Post
Log In
to comment
20+ FREE Activities
Enjoy meaningful activity ideas that you can use with your clients straight away.
Free ActivitiesBecome a Member!
A 12 month membership with unlimited access is just $74.95 USD! It's quick and easy to sign up.
Verna
Lifestyle Coordinator
Tammy Powell
Program Outreach Director
“
Thank you for such an outstanding, phenomenal, and amazing site - it’s the best I’ve found thus far! This is a Director’s Bible! From holidays and Guess Who to Armchair Travel and so much more. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.
“
Good morning, would anyone have the dimensions for fiddle mats. We would like to make some here for our residents.
Cheers and thanks Verna
Hi Verna. the fiddle mats I have seen and used are lap blanket size or smaller. The best ones I found were those that draped over the arms of a chair, it kept the mat basically infront of the person. Those that can sit without a wheel chair, I put the mat onto a table and sat them there. Some of the nurses made ours, the possibilities are endless, especially if you have a quilter or crafty person in your midst who has a good imagination. Good luck.
Thanks Donna much appreciated.
Cheers and thanks Verna
I used old pillowcases. They can be pulled onto the basic overway table or just on a lap.
Ah that is a great idea Cathy to use a pillow slip or similar to fit over a tray table for residents who are in gel chairs. I am going to look into that.
Cheers
what are the best things to put on a fiddle mat or blanket I have seen many but not actually sat and watched the residents for any length of time to see what is the best design for them