NEAR ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- If you know someone with dementia, you might want to consider making them a "fidget quilt" for Christmas. Fidget quilts, also called sensory blankets, can help calm people ...

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In this series, we celebrate special interest groups. Whether you get together to play tennis, board games, take long walks, eat lunch, create art, connect with your neighbors or gather with friends, ...

Vicki Purnell has been making fidget quilts for people living with dementia for the last six years. While there's little research on the effectiveness of the quilts, the small, colourful items are ...

Boredom and restlessness was no match for a ‘fidget quilt’ created by a Hotel-Dieu nurse and her mother. Wanting to help make Mary’s days more comfortable, Tonkin enlisted her mother, Julie, to create ...

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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 ...

About 80 women spent their Saturday quilting fidget quilts and enjoying each other's company for a fundraiser for people with Alzheimer's disease. The event, which served as a fundraiser for three ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The “Block a Month” quilting club meets every third Friday of the month at Montgomery’s Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library. There, you’ll find quilts traditional and ...