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Caring Crafts awarded grant from The Society for the Arts in Healthcare!
Read about Caring Crafts in Summer 2008 issue of AGING WELL magazine
"Caring Crafts...empowering patients through their own creativity..."
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Read Judith's blog: CREATIVITY MATTERS on The ELDR site!
Craft sales are a source of pride for adults who have disabilities
The Many BENEFITS of CRAFTING
In addition to a fun and creative leisure experience, there are many therapeutic benefits of crafts such as:
- Increased cognitive functioning
- Increased self expression and decision making skills
- Increased or maintenance of fine motor skills
- Improved activities of daily living
- Enhanced hand-eye coordination
- Increased self esteem and emotional well-being
- Increased opportunity for empowerment and self expression
- Increased socialization
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Caring Crafts Founder talks about how the business started and why it's her passion.
Read about amazing individuals and how they embrace so many lives every day in their unusual paths of work. Before retiring about 10 years ago, Joan worked in the design group at Ellen Tracy where her passion for color and texture...
(from Publishers Weekly)...artist Zausner writes: "Most of us swim on the surface of life until a storm of illness impels us to dive within and discover new sources of inspiration and strength yet they were there waiting for us all the time." Zausner found her own life and art transformed after a 1989 diagnosis of.....
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DISCLAIMER
Items sold on this site are not intended for use by children. Please use everything, including the tools and glues, carefully and with discretion. If you are having difficulty making a kit, seek a friend, family member or professional (doctor, therapist) for added support.
