Happy Days Publishing ........ Creative Caring ........ Dementia Workshops ....... School Support

Welcome to Happy Days ~ Early Intervention Resources. Designed for Children, Young People and Adults to identify / express difficulties / needs. Social Activity Resources for people living with Dementia. Enriched Care Workshops for Residential Care Homes - Assisted Living - Volunteers - Families - Carers: Memory Boxes - Sorting Boxes - Conversation Prompts - Games + more. Shop at: www.happydayspublishing.co.uk and www.dementiaworkshop.co.uk Donations to Blackpool Carers' Centre

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Sometimes, people just need a hug ...

It doesn't matter who you are, where you live, whether you have dementia or not, people just sometimes need a hug.

So, imagine if you have dementia ... and can't express how you feel ...

And you need a hug ...

This pretty heart-shaped cushion is quilted and soft too. It may help to soothe or calm agitation for someone who is living with dementia ... and just needs something to hug when no-one else is around.

For more information on hug-therapy, which is really a broader selection of endearing heart shaped cushions for adults to hug or animal cushions for children to hug ... email Gillian gmhesketh@yahoo.co.uk

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Founder of ‘Happy Days Publishing, writer of 'A Shared Journey' and dedicated to bringing the Happy Days projects to fruition, I am passionate about Creative Interactive Resources and Activities as a visual aid to help Children, Young People and Adults with personal, physical or emotional difficulties, identify, express and communicate their needs, wants and wishes in order to gain a more positive sense of self and greater sense of well-being.  Studying for a degree in English Literature and Linguistics and an MA in Creative Writing, I recognised the connection between writing and expressing emotion and how this may benefit people in the on-going-ness of life.   Always turning negatives into positives, I'm a firm believer that it's never too late to learn, re-learn or re-understand life around us.  I am interested in all types of Creative Art, particularly Writing and Drawing as a platform for self discovery and self expression; emotion, opinion, to support well-being, develop a sense of mastery and ownership.   Happy Days Interactive Activity Pages are based on my studies: Language and Power - Speech and Thought - Memory and Reminiscence; recalling past events and experiences to aid thought processes, prompt conversation and expression; instigate interaction and activity and positive outcomes. Exploration of behaviour theories and therapies, case-studies, social and emotional issues and continued research of all subject matter are at the core of Happy Days - Shared Journeys.  Passionate about bringing resources to benefit others, I relish in language change, metaphor, themed texture and colour which I use as a platform to face social, personal, contemporary and sensitive issues in a colourful, easy-to-use and enjoyable format.   I have co-organised Creative Writing workshops where I recognised that the materials I had developed were helping people express their needs, wants, wishes and hopes.  I am a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an active member of two writing groups and write poetry.  Helping to make a difference is paramount to me.   It's not always what you write ~ it's what happens when you do.   Gillian email: happydayspublishing@yahoo.co.uk. Website: www.happydayspublishing.co.uk Happy Days, Gillian

Happy Days Publishing ........ Creative Caring ........ Dementia Workshops ....... School Support

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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Sometimes, people just need a hug ...

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