The added value of True Doors for residents of care homes
Download this Trimbos Institute Report about the effect of True Doors for Elders 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
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Stories
From nursing staff, family members and people with dementia.
My father lived behind that door for 40 years. He hasn't got dementia, but he is really happy to have his old door. He thinks his door is beautiful.- S. v.d. Haar Punter | A family member of a resident at Hof en Heim Zorgcentrum Suderigge in Lemmer
It's a beautiful and light coloured door. It looks nice; it really gives something extra to my room.- Margreeth Grevelt | Resident at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
Residents find it easier to walk to their rooms now. There are less questions about "where to go?". They also talk more about their past, for example when they're engaged in a game.- José Gommers | Nurse at Stichting Elisabeth in Breda
Makes our hallways warm and welcoming. Good conversation piece. Many people come in to see the doors. They give more social interaction for our residents. Definitely, improve quality of life.- Melody O’Neill | Director of Care at Nashwaak Villa in New Brunswick, Canada
They now recognise their own front door. I also think it makes them feel more at home.- Raymann | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
I chose this door because I liked it. Now I feel more at home.- Riet Aarsman | Resident at Amerpoort in Vinkeveen
Enquiries
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