WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The Phoenix at Lake Joy Senior Living Community now uses dementia therapy dolls that look like babies to help its memory care residents. The Grand Baby Project is the non ...

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Providing a doll can be a tangible way of reducing distress without invalidating the experience of the person with dementia. Some people believe the doll is real. A recent case involving an aged care ...

The memory care coordinators at Buda Oaks said the therapy is a tool, providing purpose and responsibility. The twice-weekly sessions usually involve holding, dressing and bathing the baby dolls.

A senior living facility in Scotland recently held a “baby shower” using dolls for its patients with dementia. Ryan Meadows Care Home received 60 baby dolls from Pearl’s Memory Babies to ...

AGING IN PLACE: Doll therapy and dementia Friendship Richfield Living just got a special delivery of 40 lifelike baby dolls for residents in memory care ...

A senior care living facility in Scotland brought in 60 baby dolls for its Alzheimer's and dementia patients with the aim of lowering the residents' stress. See the sweet pictures.

Dafna Sharon Maksimov, the Israeli co-founder of Hibuki therapy, told JNS that the doll was designed to connect with children dealing with trauma. “Hibuki is a therapy toy.

TRINITY, Texas (KTRE) - Usually when you host a baby shower, it’s before the baby arrives. At Trinity Rehab and Healthcare Center, dementia patients get to attend one where they get the baby, and the ...

Hugging a doll can soothe an upset toddler, and some say it can do the same for people with dementia. But critics say this form of therapy infantilizes adults.

The grant money helps cover the costs of eight to 10 therapy sessions per child, which collectively run around $1,500. Each Hibuki doll cost the school $25. A small toy manufacturer in the central ...