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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager From British Columbia, Canada Canada flag

CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 months ago

Name the Carpentry Tools

I like this idea of various tools, and could add to this with items from our home toolbox to add to the program. In past years, I created a program of "hammers" . Where they originated from, and s...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 months ago

Find the Hidden Objects - Autumn Harvest Festival

A good activity for intellectual intervention. And physical intervention -fine motor skills. Thank you for sharing.

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

3 months ago

German Quiz 2

Our local food bank donates non alcohol beer of variety of types. Our local A & W donated small root beer steins x 12.. We are planning a party - and will share how it goes HAPPY OKTOBERFEST

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

3 months ago

Residents' Meeting Prompts

Excellent. We do have ways to ask, but some of these are great conversation starters and ice breakers. Thank you for sharing.

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

4 months ago

Our community church group comes in once a week, and shares stories from the Christian Bible. As most of our population are Christians, this works well. They provide a non-denominational "story" of ev...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

7 months ago

Hello Frank, 3 ideas: 1. nuts bolts and washers. from your local hardware. Larger the better. But not too heavy. Amazon Company ( Melisa and Doug toys) have a similar set in wood. 4-5 men . s...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

10 months ago

Fantastic Susan, Last year we introduced equine therapy(outdoors), which was wonderful This year, we plan 2 spring visits, and 2 fall visits with the horses to our village. As you mention; R...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

10 months ago

Place the Face - This or That Visual Quiz

This is a good one! People always love to see baby faces and animals. A great activity for the big screen TV

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

1 year ago

Hello Xuxu, See the Golden Carers 'Winter Wonderland Tea Party". You may not be able to do all that decorating as you are on your own, but some hot chocolate with candy canes, or hot apple juice (c...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

1 year ago

Hello Chrissy, I love your idea! in our village care home, we combine Recreation and Rehab. At St Patrick's Day, and on Christmas Eve, I created something similar to your idea - thanks for sh...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

1 year ago

Hi Darla, In our village, we have a giant world map we fix to the wall, we cover all the indigenous cultures of the world, and place the continent sticky note on each (Eurasia, Africa, ect). Then we...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

1 year ago

What is Elder Abuse?

Excellent report - should be shared with all staff with education for our Residents well being and care.

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

1 year ago

Positive New Stories: Past Present & Future

Oliver, Thank you for creating ! Excellent research of Good News in the world. Will be sharing with interested Residents this week.

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

Clothes Peg Game

Great idea for fine motor, managing arthritis of hands and wrists, and competitive natures. Meeting the interventions of physical functioning and social domain.

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

Clothes Peg Game

Great idea for fine motor, arthritis, and competitive natures!

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

Our village has a community companion service. When asked by the companion, they are provided with games, puzzles, and word searches from Golden Carers for their 1-1 visits. In addition to short stor...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

15 Ways to get the Participation of your Nursing Team

Good Stuff. re: rewarding staff who go above and beyond: I use the local coffee shop cards for education purposes. Each Tuesday we have an inservice and with the most knowledge brings on a coffee card...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

re: Crooner Music Match Quiz I created a quiz from your quiz. a slide show quiz of crooner music match. only I added the "who am I" photos to help Residents guess. I thought of also adding part of th...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

10 Sensory Activities for Men

Classic Car Show Sat Sept 17 in our community. A bus ride to see the car show (Independent Living folks) A vintage car parade through town driving slowly past the care homes and senior villages ta...

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CGV

Recreation and Rehab Manager

2 years ago

Tips for Working With a Challenging Supervisor

Thank You Haley. I am that supervisor, although not necessarily a difficult one, Your ideas are wonderful starting points to share with a new team member. As a supervisor/manager, we have expec...

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