Activity Manual – Starting Points for Activities and Programs
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A two-book activity manual for seniors and activity coordinators, covering a full year of daily program and activity suggestions in a diary format. Written by Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke for use across leisure, recreation, and health settings.
This two-book set is a practical activity manual for seniors programs, written by Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke for activity coordinators, diversional therapists, carers, volunteers, and family members working in leisure, recreation, and health settings. The books follow a diary format, offering daily program and activity suggestions across a full calendar year.
How it can be used
Each book covers a six-month period, giving coordinators a ready-made structure for planning sessions without starting from scratch. The diary format makes it straightforward to follow week by week or dip into for activity book ideas for adults when planning specific sessions. It suits both individual and group use across a range of care environments.
This set includes:
- Book 1 covering January to June
- Book 2 covering July to December
- Daily program and activity suggestions throughout
- Content relevant to activity coordinators, diversional therapists, carers, volunteers, and family members
- Daily session planning: Use the diary format to select a suggested activity for each day, reducing preparation time for coordinators running regular programs.
- Weekly program structure: Review the upcoming week’s suggestions each Monday to prepare materials and adapt activities to suit your group’s needs and abilities.
- Volunteer and family guidance: Hand the relevant section to a volunteer or family member visiting that day so they have a ready-made activity to run without additional briefing.
- Seasonal programming: Draw on the month-by-month structure to align activities with seasonal themes, events, and calendar dates throughout the year.
- One-to-one sessions: Select individual suggestions from the daily entries to use in quieter, one-to-one engagement with residents or clients.
- Format: Printed books
- Set contents: Two books
- Coverage: Book 1 — January to June; Book 2 — July to December
- Authors: Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke