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Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact and
communicate with others, researchers have found.

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meg - 09 Jul 2006 16:18 GMT
> Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact and
> communicate with others, researchers have found.
My mother continues to be horrified when she sees a grown adult holding
a doll or stuffed animal in her memory care facility.
Evelyn Ruut - 09 Jul 2006 16:31 GMT
>> Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact
>> and
>> communicate with others, researchers have found.
>
> My mother continues to be horrified when she sees a grown adult holding
> a doll or stuffed animal in her memory care facility.
The "baby" delusion seems to be a rather common one. I attended a function
the other day and spoke to a woman whose mother also has alzheimers, and
they have been through the baby issue too. Consider yourself fortunate
that your mom has been spared that one. My mother in law, when she was at
home, would not have anything to do with a doll, but when she was in the
facility quite a few of the older ladies had dolls they enjoyed holding, and
she did too.

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Tumbleweed - 10 Jul 2006 21:48 GMT
>>> Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact
>>> and
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> when she was in the facility quite a few of the older ladies had dolls
> they enjoyed holding, and she did too.
I wonder if its just women? MIght try a teddy bear or similar with my
dad,see what he makes of it.

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Char - 10 Jul 2006 22:43 GMT
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5146212.stm
>
> Summary;
>
> Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact and
> communicate with others, researchers have found.
John's mom (last stage AD) won't let go of the teddy bear we sent her
years ago.
Char
Ronny TX - 12 Jul 2006 07:38 GMT
Dolls 'help Alzheimer's patients'
Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sun, Jul 9, 2006, 2:53pm (CDT+6)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5146212.stm
Summary;
Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact
and communicate with others, researchers have found.

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Tumbleweed
Ronny:
2 or so years ago my oldest Sis gay me a stuffed rabbit for Easter. :-)
Then onetime last year she was here and handed it to Mom. :-) I had
never thought to do that no matter how agitated Mom got at times. That
stuffed rabbit really helped her and she still has it in the nursing
home. Plus a little doll someone else gave her and a red bear that a
worker there gave her. :-) I've seem Mom sitting in the dining room with
her bear and just telling people all about it. :-) Or showing off her
bear or rabbit to one of the nursing home workers. So all that helps Mom
and other people too.
Love,
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ncgen - 16 Jul 2006 15:20 GMT
With my MIL, I bought her a doll after I watched her holding one that
belonged to another resident. She would sit for hours holding the
doll, rocking, dressing, hugging it. She began talking more in her own
way while she cuddled the doll. Hers had a bottle and clothes with it.
She'd feed the "baby" and change its clothes occassionally. She loved
children so much and before adopting my husband in her 40s had wanted a
baby so badly. I think during the time when her only "memories" were
of a much younger time in her life, I think this filled a void. By
that point, she no longer realized my husband as her son but thought
she was her youngest brother with the same name. From the time frame
her mind seemed to function at then, her having a small baby fit within
that era. So for her, it was good for her to have the doll. It gave
her something to do that was positive that held her attention when she
was no longer able to complete most tasks in her life that she'd done
before.
I have seen it both ways though. I had a resident who repeatedly
thought she was pregnant and tried to take other residents' dolls. In
discussions with her family, I later found out she had been pregnant
and the pregnancy terminated due to her mental condition at an
institution. I think the combination of her AD and her mental illness
brought issues from the pregnancy to the surface. I have seen older
ladies who still had a good portion of their cognitive abilities that
were very opposed and upset about seeing others with the dolls. I
think part of that is dreading that it could be them one day soon.
With others, they see it as childish or demeaning. Other residents
found it sweet and would encourage them by talking to the ladies about
their "babies." I really think it depends on the person and using one
should be on an individual basis/assessment.
With my MIL, my sons gave her a stuffed bear for Mother's Day this year
that said, "I love you Grandma" when its paw was squeezed. Even last
week before she passed away, I played it for her and rubbed the soft
fur on it over her hands and arms. Early in the week, she'd still open
her eyes when she heard the bear and on more than one occassion reached
in the direction of the sound.
Susan
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> Summary;
>
> Dolls and teddy bears can help people with Alzheimer's disease interact and
> communicate with others, researchers have found.