Active and Physical ______

Pumpkin Hunt

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Active and Physical Pumpkin Hunt

______ Facilitator

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Diversional Therapist, Lifestyle / Activity Staff or Volunteer

Objective of Activity To provide physical activity and be enjoyable. To promote physical stimulation (range of movement, dexterity and coordination).

Capability   

Some level of Cognitive ability Some level of concentration Gross Motor Skills

Environment Lounge room or activity room with enough room

Equipment   

10 pieces of white paper 5 pieces of yellow paper 5 pieces of orange paper

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Scissors Crayon Pumpkin Template

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A prize 1st, 2nd & 3rd

(attached)

Instructions Photocopy template of pumpkin onto different coloured paper, as above. Cut the pictures of pumpkins out. Write the number 1 on the back of the white pumpkins. Write the number 5 on the back of the yellow pumpkins. Write the number 10 on the back of the orange pumpkins. Hide the pumpkins around the facility or lounge room. Allow the residents a set amount of time to find the pumpkins e.g. between morning tea and lunch. All residents that have collected pumpkins can then hand them in, add up the numbers on the back of the pumpkins. The player with the most is the winner. You could have a 2nd and 3rd as well, just to be fair.

Goals of Activity PHYSICAL: · Maintain sitting posture and balance. · Encourage walking to group if ambulant. · Maintain upper limb functions, strength, fine motor skills and dexterity. · Maintain ability to perform purposeful movements. · To reduce incidence of contractures. · Maintain interest, competence, and motivation in physical activities and abilities. · To promote exercise tolerance, to improve limb strength, co-ordination and physical endurance. · Maintain/improve gross motor skills, mobility, dexterity, flexibility and circulation. · To channel restless behaviour into a meaningful physical activity. SENSORY: · Utilise vision, tactile and auditory skills. · Maintain body awareness in regard to environment and others. © Copyright www.qualityaging.com.au 2014. All Rights Reserved

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Active and Physical ______

Pumpkin Hunt

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Goals of Activity Continued COGNITIVE: · Maintain alertness and concentration span and attention skills. · Utilize comprehension and broad thinking skills. · Promote visual and auditory memory enhancement. · Stimulate residual mental abilities to optimise cognitive functioning and maintain confidence in mental abilities. · Maintain motor planning, visualisation and memory skills. · Stimulate residual mental abilities to optimise cognitive functioning · Maintain confidence in mental abilities. · Assist to raise level of planning, sequencing and task orientated skills by the use of activity. · Promote visualisation skills. · Utilise judgement and problem solving skills. · Maintain/build alertness and concentration span. · Encourage continued use of numeracy/counting skills. · Prompts past learned skills of a familiar nature. · Assist to raise level of planning, sequencing and task orientated skills by use of activities. · Assist with the maintenance of orientation, appropriate behaviours including reasoning, judgement and social insight. · Utilise comprehensive and abstract thinking skills. COMMUNICATION: · Maintain social interaction and motivation to communicate within the group. · Expression should be encouraged to maintain skills at both a simple and more complex level of communication. · Stimulate and motivate social contact and communication skills, especially relation to the group. · Maintain verbal and non-verbal skills. SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: · Provide an avenue for interaction with fellow residents to promote and maintain social skills. · Facilitate feelings of self worth; increase self-esteem by promoting self-expression of one’s own ideas and knowledge of current affairs. · Promote a sense of belonging, feelings of self-worth and self-esteem, especially on completion of projects. · Peer support and encouragement, self-expression and assistance are provided in an enjoyable group environment. · Lessen risk of social isolation. · Initiate healthy competition within a team environment. · Maintain past interests and introduce new games with assistance as required. · Promote self-expression of own ideas and views; provide an opportunity to learn new information and facts of interest. · Maintain and build morale. · Increase self-esteem with group participation. · Over all to just have fun and laugh as a group.

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Active and Physical ______

Pumpkin Hunt Template

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Active and Physical ______

Pumpkin Hunt

Residents Who Regularly Attend:

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Comments/ Prompts/Assistance Required:

Name of Person Completing Form:

Signature :

Designation :

Date :

Plan is to be reviewed annually or as required.

Date Revised:

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