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Alzheimer’s Notes

August 20th, 2007

Quick Craft Project for Alzheimer’s Patients

Before Alzheimer’s patients reach the latter stages of Alzheimer’s, they’re still able to participate in craft activities.  Even then, they often enjoy watching. I had an enjoyable time working with patients at a nursing home on a scrapbooking project.  Collages can be fun, too.  Often while working on these projects, patients are stimulated to chat […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment

July 14th, 2006

Making a Quilt for a Grandma With Alzheimer’s

My daughter made quilts for both of her grandmothers to comfort them in nursing homes.  They were very different quilts to meet the needs of each grandmother.
 My mother had Alzheimer’s so didn’t really notice the pattern.  My mother-in-law, who didn’t have dementia but was losing her eyesight, wanted a small quilt to hang on a particular wall […]

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