Lauretta Kaldor

Ambient DVDs

Share-time pictures have now produced another ambient DVD called a Flower Medley-a relaxing and reminiscent movie presented in beautiful vignettes of colour. Go to the timeshare website for more information on share time picture productions www.sharetimepictures.com.au I stock their 5 DVDs -check my website for music resour Share-time pictures have now produced another ambient DVD [...]

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Consider the past cultural interests of your cients

Culture Vulture? Sometimes it is easy to forget that many of our clients have been very well educated and had important cultural interests. Recently I did a program on visiting an art gallery and brought in art magazines on famous artists. This was very well received by 3 clients in particular who had visited galleries [...]

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Ambient DVDs

Share-time pictures have now produced another ambient DVD called a Flower Medley-a relaxing and reminiscent movie presented in beautiful vignettes of colour. Go to the timeshare website for more information on share time picture productions www.sharetimepictures.com.au. I stock their 5 DVDs -check my website for music resources. Ambient DVDs is a post from: Lauretta Kaldor

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The value of singalong DVD’s

Singalong DVD’s have the words and picutres on the screen. Singalong DVDs are valuable resourcse for activity staff working in particular with cients who have dementia.I have observed a resident who had lost their ability to speak was singing when the DVD was playing and really enjoying the experience. Having an entertainer or music therhapist visityour facility [...]

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Try a new mental stimulation resource

This cognitve activity program is mental stimualtion on dvd and is great for recreation staff working in aged care and a great new concept. for more information go to www.caprogram.com.au Try a new mental stimulation resource is a post from: Lauretta Kaldor

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Pairs

Think about the hobbies of older people-bowls, golf, travel, fishing, going to the movies, watching sport and so forth. Look at the social histories of your clients. Choose the hobbies that were of interest. Give your game a name eg Golf pairs, Movie-star pairs etc. Use Google images or if using Microsoft Office go to [...]

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Picture Bingo

Bingo is a favourite in many facilities. Have you tried Picture Bingo? Use pictures that relate to the hobbies and interests of your clients. Use the same concept as the pairs game and play Golf Bingo (or movies, fishing etc.). Make 10 playing cards, each with a different set of 6 pictures based on the [...]

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Memory Albums

A . Make a memory book- you can use a scrapbook album and a client’s photos to make a book about the client’s life. It can be made to look very attractive using some materials and techniques from the art of scrapbooking. Each double page could be an era in the client’s life. Eg childhood, [...]

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Matching swatches of different textures, colours and designs

An idea for one-on-One with dementia client Make the resource. Obtain some material swatches of furnishings materials (upholstery or curtain) or wallpaper. Your local supplier would probably be able to give you samples. Use ten swatches and cut each in half making 2 pieces of each swatch. Carpet or laminate samples would also work well. [...]

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Cheap and easy tools for artwork

Use up those old credit cards. They make great tools to paint with making great abstract pictures and are easy to use. Use it to mix into a pool of acrylic paint and scrape over the page. Try with different colours and see a spectacular result. Pencils with rubber tips are also great tools. Put [...]

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