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Owen
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It Happened in October Quiz
I am constantly amazed at the amount of new jokes, comments, activities and relevant material that keeps appearing in the pages of "This Month" every month. In fact there is usually no trouble to find...
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Leap Year Facts and Trivia
There seem to be riddles, poems, catchy sayings or just plain verses for most dates and other items to remember . How about posting some of these please?
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Tin can Shoot 'em Up
What a great game is this Tin Can "Shoot em up". I adapted the instructions to suit our conditions and equipment for a trial run today at The Redwood Club in Tawa, Wellington. The game was so popular...
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Guess the Celebrity
Well done Gillian of Canada. I can appreciate the amount of research that went into putting together this power point. And I also cogratulate you on having the initiave to think of it for the use of o...
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Leap Year Facts and Trivia
How I was taught to remember Leap Year:
THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER, ALL THE REST HAVE THIRTY-ONE, EXCEPT FOR FEBRUARY AT WHICH TIME, FEBRUARY'S DAYS ARE TWENTY-NINE
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We play golf putting on the carpet at The Redwood Club in Tawa Wellington NZ. The back board is easy to make or usually can be purchased. Great fun for left or right habders.
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Match the Brand Name to it's Logo
What a good test off memory but it is a pity you did not supply the answers as I have never heard of many of them
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American Football or Soccer?
I say again that Soccer is one of many forms of football or footy, just as American football, Rugby Union, Rugby League, and others are. Actually those responsible for insisting that football is Socce...
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Croquet sounds an interesting game to get our residents up and active so I am exploring making the hoop from your instructions and acquiring a club as well but need some guidance on how the game is pl...
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Paper Moon Rockets Game
Glad to know others found the activity of Landing on the moon with paper rockets great fun by both men and women. Pleased to be able to share it with everyone.
If others have good ideas for time cu...
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Quizzes of every kind can be found on this site. I have actually made up quite a few which are available but you can get more by googling "Quizzes" on the internet. Take your pick from a straight subj...
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American Football or Soccer?
In New Zealand Soccer is Association Football and Football is Rugby (Union), Rugger or Footy. Other games of football are Rugby League, American Football or Gridiron, Sevens (in Rugby Union), and a nu...
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Quirky Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Quirky Quiz
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Quirky Quiz - Powerpoint
Quirky Quizzes
I gathered the Quirky Quiz questions from many places, mostly from the various Golden Carers sites, and converted some of the more newsy statements into querty quiz question form, putt...
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Winter Campfire
Scouting and Guiding have a lot to give to Age Concern residents so it is good to know your talents are not being wasted. Make use of your training in both of these organisations for the benefit of th...
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Winter Campfire
A great idea from your Girl Guide days Joanne. As a Life Member of Scouts New Zealand I am introducing Scouting songs to our group as well with Ging Gang Goolie being caught on to be one of their fav...
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Space Travel Quiz
Like everything else in life, the moon landing with Neil Armstrong saying his famous words "A small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." comes and goes but it will never be forgotten. Quizzes and...
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Paper Moon Rockets Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Landing on the moon
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Quirky Quiz - Powerpoint
My fellow residents loved these Quirky Quizzes which I collected from your Golden Carers site and made up some of my own, The very Seniors especially managed to think outside the square and come up wi...
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D Day Invasion Quiz
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: D Day Invasion Quiz
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Short Story Jokes #1
Great funnies, Can we have some more please. Owen
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How to Prevent Falls in Senior Care
Our staff at The Redwood Club in Wellington NZ insist that I use a walking frame when moving around as I am prone to falling, mostly because I have a balancing problem. Any ideas for help are always w...
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We had a special D Day Invasion Quiz which was very interesting to the residents and D Day remembrance was mentioned in our Grace before the meal. I have forwarded the Quiz to Golden Carers to share i...
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Vocabulary Synonyms Quiz #3
This quiz had me thinking really hard as I am not ashamed to admit I do turn to the thesaurus at times. Often the right word did not come to mind during my writing the books on the 100 year history of...
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5 Ways to Honor Residents by Validating Their Past
I could not agree more with the comments and suggestions. I found this in my case and I am now involved in many of the ideas to make me feel part of the residential gathering like saying grace before...
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Guess the Word Whiteboard Game
Well done Jenny, it is very important to get residents talking, even if it is by themselves or in teams. We find it is hard to get a word out of some of the residents because they are shy, don't want...
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Left-Handers Game
Yes, I agree that it is good for our brains as well. Many would achieve improvement in their memory by taking notice of this remark too.
Get to be a "leftie".
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Life Member Scouts New Zealand...
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Left-Handers Game
As a Scout I like to follow the lead of our founder Lord Baden-Powell and shake hands left-handed with other Scouts as well as using my left hand as far as I can for most normal activities. I am becom...
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Memory Tray
Congratulations to Liza and Fernanda.
We do this one in Scouting. It is called Kim's Game and was invented by Baden-Powell from the work of Rudyard Kipling. If you read "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling Chap...
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Train Your Brain Tangram Puzzle
Here is a steal from The Scout Movement where the activity is called "Kim's Game. Baden-Powell was a great friend of Rudyard Kipling and if you read Kipling's book "Kim" you will learn what "Kim's Ga...
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Guess the Word Whiteboard Game
Quite a good alternative Sherry. All our residents were excited when each letter was uncovered one by one. But there are other alternatives, each one being exciting and fun for the oldies. Thanks for...
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Guess the Word Whiteboard Game
Thanks for accepting the white board guess the word activity game I sent. I hope many groups will try it out on their residents and find it interesting as our group did. I will be interested to get al...
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Guess the Word Whiteboard Game
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Guess the Word Game
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10 Ways to Embrace Cultural Diversity in Your Workplace
Very interesting comments here. We had a Maori resident at The Redwood Club who said the grace before our midday meal always in the Maori language. He later left for care where he died and I took over...
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There is a Scout Group in Rangiora who you could contact. The Group Leader is Linda Sanders at Email: [email protected]. For further information google Rangiora Scouts New Zealand. I am sure th...
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Welcome Nancy and I am sure we can help you. There is a Scout Group in Rangiora. The Meeting Place is 30 Church Street South, Rangiora and I am sure that they would appreciate a visit from your group....
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Finish the Proverbs #4
Glad that you and your residents enjoyed it Debbie. There is another similar one of Proverbs and several other quizzes to complete the sayings. Enjoy.
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20 Fabulous Day Trip Destinations for Seniors
Here is an idea that you can add to the outings for Seniors. We recently visited a garden model railway. Despite the fact that there were some people who did not like gardening or others who were not...
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This Day in History for Seniors: February
February is my birthday month so I was interested to see what happened then to light up the world. You have done some great research and as always the site covered a multitude of news and activities....
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I printed off the set of months in the Golden Carers Calendar for our volunteer staff at The Redwood Club here in Tawa, Wellington and they were so delighted to receive it. They are thrilled with the...
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Journeys of my Life
An interesting subject like all ideas posted. I had my first overseas journey in 1947 when I was part of the New Zealand Boy Scout contingent to the 6th World Scout Jamboree in France, the Jamboree of...
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Finish the Nursery Rhymes
I love the site and sharing ideas with others. At our Seniors Club meetings at Tawa in Wellington, New Zealand we have a cooked midday meal before which I say the grace. As a Scout, I sometimes use th...
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Finish the Proverbs #4
How many of these proverbs are true? You will be surprised if you think about it for a while. Enjoy the game.
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12 Creative Employee Appreciation Ideas
I have just printed off the yearly calendar and as a Scout it was good to see Lord Baden-Powell's birthday listed. But I must add that it was also Lady Baden-Powell's birthday on the same date as wel...
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Finish the Nursery Rhymes
We have used this one ourselves and found some residents had not heard of a number of the nursery rhymes. Perhaps their childhood was not complete. What a pity! However they all enjoyed hearing them a...
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Finish the Nursery Rhymes
My training as a Scout Leader does have some use for thinking of new ideas, not just for developing new activities for Boy Scouts. Glad to know this one is of use to others and am pleased to share it...
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Finish the Nursery Rhymes
Good to hear that this activity is one which others find useful. Golden Carers is a great site for new activities as well as sharing your successes with others. There is no end to useful activities fo...
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Finish the Proverbs #4
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Finish the well known Proverbs
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Finish the Nursery Rhymes
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Finish the Nursery Rhymes
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The new game posted by a member of "Once upon a Time" where everyone contributes to a story sentence by sentence, has been adapted by me for our next meeting. It sounds to be a very good game to get...
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