Sharing Quilting & Alzheimer’s Caregiving Experiences

Quilting & Alzheimer’s

After I wrote the post, Sharing Quilting with Your Alzheimer’s Patient and Family, Betty told about her experiences with her mom and quilting.  She told how she includes her mom in her activities.

My Mom’s got dementia and she enjoys watching me select the colors for my quilts. She also likes to pick up the fallen scraps off the floor and carry them around. I let her keep them, unless they’re needed for a specific project. Last time I took her to a quiltshow, she wandered off and was lost for awhile. Now I go to the shows alone, but take lots of pictures for us to share together.

I related an incident with my mom.  She enjoyed quilts in her Alzheimer’s years although she couldn’t do any quilting. My daughter made Mother one to place over her lap in her wheel chair.  She seemed to enjoy touching it, running her fingers over the designs and following the seams.

In her better years, my mom encouraged me in my quilting and told stories about quilts of her childhood.   

Are there activities and crafts you include your Alzheimer’s parent in?

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