CENTURY IN REVIEW

 

HOW TO USE

 

1.Use items such as "In the News" (headlines) and "On the Scene" (what was popular that year) from the Century in Review cards. Place them in your newsletter or include several on the printed menu for the week.
2. Highlight a decade for the month. Post the information for a particular year in a place where visitors can see it. These make excellent conversation starters.
3. On the older adult’s birthday, highlight what is "In the News" from the year they were born. Introduce the activity while the residents are waiting for the meal to be served. Then pick some headlines from the different decades of their life. Encourage all of the residents to share their stories as well.
4. Play a game of charades using the "On the Scene" items.
5. Describe one of the "On the Scene" items and see if anyone can guess the item.
6. Make up a word unscramble game using "On the Scene" items.
7. Play a game - Guess the Decade! Read all the headlines for a particular year, then give them 3 different decades and let them choose which one is the correct decade.
8. Use the cards for a family and resident program or an intergenerational program as conversation starters.
9. For memory fitness activity, read the headlines or the popular items for the year before the meal. While they are enjoying dessert, see how many they can recall.

 

GIFT IDEAS

·        When a family gathers to celebrate a special birthday or anniversary, use the cards as conversation starters and for "a walk down memory lane."

·        Purchase a copy for the activities department of a facility where your loved one is a resident.

To honor a resident on their birthday, include some of the information from the year that they were born on their birthday card.