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.
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
The appartments are more personal now, the individual identity of the residents shines through. I think it looks cozy. I'm proud to work here and I like showing the True Doors to visitors.- Dietje vd Pavert | Nurse at Zorggroep Charim D'n Aok in Veendendaal
I can tell my father feels more comfortable now that the environment looks less like a hospital. He is very proud of his door and he likes that it's blue, his favourite colour. He loves showing his door to visitors and he's happy when people say something nice about his door.- Petra vd Star | A family member of a resident at Stichting Elisabeth in Breda
Very creative. Residents and staff members all love the doors. Being a staff member I found residents found thier rooms easily and everyone finds the doors are a talking point.- Susannah Kelly | Member of staff at Mercy Health Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Victoria, Australia
The door has really improved this elder's quality of life. She was having a really hard time adjusting and identifying her room as her space. She was spending her days sitting outside of her room and guarding it to make sure that none of the other elders went in. She would frequently tell us we could have the room back and that she was going home. We have seen a huge improvement in her since we got her True Door in place. No more episodes of blocking her door, she finally identifies it as her room, and she is not constantly asking to go home every day. She absolutely loves the door and couldn’t believe it was hers. It has truly improved her quality of life.- Tiffany Terriaco | Assistant Director of Nursing at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Residents find it easier to find their room. They also think the True Doors are beautiful.- | 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.