How personalising interiors improves the lives of people with dementia
Simple, yet 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
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
Green is a colour that has always been important to me, it's so peaceful. The copper door knocker and letter box remind me of my sons who always make things for me.- Edna Rutter | Resident at Mercy Health Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Victoria, Australia
Residents now know which room is theirs. In the evenings they say: "I'm home, I'm going to sleep now!" There's less agitation. Family members are also very excited about the doors.- | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
I like the decorated window and the wood. For me it's easier to find my room now.- Andre | Resident at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
The well-being True Door helps him with his orientation while looking for his room. He 'scans' the hallway for the front door that has been his property for 37 years. I also noticed that he wants more privacy now, he wants to lock his door. I think the True Door gives him the peace he used to feel when he was home.- P.N. Berg - Rodewijk | A family member of a resident at Topaz Overryhn in Leiden
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.