St. Charles (Ill.) Public Library provides local groups with fidget quilts, which are used to reduce anxiety in people with dementia. You’ve heard of fidget spinners. But what about fidget quilts? In ...
A Marion County pastor is sewing "fidget quilts" for those with Alzheimer's disease. Roland Scroggins is a pastor at Wings of Faith in Marion County He makes 'fidget quilts' to ease anxiety in ...
KELLY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A woman from Union County is trying to improve the quality of life for people with Alzheimer's disease. She's using her love of art to make sensory blankets for residents in her ...
Watching a loved-one go through Alzheimer's or dementia can be heartbreaking, and as the disease progresses patients' hands get more fidgety and nervous. Peggy Lewis-Joyce from N.C. State University ...
CEDAR FALLS — Women with dementia, just like their male counterparts, have trouble keeping their hands still. So when left to their own devices they’ll fidget with buttons or zippers, and sometimes ...
MARION (WSIL)---Carolyn Place is a member of the Marion Elks, who enjoys helping veterans. Some of Places' newest projects include organizers that can be placed over walkers, patriotic quilts, and ...
Janet Wyckoff of Hopewell donated 18 Fidget Quilts to Hunterdon Medical Center's Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Program. Fidget Quilts are small square quilts that are completely ...
SPOKANE, Wash. – A group of women in Spokane are on a mission to comfort some of the city's most vulnerable residents. Known as "The Spokane Fidget Project," they handmaking fidget quilts to comfort ...
BOISE, Idaho — Volunteers for the Meridian Library District are busy making fidget quilts for more than 30 seniors in their community. Volunteer coordinator Pamela Johnston said these lap-sized quilts ...