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“Residents in a
nursing home were
asked what they
missed most about
their life before they
entered an aged care
facility. the majority
said “meaningful
work”
THEMED ACTIVITY IDEA FROM
LILLY PILLY PRINT
Hello,
I was recently approached by “Words of Wisdom” to see if I would like to make a contribution to
the magazine. Of course I said yes!! After
some thought I came up with a couple of ideas
that have worked well for me.
I had the pleasure of
working as a
Recreational Activities
Officer in a high care
nursing home in rural
NSW for almost 7 years
before leaving to focus
on my own online
business selling Aged
care activity products.
I remember I hadn't been working long when I
read somewhere that when residents in a
nursing home were asked what they missed
most about their life before they entered an
aged care facility the majority said “meaningful
work”.
That was quite a surprising answer to
me…and I'm sure it may be to others.
I guess we might have presumed most would
mention leisure activities or hobbies. The
answer stuck with me
though, and now
I consider it when
coming up with new
activities for my
residents.
I thought I'd share a
couple of the simple
ideas I came up with that
worked very well with my
residents - particularly
those with Dementia.
I went to my local Op shop and purchased a
pair of men’s shoes. I also purchased a tin of
shoe polish from the supermarket.
I used to ask one of my residents if they would
mind helping me polish some shoes. Dementia
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residents will need to be supervised while
using the polish but can then spend some time
afterwards shining the shoes with a soft cloth
or shoe brush.
I sometimes told my residents that they were
helping someone who was not able to polish
his or her shoes for themselves. This helped
their self esteem and gave them a feeling of
being useful and performing a job with a
purpose.
You might like to add to your shoe collection
over time and have a small group of men
working together, (you may have to watch out
though …I had staff lining up to get their shoes
done too – much to the delight of my shoe
polishing residents!)
Hopefully you may have some residents that
will benefit from this simple activity.
Another really easy, cheap activity that I have
found worked really well in the afternoon with
some of my female residents who had
dementia was sock pairing.
I went around all my local Op Shops and
collected bright pairs of socks – the brighter
the better! Stripes, spots, lots of different
colours and all different sizes too (you could
also buy new socks if your budget allows). I
separated them all and put them in a small
basket. I then sat my resident down in the
afternoon with the basket and asked if they
could help me by pairing the socks for me.
Sometimes two ladies would work together.
I found this to be a particularly good afternoon
activity as it was a very familiar job for women
to be doing at that time of the afternoon. It felt
‘routine’ to them – something they would have
been doing in their own home.
Hopefully these simple ideas may work for
some of your resident too.
By Jeanette Keough 2015 – guest article.
llypillyprint.com.au – Aged care activity
products
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Pet word Search
Q K S G C B T Y H S E F L E A H D O G T S V K I T T E N A J I B E A G L E T R B A D T S V H I V F U M P R Y K S G J I E E E P Q A E F W E H S T E R R I E R L J E X Z N K E K E D U T E U I D P U P P Y Find the following words which are located down and across.
KITTEN, PUPPY, CAT,
SIAMESE, GARFIELD,
DOG, BEAGLE,
TERRIER, FLEA, PET
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Towns of Australia Crossword A-L
Across
2. Australia’s national capital (8)
9. On the northern Queensland
coast (6)
10. Capital city of South Australia
(8)
Down 1. You might also use it to
sweep (6)
3. Capital city of Queensland (8)
4. Spring at the centre of Australia
(12)
5. Go mining for Opals here (10)
6. Capital city of Northern Territory
(6)
7. The hill needs to be mended
(10)
8. Home of great cheese (4)
Word list
Adelaide
Alice Springs
Bega
Brisbane
Broken Hill
Broome
Cairns
Canberra
Cooper Pedy
Darwin
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Spot the Difference There are 5 changes between each picture. Can you see what they are?
Other ‘spot the difference’ pictures, crosswords and word searches are available by ordering Words of Wisdom magazine. All come with a complete set of answers.
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Wise sayings
Keep smiling; it makes people wonder what you have been up to.
– Becky Fowler Blackmon
“Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
– Martin Luther King Jr
I moaned because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet
– Jewish proverb
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
– Solomon
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
– Albert Einstein
Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
– Agur
Always appreciate what you have; there is always someone out there who wishes they had what you have.
– unknown
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Better slow going somewhere than fast going nowhere.
– R. W. Nyzee
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MUSIC FOCUS Aussie Bush Ballads and Poems
The Wild Colonial Boy, Click Go The Shears, The Drover’s Dream, The Queensland Drover, The
Dying Stockman, On the Range, The Man From Snowy River, Waltzing Matilda, Clancy of The
Overflow, Mallee Boy, The Eumeralla Shore, Diamantina Drover, The Biggest Disappointment.
Music Activity, make your own percussion bush instruments:
Within a group setting or a one-to-one activity, create simple and inexpensive instruments using
common materials from around the home. Listen to the YouTube downloads (see links) and form a
band.
Tambourine :
Materials required : heavy duty paper plates, stapler, hole punch, string, jingle bells or similar.
Staple plates together, facing each other. Use the hole punch to make holes around the plates and
tie the bells to the holes with the string. Decorate with paints or crayons with a bush theme. Suggest
to cover up staples with sticky tape to prevent possible scratches.
Drum :
Materials required : empty large cereal box or similar, butchers paper or similar, crayons or similar to
decorate, wooden spoon used to beat drum.
Decorate the box with paper or similar. Make a hole at each end of the box. Beat with spoon to play.
Xylophone :
Materials required : tall glasses or jars, water, wooden mixing spoon.
Fill the glasses or jars with varying levels of water. The more water in the jar the lower the pitch will
be. Line the glasses or jars next to each other and tap gently with the wooden spoon to play.
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Comb Buzzer :
Materials required : pocket comb and tissue paper or wax paper.
Fold a piece of the paper over the tooth edge of the comb. To play, hum through the tissue paper.
Guitar :
Materials required : empty shoe box, rubber bands, ruler or stick.
Stretch the rubber bands around the box. Attach the ruler or stick to the back of the box on one end
to act as the arm of the guitar. To play, strum or pluck the rubber bands.
As you progress, the instruments can become more sophisticated, creative and durable. The
instructions above are guide and individuality can be added to suit the group.
Spoons, bottle top shaker, triangle, cymbals, two wood bush sticks – can also be used.
Bush music dances or gentle folk dancing can also be incorporated in the group. See links below.
Props can be incorporated within the group : country style hats, scarves, residents may have old
photos of county dances or similar themed objects of interest to bring to the group.
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Ref : http://www.michelleworthington.com/uploads/8/3/2/3/8323648/the_bush_band.pdf
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Italy Quiz This quiz is meant as a bit of fun with either multiple choice answers or true and false. The answers
are underlined and in bold.
If you want to make the quiz harder for participants, then just leave out the choice of three answers
where appropriate.
1. What is the capital city of Italy? Rome, Paris or Madrid?
2. Italy is a peninsula into what sea? Baltic, Caspian or
Mediterranean?
3. What are the colours on the Italian flag? Red, white and
blue, green, white and red or black, green and yellow?
4. Which of the monuments is Rome is famous for? The
Eifel tower, the statue of Liberty or the colosseum.
5. Italy contains two enclaves. Are they Luxembourg and
Liechtenstein, San Marino and Vatican City or
Monaco and Andorra?
6. True or False, Luciano Pavarotti is Italian?
7. Which of these cities is NOT in Italy? Venice, Naples or Barcelona?
8. Which large islands off Italy’s west coast are part of Italy’s territory? Sicily and Sardinia,
Cyprus and Crete or Malta and Corsica?
9. Which of these is a traditional Italian meal? Nachos, Curry, Spaghetti Bolognese?
10. What is the highest mountain in Italy? Mount
Everest, Mount Kosciusko or Mount Blanc?
11. Which river is in Italy? The Tigris, the Nile, The
Murray?
12. True or false, the Adriatic sea is to the east of
Italy?
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13. After Rome, which is the second largest city (by population) in Italy? Prato, Parma or
Milan?
14. Which are rejoins in Italy? Burgundy, Tuscany or Valencia?
15. Which cars originate from Italy? Toyota, Ferrari or Ford
16. True or false, Italy is a republic?
17. What article of clothing is Italy shaped like? A shirt, a hat, a boot?
18. Which of these are famous Italians? George Washington, Winston Churchill or Leonardo
Da Vinci?
19. This city of Venice in Italy is famous for what? Canals, dancing, tall buildings?
20. What is the most popular sport in Italy? Soccer (football), dancing, Thai Boxing?
Useful links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3RToBymttA
(Italian National Anthem)
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Just For Blokes
Wet Wellies…
Gumboot Holders - A Woodwork Activity
Weather you have a pair of wet wellies this winter or not, this wood craft activity will make a useful
addition to any home wherever you may live, or an inspired gift for a family member.
Woodwork Activity – a simple and clever way to turn those wet boots over to dry out.
Please note: Assistance may be required for some of the drilling task. It is suggested that, as
necessary, some tasks can be pre-prepared by a more experienced handyperson. This will allow the
participants to complete the task successfully.
What you will need:
- Dowel (broom handle diameter size) x 180cms long.
- Pine board 120cm x 12cm x 5 cm deep.
- Drill and drill bits.
- Glue suitable for wood.
- Long wood screws and a screw driver.
- Sandpaper
- Varnish or wood stain and a brush. How to build it:
1. Pre - cut the pine board into 3 pieces with the following measurements:
- 1 piece – 60 cm long (holds the dowel upright)
- 2 pieces – 30 cm long (cross boards)
2. Cut dowel into 4 lengths, 45 cm long and sandpaper the ends to remove rough edges.
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3. Take the 60 cm length of pine board and mark out four equal distant marks for drilling. Then using the drill & bits, drill out base holes for insertion of one end of each piece of dowel (make it a firm fit). When holes are drilled and using a fine drill bit, drill a small screw hole into each hole centre so the dowel can be screwed into it firmly from the base of the pine board.
4. Fit dowel pieces in after placing a small dob of glue into each large hole. Insert woodscrews through base and screw firmly through board and into dowel pieces for extra strength.
5. To attach base cross boards – centre at right angles and lightly mark with a pencil where top board passes over the bottom boards. Again drill 2 holes in each cross board in which to insert two wood screws to attach to each end of top dowel board.
6. Screw firmly into place inserting well into top board from cross board. Take care not to split wood. Lightly sand all rough edges again and remove splinters. Varnish or stain with a water based product.
Gumboots or Wellies are placed upside down to assist drying.
Can be varnished, painted or stained to suit.
Ref “Zest for Living” by Carolyn Holm