Fidget quilts, also known as sensory quilts or activity blankets, are an excellent resource for individuals with autism, dementia, or other cognitive challenges. With their various textures and ...

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

A fidget quilt is a lap-size quilt that provides sensory and tactile stimulation for the restless hands of someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, or an autism spectrum disability ...

The Nimble Thimble quilters club has made a series of quilts to help people with brain disorders connect through a tactile world. Each quilt has many different squares, each with its own feel from ...

Shirley Anderson’s new blanket has all sorts of bells and whistles. The small lap quilt features nine squares, with two or more activities per square. There are buttons, zippers, laces, Velcro flaps, ...

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 ...

WINDSOR, N.S. — RCMP officers serving Hants County now have a new tool at their disposal to help calm people down in a crisis. Cathy Dunbar and Beth McBrine are the sewing gurus behind The2Fidgeteers.

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 ...