Quilters at the DeKalb County Nursing Home will donate a quilt to the Northern Illinois University’s Blackwell History of Education Museum.  The quilt, titled DeKalb County One-Room Schoolhouse Quilt, consists of  nine  squares, picturing one-room schoolhouses of DeKalb County.
Pat Barger, a volunteer at the nursing home, constructed the quilt along with 13 other quilters who meet at the nursing home weekly.  Check out the link above to learn more about the quilt and the one-room schoolhouses of DeKalb County. 

Before Alzheimer’s patients reach the latter stages of Alzheimer’s, they’re still able to participate in craft activities.  Even then, they often enjoy watching. I had an enjoyable time working with patients at a nursing home on a scrapbooking project.  Collages can be fun, too.  Often while working on these projects, patients are stimulated to chat and laugh and reminisce.
Recently I came across an interesting collage type project that would be easy (because it doesn’t take long) for Alzheimer’s patients, particularly those in the earlier stages.  It’s also inexpensive, often a consideration for craft activities at nursing homes or ones you’re …read more

I’ve experienced some very enjoyable times with nursing home residents, some of whom had Alzheimer’s, scrapbooking and recording family memories. On one occasion, I worked with them for three successive Wednesdays on a joint scrapbooking project. 
 With the assistance of one of the activity aides,  we pasted photos on pages to make a general scrapbook they could look at whenever they wanted.  Using photos they had taken at the nursing home during various activities, we found several for each of the men and ladies participating.
The participants would choose the color of paper for their page(s), the decorations (stickers) to add, the …read more