BBC NEWS | Health | Dolls 'help Alzheimer's patients'
A couple of months ago I had to make a short visit to a retirement village/nursing home type of place. When I was leaving, I noticed an elderly woman in the sitting area nursing a teddy bear wrapped in a blanket.
I later mentioned this to my mother who said that she knew that soft toys were often used by nursing homes residents (or at least the ones with dementia).
The study above shows how important that such toys can have with dementia patients. "Second childhood" is a more accurate phrase than I had previously realised.
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