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 ward looks less clinical now, more home-like. I can tell residents are happy with it as well.- | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
The residents are happy with their doors. It looks more home-like and cosy now.- | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
Family and friends of the residents think the doors are wonderful. Residents really feel at home now.- | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
I can tell people are proud of their doors. They often chose a door that fit their personality. Also, the ward looks so much nicer now!- Jorien Koch | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam
There are many positive reactions. Residents often mention the True Doors and they point at them. The ward looks less like a hospital. It looks beautiful and cosy and it's more like a home. That's why it feels like a safe place to be.- | Nurse at De Waalboog Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna in Nijmegen
He now has our own front door back. The door brings back memories, he often talks about the past.- J. Beukema | A family member of a resident at Woonzorggroep Samen Noorderlicht in Hippolytushoef
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.