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.
The door looks nice in the hallway and I feel more at home now.- Erwin Kemper | Resident at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
From the living room, you have a nice view on the True Door. It's really beautiful!- | A family member of a resident at Zorggroep Sint Maarten Gerardus Majella in Denekamp
To add to the feeling of "home", the staff and residents as well as families have all reacted very positively.- Christine Curnow | Member of staff at Mercy Health Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Victoria, Australia
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
By choosing their own True Door, we learnt more about the resident’s past and ‘who they are’. There’s a home-like atmosphere now and a more individualistic character.- Christel de Groote | Occupational Therapist at OCMW Gent, WZC Het Heiveld in Gent, Belgium
More homely, make a big difference. Good for talking about.- Chris Varley | Son of resident at Mercy Health Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Victoria, Australia
Enquiries
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