Starting Points for Activities and Programs
$55.00 inc. GST
A practical activity manual for seniors in residential aged care and community programs, this two-book set by Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke offers daily program and activity suggestions in a diary format, covering the full calendar year across both volumes. Useful for lifestyle coordinators, diversional therapists, carers, volunteers, and family members.
This activity manual for seniors gives coordinators a full year of structured program ideas
Written by Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke, this two-book set draws on experience in the leisure, recreation, and health fields to give lifestyle coordinators and diversional therapists a practical starting point for daily programming. The diary format helps plan sessions week by week, and the content suits a broad range of people running aged care activity programs, including volunteers and family members involved in care.
What’s included
The set covers the full calendar year across two volumes:
- Book 1 covers January to June
- Book 2 covers July to December
- Both books are included in the set
How to use this resource
Coordinators can work through the diary format sequentially or dip into relevant months as needed. The daily program suggestions can be adapted for individual sessions or group activities, making the set a flexibleresidential aged care, day programs, and community care settings.
- Daily program planning: Use the diary format to map out a week of activities in advance, selecting suggestions that suit your group’s interests and abilities.
- Group session starter: Open a session by reading out the day’s suggested activity and inviting residents to respond or contribute their own ideas.
- Volunteer briefing: Hand the relevant month’s section to a volunteer or family member so they have a ready-made guide for running a session independently.
- Seasonal programming: Cross-reference the relevant month to align activities with seasonal themes, public holidays, or calendar events throughout the year.
- Format: Printed books
- Set contents: Two books included
- Book 1: Covers January to June
- Book 2: Covers July to December
- Authors: Dr Gabrielle Koop and Jacqueline Quirke