At-Home Activities & Support
At-Home Activities & Support
Seniors centers, businesses, restaurants, gyms, museums and other public places across Canada closed down this month in attempts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are staying home and practicing physical distancing to avoid spreading the viral disease further.
If you’re not used to spending all of your time at home, whether you live alone or with a partner or with family, you might be feeling a little unsure of how to pass the time for the foreseeable future.
Never fear: ElderCare has put together this page to staying physically and mentally healthy from home.
Activity Booklets
ElderCare’s therapeutic recreation team puts together a Weekly Activity Booklet that is released every Monday. Feel free to share it with your friends and family or to add yourself to the mailing list, please email clmanager@eldercareedmonton.ca.
Solutions - Week 7
Solutions - Week 14
At-Home Exercises
Our program facilitator, Kristi, at Connections day program, has made an exercise video for seated exercises and seated dance. Check it out here:
Well Connected
ElderCare Edmonton and Caregivers Alberta will be hosting a virtual, community-based day program through Zoom twice a week.
Well Connected is open to individuals of all ages in Alberta. Well Connected will help our participants to stay engaged with their community, keep their mind and body active while reducing social isolation.
The details are below:
Time: Wednesdays from 10-11 am & Thursdays from 1-2 pm.
Place: Your place!
Registration Information
You’ll have to register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/well-connected-tickets-10193840…, where you’ll receive a Zoom link to the program. If you’re not familiar with Zoom, check out this link
Virtual Tours
Take a trip without leaving the comfort of your own home! Check out the list below to be transported to another part of the world:
The National Museum of Natural History
Support for seniors at home
Seniors can contact 211 if they need help finding resources in their community. 211 is a comprehensive referral system accessible to all Albertans.
Call or text 2-1-1, or visit ab.211.ca
Here’s a link to a list of COVID resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qeHqIGS3T4veKuo3QDARwiOdj_4u8JPHu4dkU93WZoY/edit?usp=sharing
Support for Caregivers
Caregivers Alberta is an organization of caregivers, for caregivers. We focus on the caregiver as an individual- helping them maintain their well-being rather than teaching them how to be better caregivers. You can find their resources here: