Reports
Three reports detailing the role of True Doors in person-centred dementia care.

One-Hundred True Doors Stories
This report explains what person centred dementia care is, why it is vitally important and places True Doors in this context. Feedback from staff and family members of elders at ten nursing homes helps illustrate the range of benefits.

Trimbos Institute Report
The Trimbos Institute is the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction. This report summarises their findings of one of our first projects in 2015.

How Personalising Interiors Improves the Lives of People with Dementia
Simple and powerful ideas to help people with dementia, looking at 35 years of research findings from around the world with feedback from True Doors projects in nine countries.
I think it’s a beautiful door, much nicer than it was before. I’m very happy with it. And it’s my kind of door, I love blue.– Bep van Grootel | Resident at Amerpoort in Vinkeveen
For some of the residents, it’s easier now to recognise their own door. Some say it feels more like “home”. There are days when they say they are proud of their doors. They talk about about how pretty the doors are.– | Nurse at Stichting Elisabeth in Breda
The True Doors give the hallways a nice atmosphere. Because the residents had the opportunity to make their own decision, it gave them the feeling of creating their own living space. Also, they recognize their room now.– | Nurse at HVO Querido in Amsterdam