Did your loved one have a stroke?

Perhaps and activity quilt could be beneficial.  It may bring them smile and be beautiful for other people to comment on and bring them more smiles.

I tell my children when I get old and into a nursing home to give me a different photo album every time they visit.  Can’t visit often?

Give me an activity mat that I can hold instead of fidget or scratch.  Idle hands are fidget hands.  familiar feels and activities can help a stroke victim relearn how to zipper, button or tie a shoe.

It should bring comfort and recognition on some level to calm the person with memory loss.

What was their favorite color?

What was their favorite texture?

What type of item would be familiar to them?  a Washer and a bolt?  a Fishing weight or fishing bobber?  A spool of thread?  Fur, silk or satin that might feel like the edge of their childhood blanket?

Sometimes the brain works, but it miscommunicates what the fingers should do, an activity mat can help the brain and fingers re-link and start to relearn activities that we take for granted.

Tell me what you want.  Let me create it for you.