A group of students from St. Clair College are making sure some of our senior patients stay stimulated while spending time in the hospital.

Students from the Fashion Design Program have designed and created more than 25 fidget blankets to be given to patients — but what is a fidget blanket?

The blankets are therapeutic lap-sized quilts that provide sensory and tactile stimulation for the restless hands of those with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The blankets have different items such as fur, pockets, buttons or zippers sewn to them. These small quilts alleviate boredom by keeping the patients hands busy while providing a calming effect through repetitive motion.

Windsor Regional Hospital would like to thank the Fashion Design students for their time and effort put into this project — great work!