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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