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Ep. 077  Using Sensory Stimulation to Ease Symptoms of Dementia;

Ep. 077 Using Sensory Stimulation to Ease Symptoms of Dementia;

FromTeaching Your Brain to Knit


Ep. 077 Using Sensory Stimulation to Ease Symptoms of Dementia;

FromTeaching Your Brain to Knit

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Brainy Thing:    15:40       Behind the Redwood Curtain:  26:20   What we’re learning from our knitting: Margaret learns about knitting different specialty textured yarns for her textured amigurumi The Three Little Kittens by Sara Scales https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/three-little-kittens-4.  Catherine ventures into sweater knitting for a dog using The Darling Darby Sweater:   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/darling-darby-sweater.     Brainy Thing: Sensory Stimulation Helps People with Dementia General on Alzheimers:  https://yourbrainmatters.org.au/about-dementia/what-is-dementia Snoezelen:  https://www.snoezelen.info/history/ Paul Shepard quote:    http://dreamingup.blogspot.com/2018/01/shepard-for-day5.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CaptainFuturesDreamingUpDaily+%28Captain+Future%27s+Dreaming+Up+Daily%29 Herdlevar’s research:  https://www.ntnu.no/documents/10401/1264433962/AshildArtikkel.pdf/8f8ba50d-7425-43c7-9e5f-bfef4380e206   Behind the Redwood Curtain:   Humboldt Handweaver’s and Spinners Guild:  http://www.hhsguild.org/   Facebook:  Also, join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Ravelry Group  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Instagram:   Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine   In this episode of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we investigate using Sensory Stimulation to Ease the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and Dementia;  We tackle using different types of specialty yarns for texture and try a strangely shaped design for a dog sweater;  And w e give a shout out to the Humboldt Handweaver’s and Spinners Guild.  
Released:
Jan 16, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Margaret and Catherine talk about what they are learning from their knitting, something about the brain or learning, Behind the Redwood Curtain, the area where they live along the Northcoast of California, and a knitting tip