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Empathy Doll

£70.86

Empathy Doll

An empathy doll can help to encourage emotional wellbeing because it triggers affection, trust, and a natural care instinct.

Holding the Empathy Doll can be a comfort.  It can be a soothing experience and encourage a sense of purpose. 

Empathy Dolls can bring back happy memories of a family member when they were younger.

Description

The life like Empathy Doll encourages affection, trust, and a care instinct.

Therapeutic dementia doll therapy brings comfort and enjoyment. It can improve mood and self-confidence when introduced in the right way and given to the right person.

Benefits of an Empathy Doll

  • Improved mood and boost self-confidence
  • Improved communication
  • Increased sense of purpose
  • Reduced anxiety and agitation
  • Reduce loneliness
  • Comforting
  • Reminisce of when their relatives were younger
  • Nurturing instincts
  • An emotional bond
  • Relate to environment.
  • Relate to their environment

The use of a therapy doll for dementia, to ease anxiety, has become more popular in care facilities throughout the UK, especially for those caring for people in the mid to later stage of dementia.

Life like Empathy Doll Specification
  • Mid to late dementia
  • Supplied with two outfits – 1 x pink, 1 x blue
  • Realistic skin , hair, nails and eyelashes.
  • Eyes stay open
  • Quite and doesn’t make any noises
  • Body length 550mm / 21.5”
  • They are heavier than other dolls Weight approx. 1kg / 2.2 lb’s
  • Machine wash clothing on 40 degree cycle.
  • Empathy Doll’s body can be cleaned with a damp cloth
  • Body is made of cotton
  • Arms, legs and head are made of vinyl
  • They are heavier than other dolls

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