We have already used these questions for an informal chat session with our residents. It was lot's of fun talking about apple pie, and what kind of apples were the favorites. Also inspired talks abo...

this is a lot of fun! My dementia residents loved reminiscing about the ones they remembered.

Our Dementia residents loved looking at the old pictures! They all remembered something about each of the pictures. It was fun for reminiscing, even when we were not playing Bingo. The one comment th...

Thank you so much for the suggestion of celebrating the royal wedding! We used it as the theme for our tea party, and had a lovely time wearing home made fascinators to go with it. We had 24 smiling...

A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Alphabet Game

We have a large facility that allows and encourages wandering. It is a physical outlet for those who have led very active lives, or like you say they are on their way “somewhere”. Eventually they rela...

Thanks for a meaningful article. After 3 years in the Activitiy Dept. I was feeling a little bit "out of gas" myself. I always appreciate your new ideas and suggestions. It certainly helps in the crea...

I have found this very useful! I have also found songs for specific religions and the lyrics so we could sing them together.

I shared your Father's Day Jokes with both the men and the women at our Dementia Facility. Everyone laughed, and laughed about how corny they were, then said tell us another one! Thanks for giving u...

Thank you so much for the great photos and information. I work with many men who were in the aerospace field and can identify these aircraft. Even though they all have Memory problems, they are so ver...