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 ...

Beebe’s Doll Therapy Program, launched in January 2025, places realistic baby dolls into the arms of patients diagnosed with ...

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 ...

Nearly a decade ago, when Angie Filipiak was working as a nursing manager in Fenton, Missouri, she had a patient with dementia who was agitated and kept trying to get out of bed. Concerned with how to ...