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Sharon
Activities Director
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California,
United States
Sharon
Activities Director
This is my go to site. I have looked at the others, but Golden Carers has a sense of fun and
creativity that makes the activities we do enjoyable for all. They are adaptable for all levels .
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Sharon
Activities Director
Finish the Melodies
We did this at our Friday social and the smiles on peoples faces told the whole story. I played this using my iPad to play each song. The power of music is astonishing. We sang, talked about our favo...
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Sharon
Activities Director
Chocolate Holiday Trees
It can also be an in room activity if your residents have to quarantine
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Sharon
Activities Director
13 Fun Brain Activities for Seniors
Yesterday we sat on the porch and did Golden Carers Activities. We learned we laughed we watched the chipmunks run by. Thank you
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Sharon
Activities Director
Word Ladder #3
I am so glad to have Golden Carers to help provide my residents with great activities during this time. We do exercise and Trivia for 2 hours everyday, and we all love it
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Sharon
Activities Director
Flowering Tree Drawing
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Corona Virus: Look out the window flowering tree drawing
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Sharon
Activities Director
The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation for the Elderly
We have been doing this 5 -6 days a weeks for about 10 minutes a day after exercise.
I hope that everyone looks forward to it as much as I do, but they all do it and thats so great.
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Sharon
Activities Director
Chocolate Holiday Trees
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Chocolate Holiday Trees
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Sharon
Activities Director
I plan lunch out at a local restaurant with our assisted living residents usually once a month. I call the restaurant to let them know we are coming beforehand. We also go shopping to the drug store a...
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Sharon
Activities Director
Your ideas are always pretty great. Yesterday I tried a version of the Eco-Map with one of my quietest residents, and she told me all kinds of things about her life. We talked for almost an hour and...
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Sharon
Activities Director
We got Alexa ( the Amazon Echo ) this winter and it became all the rage, some of my residents even purchased them for their rooms. We did some workshops and posted a list of “ What Alexa can do” lists...
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Sharon
Activities Director
There are several chair exercise programs on Youtube. Take a look at a few and decide which are right speed and type for your group. We play them on a big TV paired with an ipad if you have Apple TV...
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Sharon
Activities Director
Hangman & Variations
We sometimes play something called “name that phrase”
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Hit the sack.
They have to guess the letters
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Sharon
Activities Director
I am Sharon too. Doing an activity with people of different levels takes a bit of preparation. The same activity can work on different levels if you know what you expect from the activity. Think about...
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Sharon
Activities Director
I use Golden Carers ideas and activities almost everyday. This is the best resource on the internet. My job is to plan and lead activiites for seniors with physical and mental limitations. This websit...
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Donna-Lee Game
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Extremely happy I joined Golden Carers, it has become so useful for activities in the adult day centre I coordinate.
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