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.
The cold and clinical atmosphere is gone. I really like the True Doors! Because the doors are all different, it's easier to find your own room.- | A family member of a resident at Zorggroep Sint Maarten Gerardus Majella in Denekamp
For some residents it's now easier to find their room. They are very happy with the True Doors and you can tell they are proud of them. Family and friends are also really positive.- | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
I think it's a beautiful door and looking at it makes me happy.- Harry | Resident at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
I think it's beautiful! It looks old and almost real. If I didn't know better, I would use some paint and plaster.- Mw. Hulleman | Resident at Pieter van Foreest Weidevogelhof in Pijnacker
Since installation of the True Doors, I knock on the door before I enter a resident's room. I also feel like ringing the door bell first.- C. Dominicus | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
Residents walk around to look at each other's door and to give their opinion. For them it's important to show they are still able to critize.- Simone Bos | Nurse at Stichting Elisabeth in Breda
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.