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.
I love the whole new look given to the wing. It looks clearer, more presentable and has a "cool" feeling, I've observed my husband who' 100 years old, correctly identify his room door. My husband has dementia and I visit the facility daily.- | Wife of resident at Acacia Living Group in Western Australia
I lived behind that door for 30 years. From when I was one. I was a really naughty there! At age 84, I returned the front door key, because another family member has lived in that house as well. So for 83 years, I owned that key. The front door name plate was made by my father. We had a copper door bell that we often polished.. and the tiny window above the door, we had to clean that too. Boy, did I have to clean that one!- Mw. van der Kooy | Resident at Pieter van Foreest Weidevogelhof in Pijnacker
The residents are happy with their doors. It looks more home-like and cosy now.- | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
It's the back door of her former home. Now it's easier for her to find her room.- Han van Doorn | A family member of a resident at Woonzorggroep Samen Noorderlicht in Hippolytushoef
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
I don't know the effect of the doors yet, but I can imagine it's easier for residents to find their homes now. It does look much cosier now, very home-like!- Anne | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
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.