As well as blankets, the Knitters and Natterers group at the Oasis in Garelochhead have made a couple of sensory bands. These give people who have dementia or Alzheimer's something to do with their hands and this apparently has a calming effect. To the right is the second one we have finished, showing the outside.
As the name 'band' suggests, the item is a cylinder.
Inside various objects with different textures are attached. Such as:
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| a piece of sponge |
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| a couple of beads on a keyring |
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| a couple of shells with no sharp edges |
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| a piece of soft leather |
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a short chain of keyrings
and toothbrush markers
attached by one end |
A green and yellow one was completed as well but I didn't get any photographs of that.
Next up will be a flat sensory mat so it can be visual at as well as tactile. I'm collecting bits of textured fabrics – plastic pan scrubbing cloths, faux fur, velvet or corduroy, etc.
