Bingo for Seniors, Large Print
10 cards + call sheet
Ten extra-large number cards, a call sheet, how to run bingo in memory care, and twenty prize ideas that aren't candy.
Get the printable →The activity director's resource shelf
Calendar templates, program ideas, care-plan language, and survey tools you can use today — from a press whose books already live in memory-care communities.
Free · PDF means download it here, no charge. Paid pack · $ means the full version, sold in the shop.
Start here, in order
1. The calendar. The memory care activity calendar template carries the whole method: weekly anchors, the Independent / Supported / Sensory codes, a filled-in sample week, and the bad-day plan. The month-by-month pages apply it to each month with every observance, an idea per date, and a free printable plan.
2. The idea banks. Forty nursing home activity ideas grouped by group size and energy, and thirty for assisted living where residents want purpose and clubs, not bingo. For the whole-room game that still works, large-print bingo.
3. The paper trail. Surveyors don't watch the activity; they read the file. Care plan examples give you measurable goals and note language, the F679 self-audit checklist walks your program through Form CMS-20065 before the surveyor does, and the Survey-Ready Kit is the complete set — assessment, logs, one-to-one kits, and the binder guide — for $97.
New to the role, or hiring? The career guide covers what the job actually involves, certification, and a realistic week. Filter the shelf below by setting and by what you need this week.
Paying for a subscription, or thinking about it? Golden Carers, Activity Connection, and Not Just Bingo compared: what each costs and includes, read from their own pricing pages, and an honest account of what this free shelf does and doesn't replace.
Everything on the shelf
19 items · 16 free · 3 paid
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Memory Care Activity Calendar Template
Template + sample month
The printable monthly template, a filled-in sample week, twelve months of themes, the ability key, and the bad-day plan.
Get the printable →F679 Self-Audit Checklist
5 audit tests
What F-tag 679 requires, the seven Critical Element questions on Form CMS-20065, and a printable self-audit checklist.
Get the printable →Questions to Ask a Memory Care Facility
19 questions
The questions to ask on the tour, what a good answer sounds like, and a printable checklist to compare three places.
Get the printable →January Activity Calendar Ideas (2027)
Dated ideas + plan
Fresh starts and cozy days: the winter doldrums answered week by week, MLK Day, every January observance with an idea, and the free month plan.
Get the printable →February Activity Calendar Ideas (2027)
Dated ideas + plan
Sweethearts and stories: Valentine's without the kindergarten, Black History Month, Presidents' Day, and a week of how-we-met.
Get the printable →March Activity Calendar Ideas (2027)
Dated ideas + plan
Signs of spring: seed trays on the sill, St. Patrick's Day, the clock change, Women's History Month, and Easter week.
Get the printable →October Activity Calendar Ideas (2026)
17 dated ideas
Harvest and homecoming: a theme, four weekly anchors, every October observance with an idea, a filled-in week, and the free month plan.
Get the printable →November Activity Calendar Ideas (2026)
18 dated ideas
Gratitude and gathering: the clock change, Veterans Day, the pie summit, and Thanksgiving week day by day.
Get the printable →December Activity Calendar Ideas (2026)
17 dated ideas
Light in the dark: Hanukkah, Pearl Harbor Day, Christmas week, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Eve at noon.
Get the printable →Activities by Ability Level
15 activities × 3 levels
The Independent / Supported / Sensory system: pick for today, not the diagnosis. Fifteen activities coded three ways.
Read it →40 Nursing Home Activity Ideas
40 ideas
Programs that work, grouped by group size and energy — lively groups, quiet afternoons, clubs, and one-to-ones.
Read it →Activities for Assisted Living Residents
30 ideas
Thirty higher-ability ideas: clubs, lifelong learning, purpose projects, and social nights.
Read it →Activity Care Plan Examples
10 goals
Ten measurable, person-centered goals with interventions and progress-note language — written the way surveyors read them.
Read it →Activity Director Jobs: a Career Guide
What the job really involves, typical requirements, NCCAP certification, a realistic week, and where jobs are posted.
Read it →Golden Carers vs Activity Connection vs Not Just Bingo
3 sites · prices checked Sep 2026
What the three subscription sites cost and include, from their own pricing pages, and when a free printable library is enough.
Read it →Survey-Ready Activity Program Kit
10 documents · 48 pages
The complete paper trail: assessment, care-plan language, ability-graded calendars, participation logs, one-to-one kits, and the survey binder. $97.
See the pack →Large-Print Bingo Pack — $6.99
158 pages · 1 PDF
Fifty extra-large number cards, a call sheet, and four themed word-bingo sets — the 1950s, the '60s & '70s, Around the Kitchen, and the Holidays — 25 cards each.
See the pack →Activity Calendar System — $12.99
27 pages · 1 PDF
Twelve months of planned activity calendars plus a 200-idea bank, built for activity directors who plan a room, not an afternoon.
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Get the free Activity Starter Pack
A printable calendar page, 20 large-print trivia questions, and 12 conversation starters — plus one gentle, useful email a month. Unsubscribe anytime.