A little change can be a big challenge for Adam Mansell. The Portland boy, who turns 11 Wednesday, has multiple medical conditions including cerebral palsy and autism. Even everyday transitions such ...

With both hands, a young girl clasped a glass tube as bubbles within it rose to the top. Her eyes tracked them in the dark room. A boy lay on a foam mattress and kicked his feet when fiber-optic ...

Jeannette Urbanczyk, a 96-year-old woman who suffers from dementia, was confused and agitated Wednesday morning, as she yelled "help!" for no reason and poked the chest of Rebecca Walpole, manager of ...

Futuristic Industries officially opened the doors to its new Snoezelen Room on Tuesday, Feb. 10, marking a significant step ...

New situations can cause major distress for children with autism—and going from home to a hospital can be particularly nerve-racking. So to help calm children with developmental disabilities and teach ...

Country Cottage, a local assisted living and memory care community in Montgomery, Alabama, opened their Snoezelen Room on May 11. "Snoezelen" comes from the Dutch verbs "snuffelen" (to seek and ...

Many of Chileda’s students with cognitive and behavioral challenges, also struggle with moderate to severe sensory issues, and a new fundraising campaign hopes to help them regulate those feelings. A ...

How bad is junk food for your heart? A new Florida study has an answer• Health This dad has waited the longest for a heart at this Florida hospital. Here’s why• Health The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The room’s walls are painted black. So is the ceiling. The only light came from fiber-optic ropes and tall tubes filled with bubbling water, changing from ...

MIRAMAR BEACH — Tucked away in a corner of the second floor of the Medical Office Building at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast is what looks, at first glance, like the best playroom ever.

Memory care residents Rosalee Devlen and Beatrice Dean entered a room on the second floor of Cayuga Ridge Extended Care on Wednesday and were met with ultraviolet designs on the walls and floors. The ...