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 article, I am sharing some of the key points and some photos to help inspire ...
Create a GroupI recently started a new position in a lovely home with only 27 residents living there, all are high care so this was another challenge to find something they really enjoyed and ...
Keep an eye out for Treasure Items I am lucky enough to have collected and inherited many old kitchen utensils which I display at home in my outdoor kitchen complete with an old ...
Music can have a profound effect on the elderly and those living with memory loss. I encourage all aged care workers to incorporate some music activities into their calendars.Name that Tune is a ...
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 their youth when Elvis was a superstar and this golden era of music ...
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 - he is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the ...
It is estimated that there will be one million people living with dementia in the UK by 2021. The Utley Foundation in the UK is leading a campaign to strengthen the case for bringing music ...
Hello everybody, It has been a busy few weeks for my husband and myself, we have driven from Darwin in the Northern Territory to Perth in Western Australia nearly 5,000 kilometres. Our oldest ...
Hello everybody, We have been very busy with our Sing-along and now our boxed card sets to use in activities. I am currently in Darwin at the top of Australia but heading back to Perth Western ...
A few years ago at the facility where I worked our new manager requested that the therapy staff set up something called the wishing tree for residents living in low care. At first, I was unsure of ...
I am Debbie Davison, a former Activity Coordinator & Therapy Assistant from a large 160 bed Residential Aged Care facility.
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