"What's Up Doc?"

This CST activities page is a short dementia cafe type quiz. All members need to do is to name the doctor, nurse, TV programme or movie.

⛔️ under construction - ideas gratefully received

IDIOMS

Here are a few health related idioms to get things going. Ask members to complete these well known phrases by way of a shout out (we find it helps build confidence) ...

Idioms about Good Health & Recovery:

• Fit as a fiddle: In excellent physical condition; very healthy and strong.

• In the pink (of health): To be in a very good state of health or perfect condition.

• On the mend: Recovering from an illness or injury; getting better.

• A clean bill of health: A statement or report from a doctor confirming that someone is in good health, with no medical issues.

• A new lease of life: A renewed sense of energy or vitality, often after overcoming an illness or hardship.

• Back on your feet: Healthy again, or recovered from an illness or difficulty.

• Right as rain: To feel completely well and healthy.

• A picture of health: Someone who looks very healthy and fit.

• Full of beans: Lively, active, and healthy.

• In tip-top shape: Being in excellent physical or mental condition.

• Alive and kicking: In good health, despite previous illness or injury.

Idioms about Poor Health & Illness:

• Under the weather: Feeling slightly sick or unwell.

• Sick as a dog: Very ill; often used to describe vomiting.

• Green around the gills: To look ill and pale, often as if about to vomit.

• Look/feel like death warmed up/over: To look or feel very sick or tired.

• Have one foot in the grave: To be very old or very ill, or a TV sitcom.

• In bad shape / Out of shape: Lacking physical fitness or not in good condition.

• A frog in one's throat: Difficulty in speaking due to a cough or sore throat.

• Burning the candle at both ends: Overworking or staying up late and waking up early, leading to exhaustion and ill health.

• Take a turn for the worse: To get sicker, often suddenly, after a period of stability or improvement.

• Out of sorts: Not feeling well, in a bad mood.

• As pale as a ghost/death/sheet: Extremely pale due to fear or illness.

• Black and blue: Badly bruised.

• Have a splitting headache: To have a very bad headache.

Idioms about Doctors, Medicine & Hospitals:

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away: Eating healthy foods can help prevent illness.

• Just what the doctor ordered: Exactly what is needed or wanted to improve a situation or condition.

• Go under the knife: To undergo surgery or a medical operation.

• A bitter pill to swallow: An unpleasant fact or situation that one must accept.

• A dose of one's own medicine: To experience the same unpleasant or negative treatment that one has given to others.

• Take your medicine: To accept an unpleasant situation without complaining.

• On the road to recovery: Starting to feel better after an illness or injury.

Proverbs & Sayings about Health & Well-being:

• Health is wealth: Good health is the most valuable asset one can possess.

• Prevention is better than cure: It's more effective to prevent problems than to treat them after they occur.

• Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise: Emphasizes the benefits of a good routine for overall well-being.

• You are what you eat: Your health and well-being are a direct result of the food you consume.

• Laughter is the best medicine: Being happy and cheerful can improve one's health and well-being.

• A healthy mind in a healthy body: Highlights the interconnectedness of physical and mental well-being.

• Health is not valued till sickness comes: We often don't appreciate our health until we lose it.

• The beginning of health is sleep: Good sleep is fundamental to good health.

• A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: A cheerful attitude can have positive health effects.

• He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything: Emphasizes health as the foundation for all aspirations.

• Take care of your body; it's the only place you have to live. (Jim Rohn quote often used as a proverb)

• Seven days without exercise makes one weak. (A playful proverb about the importance of physical activity)

Song break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY4&list=RD_L4qauTiCY4&start_radio=1

Name These TV Doctors & Nurses / TV Shows / Movies

Make time to discuss favourites, listen to theme tunes and so on ...

Here is a Spotify playlist ...

Some possible song choices:

• "Doctor My Eyes" - Jackson Browne

• "Doctor! Doctor!" - Thompson Twins

• "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" - Robert Palmer

• "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd (mentions a doctor giving an injection)

• "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" - Dr. Hook

• "Goodness Gracious Me" - Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren ("Oh, doctor I'm in trouble..." 

• "Staying Alive" - The Bee Gees

• "Fever" - Peggy Lee

• "Ain't Got No / I Got Life" - Nina Simone

'Casualty' - Charlie Fairhead & Duffy

'E.R.' - Doug Ross (George Clooney)

'Doctor In The House' - Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde)

'Dr Who.' - Tom Baker (& the Daleks)

'Carry On Matron' - Hattie Jacques

'Doc Martin' - Martin Clunes

'St Elsewhere'

'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' - Nurse Ratched

'Star Trek' - Doctor Spock (Leonard Nimoy)

'Dr Doolittle' - Rex Harrison

'Eastenders' - Dr Legg & Dot Cotton

'Call The Midwife' - Miranda Hart

'Tootsie' - Emily Kimberly/Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman)

'Sherlock' - Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) & Dr John Watson (Martin Freeman)

'Dr Zhivago' - Omar Sharif

'Dr Kildare' - Richard Chamberlain

'Dr Frankenstein' - and his monster

'Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' - Spencer Tracy

'House' - Dr Gregory House (Hugh Laurie)

'Dr Quinn Medicine Woman' - Jane Seymour

'Frasier' - Dr Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer)

'Meet The Parents' - Greg Focker (Ben Stiller)

'The Nun's Story' - Gabriel Van De Mal (Audrey Hepburn) & Dr Fortunati (Peter Finch)

'Doogie Howser M.D.' - Neil Patrcik Harris

'Back To The Future' - Dr Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) & Marty McFly (Michael J Fox)

'Grey's Anatomy' - Dr Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey)

'M.A.S.H.' - Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) & Hot Lips Houlihan (Loretta Swit)

'Silence Of The Lambs' - Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)

'Rocky Horror Show' - Dr FranknFurter (Tim Curry)

'Austin Powers' - Dr Evil (Mike Myers)

'Open All Hours' - Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) & Granville (David Jason)

'The Simpsons' - Dr Nick Riviera