Activities
Activity Ideas
Below are resources on the topic of activity ideas.
- Things to Do at Home
- Stay at Home Resources
- Boredom Busters for Long-Term Care(from Ontario CLRI at Bruyère), French version
- Neighbourhood scavenger hunt
- Master List of Online Leisure Activities By Marc-Andre Gionet(downloadable list)
- ABCs of Combating Isolation(from Pioneer Network)
- Playing Cards(card game website)
- Virtual social recreation activities(from Alzheimer Society Perth County)
- Family Activity Resources(from Autism Ontario)
- Older TV(Youtube channel features old, public content, e.g. 1940s movies, I Love Lucy, etc.)
- Spring Activity Kit(from Hospital Elder Life Program)
- AWE Struck! Aspirations(resource for engaging persons with dementia), Youtube channel, Facebook page
- Mother’s Day activities during COVID-19
- Virtual Art Making Activities(from The Creative Center at University Settlement)
- Virtual Activity Kit(from allied health staff at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
- At Home Activities for Kids(from Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
- How to Create the Ultimate Home Baking Station
Fitness
Below are resources on the topic of Fitness.
- Senior Fitness with Meredith
- Eldergym
- Bloom TR and Fitness Facebook page (online videos for chair yoga, chair dancing, chair fitness, breathing exercises, etc.)
- Resources for Supporting Exercise and Physical Activity at Home (from Partnerships in Dementia Care (PiDC) Alliance)
- Good Body Feel
- In Fine Feather Yoga
- HeartBeats Club Presentation