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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
From
British Columbia,
Canada
Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Red or Black Card Game
I'm adding a JACKPOT pile for all the incorrectly guessed cards. If anyone turns over a King/Queen of Hearts or Diamonds, they get the JACKPOT .
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Word Chain Group Activity
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Back Words
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
I know I read somewhere on here about contributing our content - can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks :-)
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Themed Words Brain Teaser
Clever!! I like it! :-D
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Memory Tray Game for Teams
With our set up, I can't do the sitting around tables bit. Perhaps if I draw the "items" on a white board, let the residents study it, and then remove one at a time?
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Finish the Phrase Bingo
Being "budget challenged", I made a new list incorporating many of those here, plus a bunch more that are easily drawn by hand (even by me, and that's saying something!! :-D )
I'm working with a 4...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Mixed congnitive and physical abilities group - ideas that fit this profile?
I am working with a group that numbers generally between 6 and 11 each time I do activities. My time is limited to not...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Whiteboard Word Challenge
Our folks love this. Our best showing so far was with the word "fireplace". We got 70 words!!!
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Armchair Travel to the Philippines
I like to have relevant videos running whilst I gather my resources and make tea and coffee as residents gradually make their way to the activity area in the half hour before we officially start. ...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
The Philippines Quiz
There is a new president as of June 2022: Bongbong Marcos
Thanks for these great activities! :-)
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Bean Bag Number Toss
I've made an adaptation because of the room I have to work in: Instead of this one set of numbers on paper (I painted them and they are not laminated - cost restrictions), I made two sets plus two ex...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Bean Bag Number Toss
This is a great, simple idea - what I like is that (almost) all my people can do it - any suggestions for including a lady with Parkinson's who is often 'stuck' and can't make her body toss the bean b...
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Lorraine
Elder Care/Activities Director
Snippets of Trivia from Switzerland
I'm Swiss, and I know many of the answers, but not all. I don't see an actual answer key, is there one???
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