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Fidget quilts donated to Aberdeen Hospital

Contributed | Posted: May 23, 2019, 11:28 p.m. | Updated: May 23, 2019, 11:28 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Showing off the new quilts are, from left, Priscilla Sharkey, Northern zone director, perioperative\surgical services; Chris Perro, occupational therapist, Aberdeen Hospital; Edie Kennedy, guild member; Sharon Elliott, guild member; and Elizabeth MacIsaac, occupational therapist, Aberdeen Hospital. Missing is guild member Ruth Hopkins, who is the mainstay and creative lead for the project.
Showing off the new quilts are, from left, Priscilla Sharkey, Northern zone director, perioperative\surgical services; Chris Perro, occupational therapist, Aberdeen Hospital; Edie Kennedy, guild member; Sharon Elliott, guild member; and Elizabeth MacIsaac, occupational therapist, Aberdeen Hospital. Missing is guild member Ruth Hopkins, who is the mainstay and creative lead for the project. - Contributed

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Members of the Northumberland Quilt Guild donated 40 fidget quilts to the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow.  Handmade fidget quilts are used in the hospital’s transitional care, medicine and surgery inpatient units and the emergency department to help patients who are stressed or anxious and can benefit from keeping their hands and minds busy.
 

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