How personalising interiors improves the lives of people with dementia
Simple and powerful ideas to help people with dementia, looking at 35 years of research findings from around the world.
Improve
True Doors ® decals are person centred care solutions to improve quality of life for elders with dementia, while also transforming cold institutional spaces into warm and familiar homely environments.
Transform
Residents' identities are brought to the fore. Reminiscence and social interaction is stimulated. People recognise and find their own doors. Privacy and sense of safety increases. Facilities feel more like homes.
Create
Save your favourites to create our own catalogue from the largest collection of door decals in the world. Quality photos of actual doors, made-to-measure and applied on flat door surfaces.
Stories
From nursing staff, family members and people with dementia.
Residents recognize their doors, it makes them feel good. Also, the True Doors give the ward a home-like feeling.- | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
Since the True Doors were installed some residents are spending more time in their rooms. They also close their door more often.- Miranda Nous | Nurse at Stichting Elisabeth in Breda
The wing looks beautiful with this new look. I like my wife's chosen True Door. Thank you to Acacia Living Group for this effort.- Eric Caitlin | Husband of resident at Acacia Living Group in Western Australia
We had fun interactions while deciding on the right door. Residents find their rooms more easily and memories are awakened. Makes the hallways seem bigger with the (true) doors. I love this. I have no complaints at all.- Bernard Gullison | Husband of a resident at Nashwaak Villa in New Brunswick, Canada
Each time I pass by the door with cafe blinds I "smell the scones" this leads to greater bonding with the resident who has the room and the less sterile feeling with a door also encourages a sense of individuality and self for the residents with pride shown for their "home".- Natasha Yarrick | Member of staff at Mercy Health Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Victoria, Australia
I thought this door was beautiul, so that's why I chose it. I feel more at home now and I'm very happy with my door!- Hetty | Resident at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
Enquiries
Contact us if you are interested in a True Door from the collection, if you want to create a personal True Door, or for help with larger scale programs.