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1960’s Quiz
What was the name of the famous English four piece band that came out of Liverpool? Hint: named after an insect. Join our Newslett...
How to host a 1960s Hippy Day
The staff and I recently held a 1960’s day in our aged care center and it was a huge success with the residents. In this art...
War Time Song Quiz
This song quiz is ideal to use on your war time memorial days. Finish the names of these famous songs and some of the lyrics. Join...
Activities for St Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17th can be a fun and eventful day in aged care, below is a collection of activities for you to...
Valentine’s Quiz
Valentine’s Day is arriving again and what better way to get our senior residents in care into the spirit of love than with a go...
The Day the Music Died
This is a story many of your senior residents may remember. It was 1959, on the 3rd of February and a fatal plane crash near Clear...
Name that Song Quiz
Say or sing a few words from the song and let the audience call out the name of the song, encourage them to name the singer as wel...
Martin Luther King Jr Quiz
Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr in aged care with this quiz. Join our Newsletter to receive fun activities and special...
New Year’s Eve in Aged Care
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in aged care doesn’t have to be too challenging, of course, we don’t all sit up till midnight wai...
Christmas Scrabble Tile Ornaments
Make personalized Christmas ornaments using old scrabble letters. Many scrabble games get thrown aside or pieces go missing you co...
Christmas Quiz for Seniors
Merry Christmas everyone! Here is a fun Quiz we have created for your Christmas Celebrations. We hope you and your senior resident...
Making Fruit Kebabs
This is a no-cook creative food activity that will bring lots of joy to seniors during activity time. When fruit is plentiful and ...
Drying and Pressing Flowers
This is great activity to enjoy with seniors and residents in aged care, I remember doing this activity as a young girl with my gr...
Table Games for Light Movement
I’m always keen to take new activity products to trial at work and watch how my residents enjoy using them especially my res...
Autumn Leaf Mason Jar | Thanksgiving for Seniors
Doing craft and cooking activities during Thanksgiving is a great way to bring family and friends together. For seniors living wit...
Puzzle Table
Starting a new position as an Activity Coordinator is a challenge for anyone. New residents to meet getting to know their capabili...
Reminiscing in the 50’s and 60’s Kitchen
I am lucky enough to have collected and inherited many old kitchen utensils which I display in my outdoor kitchen complete with an...
Name that Tune ♫ ♪
Music can have a profound effect on the elderly and those living with memory loss. I encourage all aged care workers to incorporat...
AFL Football Grand Final Day Celebrations
For Australians, the football grand final will be played in Melbourne on the 28th September and will be broadcast Live on the tele...
Activities for seniors with limited vision
A common question I am asked from people working in aged care is what and how to plan for seniors living with limited vision. I re...
Father’s Day Paper Ribbon Award
All the Dads in your aged care center can be the “Best in the World!” Why not have the ladies in care make this award ribbon c...
Father’s Day in aged care
Father’s Day is a very special celebration and planning the day with some thoughtful activities will help make it fun and en...
Elvis Theme Day
Elvis Presley is an icon to many around the world and even more so to the older generation. Many of our seniors in care were in th...
Elvis Presley Quiz
Elvis was a big part of the lives of our seniors in aged care. His rise to fame began during the 1950s and went on for 2 decades J...
Independence Day
If you have American residents or just love to celebrate special days on the calendar here is a few ideas to celebrate Independenc...
Flower & Gardening Quiz
Here is a Flower and Gardening Quiz we have put together for you to share with your senior residents in aged care. Join our Newsle...
Mothers Day Quiz
Here is a Mothers Day Quiz we have put together for you to share with your senior residents in aged care. Join our Newsletter to r...
Day Spa for Mothers Day
While working in Aged Care we decided one Mothers Day to create a Day Spa where all our ladies could come and be spoilt and pa...
Pool Noodle Horse Race
This is a great game to play to celebrate your major Horse Racing Events. You will need ✿ a swimming noodle – the skinn...
Anzac Quiz
Here is an Anzac Quiz we have put together to share with your residents. Challenge the mind and test their knowledge. Join our New...
Anzac Day for Seniors in Aged Care
Anzac Day is a very special day of remembrance on aged care calendars in Australia and New Zealand – ANZAC stands for Austra...
Picture Frame Decorating
Allow everyone to use the available decorating materials to get creative. They really enjoy making them and they can keep the fram...
Easter Bunny Ball Toss
Use the large cardboard box and make it into the Easter bunny shape. Leave a big fan-shaped hole for the mouth and glue its tongue...
Easter Bonnets
Easter is a great time to have some fun activities leading up to the celebrations like making chocolates, hot cross buns, cards, d...
Easter Quiz for Seniors
Happy Easter everyone! Here is a fun Quiz we have created for your Easter Celebrations. We hope you and your senior residents have...
Scrapbooking with Magazines
Doing a craft activity with magazines is fun and gives much to talk about. See how many pictures everyone can find and talk about ...
General Knowledge Quiz
Here is a general knowledge quiz we have put together to share with your residents. Challenge the mind and test their knowledge co...
St Patrick’s Day Quiz
Here is a fun Quiz we have created for St Patrick’s Day. Click the link below for the printable version. We hope you and you...
St Patrick’s Day in Aged Care
Saint Patrick’s Day is a great celebration to have in aged care. The Irish sure know how to have fun so let’s make thi...
Irish Jokes for St Patrick’s Day
An Irishman goes to the doctor, who after examining him says “You have some problems with your heart, but if you take these tabl...
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
A great activity for everyone on Valentine’s Day is to spend the afternoon making chocolate dipped strawberries and while they a...
Renewing Wedding Vows in Aged Care
On Valentine’s Day 3 of our couples in care renewed their wedding vows in front of everyone at our facility, it was a wonderful ...
Australia Day Quiz
Lets get our Seniors all involved in this fun Australia Day Quiz. Quizzes like this are great to keep minds active and involved in...
Australia Day Celebrations
Australia Day is the official National Day of Australia celebrating the arrival of the First Fleet into Port Jackson New South Wa...
Walking Club
Walking – its free, fun and lifts the mood of the participants! It is important to keep older body’s active and a walk...
Quiz Ball Activity
All you need is a beach ball, often found cheap at a variety store. Blow it up and write your questions on the ball with a permane...
Christmas Sparkle Ball
I made this with my residents one Christmas and it turned out fantastic! The residents were able help put the project together an...
Christmas Paper Chains
A very easy Christmas craft to do with your residents is to make old fashioned paper chains. I found that the seniors with dementi...
Memory Boxes
A collection of old items in a memory box can help rekindle memories, scented items are really powerful in triggering autobiograph...
Match the Famous Couples – Quiz
Lets get our Seniors all involved in this fun quiz. Quizzes like this are great to keep minds active and involved in verbal commun...
Where Do I Come From? – Quiz
Lets get our Seniors all involved in this fun quiz. Quizzes like this are great to keep minds active and involved in verbal commun...
Shopping Trips
As an experienced activity coordinator in residential aged care I am sharing with you my experience and tips for your shopping tri...
FOOTBALL GRAND FINAL DAY
The Australian Football League Grand Final 2018 will be held in Melbourne on Saturday the 29th of September and telecast on TV. I...
Relaxation & Meditation Group
While working in residential aged care I was asked if someone in our team would like to run a meditation group. I have always prac...
News & Views
A great way to start the morning in memory care. This activity would be held while enjoying our morning tea shortly after our walk...
Painting using Leaves
This is a great art activity for Seniors that everyone can enjoy and create a beautiful piece of art work. These types of simple c...
Staff – Resident Quiz Challenge
Every Monday morning at our residential aged care home we would run a quiz, and our seniors residents were always switched on and ...
10 Ideas for Physical Activity & Exercise for Seniors with Dementia
Keeping active can improve the well-being of seniors with dementia. Exercise is a great, drug free way to elevate moods and red...
Pet Therapy
There is no doubt about the benefits of Pet Therapy in Aged Care. The animals bring comfort, companionship and joy to those who ...
Popular Proverb Quiz
Lets get our Seniors all involved in finishing these proverbs, quizzes like this are great to keep minds active and involved in ve...
The Ice Cream Van
Arranging the ice cream van to visit your facility and serve everyone a cone or small cup of soft serve is a great activity and tr...
Gardening with succulents
Allot of people loved gardening when they were living independently at home. A really great activity to do with everyone is to col...
Retro TV Trivia Quiz
Can you guess the name of this very funny show which started in the 50s? A young couple lived in an apartment and had neighbors Fr...
The Wishing Tree
We were pleasantly surprised at how great this idea worked! We made two trees as there were at least 80 residents in our resident...
The Nursery Rhyme Quiz
How long since your senior residents thought about or said a nursery rhyme? This will get everyone thinking back. Encourage everyo...
Music Therapy for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
As an Activity Coordinator music plays a large part in my therapy programme. Music is a powerful tool to reach your residents, peo...
Similes Quiz
Another great conversation starting quiz that your Senior residents will enjoy. These are the similes they learned in school so th...
A Collection of Quiz
Lets get our Seniors all involved in answering these collection examples, quizzes like this are great to keep minds active and inv...
Occupation Quiz
Quizzes are an important part of your therapy program, as they help to keep older minds active and healthy. This is a great quest...
Men’s Club
I’m often asked what to do at Men’s Club. First of all, I always ran our Men’s Club one afternoon a week. We meet in an area...
Football Tipping
This is a great activity that runs for a few weeks while the football season is on. In Australia our AFL Football season is starti...
The Price is Right
It is likely that many of your residents grew up watching “The Price is Right.” It’s a fun game that began in the 50’s and...
Youth Group for residents in their 60’s & 70’s
Some residents in your Aged Care may be a lot younger than others. We quite often see men and women in their 60’s going into car...
A to Z – Memory Activity for Seniors
Here is a nice and easy activity to enjoy with your residents, like most of our activities we encourage you to set the mood with s...
Famous Faces
This is a great memory game to play with your residents! Enjoyable with one person or a group of people. You can turn on your ster...
The Proverb Activity
Everyone loves a good proverb and this game is loved by all in residential care Here’s how to play: Start by explaining that...
Nurturing Therapy using simulated pets and babies
This therapy with observations and family support can bring much comfort and joy to many people. Most residents at some point in t...