When Pretend Play Is Real For Alzheimer’s Patients
“BEVERLY HILLS — Sitting beside a neatly made crib, 88-year-old Vivian Guzofsky held up a baby doll dressed in puppy dog pajamas.
“Hello gorgeous,” she said, laughing. “You’re so cute.”
Guzofsky, who has Alzheimer’s disease, lives on a secure memory floor of a home for seniors. Nearly every day, she visits the dolls in the home’s pretend nursery.”