We didn't invent doors. We just decided that they matter.
True Doors ® decals help improve the lives of people with dementia.
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 homelike 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.
Some of the residents walk straight to their room, now that the True Doors are installed. They think the doors are fun and they experience more freedom than before. One resident told us he feels more at home now.- Johan Anker | Nurse at Topaz Overryhn in Leiden
Residents and family members have great social interactions talking about each other's doors. They give our home a more personal and homely feel. It doesn't feel like our residents are in a healthcare facility. I love all the new doors!- Julie Anderson | Nursing Staff at Nashwaak Villa in New Brunswick, Canada
The residents are happy with their doors. It looks more home-like and cosy now.- | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
I think, first of all, True Doors built very good contact between us. Residents and employees have been involved in the process and talked together about the doors. That?s been very positive and helped us know each other better. Residents are very proud of the door they have chosen and like to talk about them. Aesthetically, they have created a warmer and less institutional environment.- Sylje Hansen | Nurse at Opsjø Omsorgsbolig in Norway
Can’t believe how efficient our doors were being sent. I received an email late one week & they arrived within the next week. 2 days before the nominated date. The joke here was, I could get things from Amsterdam quicker than I can from Adelaide. As it has been a busy time, our first door only went up yesterday. Yah for us. Everyone has made positive comments and the room occupant loves it. The decals are truly a wonderful product and the quality is outstanding.- Sharon Rothe | Leisure Lifestyle Coordinator at ‘Charla Lodge Aged Care’ Bordertown Hospital, SA Health, Government of South Australia in South Australia
Sometimes residents say: "I'm home again." That makes me happy. They also often walk around the ward while admiring the doors.- J. Benders | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
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.