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 ...
The women of Calvary United Church of Christ in Thomasville recently began an outreach ministry to individuals with Alzheimer’s and memory issues in local nursing homes by creating and distributing ...
Katelyn Wilkening picked out a book with crinkly pages, a little bag of stones and a strip of fuzzy fabric, and arranged them just so on a rectangular piece of fabric. Later, she would sew the items ...
Nancy Hesters learned about a year ago how people with memory loss and anxiety caused by dementia can benefit from fidget quilts, which are small, colorful quilts covered with buttons, zippers and ...
Katelyn Wilkening picked out a book with crinkly pages, a little bag of stones and a strip of fuzzy fabric, and arranged them just so on a rectangular piece of fabric. Later, she would sew the items ...
Lindsey Lyons Jones poses with fidget mats for Alzheimer’s patients. Lyons Jones founded a group that meets monthly to make fidget mats for local memory care centers. Ciara McCarthy ...