Overview
Are your learners curious about Long Term Care? Are you planning on visiting a Long Term Care Home with your elementary class? Try this pre-made BINGO game, featuring Long Term Care facts and careers here in New Brunswick – for guaranteed fun and learning!
NB Curricular Connections
Personal Wellness
Strand: Career Connected Learning – Big Idea: Exploring Potential Career Pathways – Skill Descriptor: Critically investigate and describe the labour market and preferred career pathways.
What You’ll Need
- Set of 15 different learner CARDS (for pairs) – see PDF attached
- Set of 15 different resident CARDS (if playing at a Long Term Care Home) – see PDF attached
- BINGO cards Calling Printable – see PDF attached
- Editable PowerPoint (to Call Squares) – see PPT attached
- Counters, class set
Instructions
1. Discussion: What is Long Term Care?
Long-Term Care refers to a range of personal support, physical, social and mental health services required by individuals who, because of long term functional limitations, need assistance to function as independently as possible. – NB Social Development, 2024
Are there Long Term Care Homes in our community? Have you visited a Long Term Care Home before? If so, what did you notice?
2. Using Slides 2-7 of the PowerPoint Presentation, have learners try the Interactive Trivia, with facts about Long-Term Care Home here in New Brunswick. Discuss: “Did anything surprise you? Why?“
3. Have BINGO cards ready to distribute. Decide on how to win the round – vertical, horizontal, diagonal, 4 corners, etc. Pass out counters to each pair playing.
*If playing in a classroom: Have a learner call the cards and edit the PPT, accordingly. Once a winner is found, have another learner call and choose another way to win. If playing in a Long Term Care home, place 1 learner with 1 resident using the Resident BINGO Cards – with larger font and pictures. Have a learner call the game (and adjust PPT slides) and look for a winner.*
4. Discuss: “What were some of the career options mentioned in our game? Were there some that were new to you? Are there even more that were not mentioned? Why would a Long Term Care Home offer so many different job possibilities?”
Extension Ideas:
- If playing in the classroom, plan a Long Term Care Home visit (virtual or in-person) in your own community by reaching out to COE for Health lead, Daneen Dymond (daneen.dymond@gnb.ca).
- Long Term Care Homes run as any other home – with family! Spread some sunshine to your local Long Term Care Home with artwork or cards of encouragement for residents and workers alike.
- Have learners choose 1 career mentioned and research about it. Have them share their findings about the the career and all of its possibilities (in Healthcare and/or other fields).
- Read Aloud suggestions for Intergenerational relationships: Fishing With Grandma (by: Susan Avingaq), Drawn Together (by: Minh Le), When We Are Kind (by: Monique Gray Smith) – all available on Sora.
Reflection Activity
Please see the attached PDF for several choices on how you and your learners can reflect upon today’s activity.
