Person-centered care
Inspiration for a person-centered care approach
RSL Care
We recently completed our first project in Western Australia, which was led by Kim Sewell the Manager for Residential Care at RSL Care Western Australia.
Mercy Health Bethlehem Home for the Aged
Our first project in Australia. Family, staff and residents share their experiences.
Nashwaak Villa Nursing Home
Nashwaak Villa in New Brunswick, Canada, recently completed a True Doors transformation, where residents’ chose their True Doors with help from family, staff and local students. Students help to use True Doors as a tool for person-centered care at Nashwaak Villa.
How to have a dementia-friendly celebration
Whether it’s a birthday party, family gathering, Mother’s Day or Christmas; celebrating with the people close to you is usually a happy and meaningful event that many enjoy.
Inspiring bloggers with dementia
If you are caring for a loved one with dementia reading blogs dedicated to Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia can help you to better understand people what your loved one is experiencing.
Feeling safe and secure with dementia
For me the essence of feeling at home is captured in these words by American author and poet Maya Angelou
Feedback from other nursing homes
During 2015 and 2016 we worked with assisted living facilities/nursing homes in the Netherlands to gather feedback from staff, family members and where possible residents.
Dementia and connectedness
I’m excited each time I cross the Malieveld in The Hague with my family for our annual trip to the Tong Tong Fair
Weidevogelhof Nursing Home
A collection of before and after pictures with feedback from the residents at Pieter van Foreest Weidevogelhof nursing home in Pijnacker, The Netherlands. Our first project for people with dementia, completed in October 2014.
Dementia and identity
What is that actually, someone’s “identity”? There are so many factors involved, it’s difficult to give a simple answer.
de Bijsterstede Retirement and Care Home
A collection of videos with the residents and staff at De Wever de Bijsterstede retirement and care home in Tilburg, The Netherlands. This was going to be a one-off project on the theme of "feeling at home" in March 2014. While we were there we realised that True Doors could be helpful for people with dementia.
The story behind True Doors
To launch our blog I have the happy task of sharing the story behind how True Doors came to be. Here goes… Marieke’s fascination with doors...
