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 ...

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 ...

KELLY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A woman from Union County is trying to improve the quality of life for people with Alzheimer's disease. She's using her love of art to make sensory blankets for residents in her ...

People with dementia often need something to occupy their fidgeting fingers, according to the palliative and complex care expert, otherwise they can find themselves fiddling with things they're not ...

Vicki Purnell's sewing studio at her home in Devonport is stacked with odds and ends and different fabrics. "You'll have to excuse the mess," she says, as she settles in behind her sewing machine.

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — Volunteers for the Meridian Library District are busy making fidget quilts for more than 30 seniors in their community. Volunteer coordinator Pamela Johnston said these lap-sized quilts ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -A group of area sewing connoisseurs are quilting for a cause. The Western Wisconsin Indianhead chapter of America Sewing Guild dedicates one month each calendar year to a ...

A blanket covered in beads, zippers and buttons is making a big difference to a dementia patient in Windsor. The fidget quilt was created by Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare nurse Katie Tonkin and her ...

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 ...

Left to right: Scott Leier (Seniors' Safety Society board member), Michelle Parker (Seniors' Safety Society co-ordinator), Beth McBrine (The 2 Fidgeteers), Cathy Dunbar (The 2 Fidgeteers), and Sgt.