The way people living with dementia experience the world can change as the disease progresses. Their sense of reality or place in time can become distorted, which can cause agitation and distress. One ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One memory care community is helping its residents through a new therapy program that taps into their positive long-term memories. The Pearl at Jamestown is the first ...
Annie Ruth Matthews gingerly reached for the baby doll dressed in a yellow bow and onesie adorned with images of bacon, toast and eggs and began to rock her slowly. Across the room, Lorraine ...
Doll therapy for Alzheimer’s is a non-pharmacological approach that uses lifelike dolls to comfort people with dementia, reduce anxiety, and evoke positive emotions. Alzheimer’s disease and other ...
About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll, hoping it would relieve some agitation. “She never put it down,” Bekin said. Bekin recognized ...
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Dementia baby dolls bring meaning, joy into memory care patients' lives: It "fills your cup"
Tonja Moon walked with purpose into the lobby of Golden Grace Assisted Living in McKinney, holding the baby in the crook of her arm. "Hey, everybody," she cooed to the residents seated on the couches ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Friendship Richfield Living was chosen as a recipient of the Pearl’s Memory Babies program for 2025. The program selects communities to receive a complimentary collection of ...
A few months ago, a local mother-daughter duo started a unique program that provides dolls for individuals with dementia. Lauren Topping, of Mansfield, and her daughter Alexandra Rackette, of Foxboro, ...
Agitation is the third most common neuropsychiatric symptom observed in patients with dementia, with 30% of patients exhibiting these symptoms; the frequency increases to 80% among patients living in ...
EL PASO, TX (KVIA)— For many elderly residents living with dementia, connection can become increasingly difficult. But at one El Paso memory care community, something as simple as a doll is making a ...
Tonja Moon walked with purpose into the lobby of Golden Grace Assisted Living in McKinney, holding the baby in the crook of her arm. "Hey everybody," she cooed to the residents seated on the couches ...
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