Diagnosed with dementia in 2020, her husband Arthur visits her every day without fail. But it’s a tiny plastic doll, dressed in a pink hat, that has provided a surprising amount of comfort to Mrs ...

Kathleen takes excellent care of her “baby.” She rocks her, cuddles her and tucks her in for naps. Kathleen is an elderly dementia patient at Oakmont Healthcare in Katy, and she is unaware that the ...

A new sibling is a big transition, but these baby doll toys help kids embrace the change. When I learned I was expecting my second child, I prepared my oldest for her new big sibling role with baby ...

About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll, hoping it would relieve some agitation. “She never put it down,” Bekin said. Bekin recognized ...

She’s doing the breast she can. Kelly Cunningham has always wanted to be a mother — but without a baby of her own, the New York native is breastfeeding her dolls. The Ronkonkoma resident bought a ...