Title

Fidget Blankets: A Sensory Stimulation Outreach Program

Authors

Kelly R. Kroustos, Ohio Northern UniversityFollow
H Trautwein
R Kerns
Kristen F. Sobota, Ohio Northern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Kroustos, Kelly R.; Trautwein, H; Kerns, R; and Sobota, Kristen F., "Fidget Blankets: A Sensory Stimulation Outreach Program" (2016). Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship. 306.
https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/phar_faculty/306

Abstract

Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) include behaviors such as aberrant motor behavior, agitation, anxiety, apathy, delusions, depression, disinhibition, elation, hallucinations, irritability, and sleep or appetite changes. A student-led project to provide sensory stimulation in the form of "fidget blankets" developed into a community outreach program. The goal was to decrease the use of antipsychotics used for BPSD.

Publication Date

6-2016

DOI

10.4140/TCP.n.2016.320