I do something similar one Thursday a month, we call it THIRSTY THURSDAY.each time its different types of drinks, tea, flavored water, cordial, pop, hot chocolate, milkshakes. we do it like you would...

I have a tub that has chocolate , small bags of sweets, crisp, crackers, shower gel, combs, nail kits, hand creams, perfumes, Just alsorts, The males always like the sweets and chocolates but the fema...

thanks you I have been told some of my ideas seem abit crazy at times, by my manager and relatives but I seem to pull it of most of the time. I always have a little note book with me because I see...

We have a mother and toddler group come up a few times a year, and visits from the donkey sanctuary.

Why dont you instead of it all being reminisence ,get the residents using there imagination aswell. Make some cards with different professions on them put them in seperate envelopes and get 1 residen...

We used to have a lady from Zumba Gold come in to us they specialise in arm chair exercise and exercise for disabillities the residents loved it . We could get an average of 10 taking part with the f...

Hi Sharon , Do you complete assessments with your care plans for abilities? I use a tool called the Poole activity level (PAL) it assesses residents into 4 groups dependent on abilities and activity...

I work in a similar environment,middle to end stage dementia. I tend to do 1-1 sessions in the morning with an allocated few or that day, and for the rest in the area I put on some music or hand out s...