles
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Balloon Tennis
Average age in the room well over 90, 2 virtually blind residents and half had dementia and we all had a ball! we had a great time with our fly swats and balloons such a cheap easy activity. I was ver...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Would you, Could you, Have you?
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Would you could you have you
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Hi All
I am to host a birthday party for 100 year old lady will have 30 residents of very mixed ability and 15 guests please has anyone an ice breaker activity suitable for such a diverse group PLEA...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Round Robin Stories
I find because its a story it takes on a life of its own it does help if you have a few more able players but I have found often the most insightful comments have come from the least able residents it...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Tea Tasting
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Try a New Brew !!
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
2017 Chinese New Year Poster - Year of the Rooster #3
I am going have a session on the traits of the rooster, then identify each residents animal. I will get some prawn crackers and hopefully some fortune cookies (last year I couldn't get them anywhere)....
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Tongue Twisters & Tricky Teasers
here's some very old English ones:-
I went into a felt shop
and bought a piece of felt
the piece of felt I felt
doesn't feel like any piece of felt I felt before.
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear
Fuz...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Quiz: What Can Be Worn on your Feet?
Hi Just to say this was a great idea we got 48!!! different items from divers lead boots to corn plasters. Talked about spats, snow shoes all kinds of different heels really good idea.
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Giant Snakes and Ladders for any size group
Hi I bought mine years ago it was from an online shop after googling snakes and ladders it is at least 10ft square possibly a bit bigger it was £30 then which seems expensive for a game but I've used...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Giant Snakes and Ladders for any size group
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Giant Snakes and Ladders for any size group
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Virtual Camping Reminiscing Activity
We did this today and I was surprised how well some of the residents committed to the idea, one lady said I'm in a caravan on the next site !! We had our weekend in the Lake District decided it was a...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Round Robin Stories
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Round Robin
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
I am a coordinator in a faith based home in Southport England. Our residents span the full range from very high functioning to end stage dementia so activities are very challenging! I found the site e...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Name a Word Quiz #1
played this this afternoon but took it a bit further I googled colours body parts and emotions and ended up with very comprehensive lists which we used in the game as we have some very high functionin...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
our residents enjoy completing the verses of old hymns I find that like nursery rhymes they are deep seated in the brain the recall is amazing.
I also have Cd's of choirs singing the hymns so it work...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Quiz
I did this activity this morning we talked about everything from the biblical connections the price of diamonds! I goggled every ones birth stones we had a very varied discussion. The group were ver...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
My first session was a chocolate tasting from white to the darkest of dark we rated and graded them. I did some background internet research on cocoa and chocolate there's loads of stuff on the inter...
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Judith
Activities Co-ordinator
Activities Co-ordinator
Bingo: Improving Quality of Life for Seniors
I play every week I bought a set of bingo cards copied the numbers onto a grid on A4 sheet so the numbers were as large as possible and just photocopy a sets of sheets from my original. Originally I h...
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I really love your website. I still find it incredulous that this site exists. I know how hard it must be for our Lifestyle teams to keep coming up with ideas and activities and to now have found this site - WOW. I really do think it says a lot about the immense value of community collaboration - because this site is about that! so I am immensely proud that people, especially older people, may be benefitting from this wonderful resource all over the world.
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