'A sense of comfort and peace': How some suburban care facilities are using doll therapy for dementia and Alzheimer's patients

About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll. “She never put it down,” said Bekin. For decades, health care providers have incorporated certain techniques — music, art and pet therapy as well as caring for baby dolls — to help treat people with dementia … Read more