A Jigsaw can help if you are struggling to find an activity that is fun and purposeful. But for a person with dementia participating in activities that help to stimulate cognitive functions is essential for health and wellbeing. By incorporating jigsaws into your activity program improved communication and social interaction can be achieved. This, in […]
Creating Dementia Friendly Hallways is essential in care facilities. Even those of us without cognitive impairment can get lost and confused when each hallway looks the same and each bedroom door (and all of the other doors) leading off of it looks the same.
Murals enhance a care setting if you follow certain guidelines says Karen Clayton, dementia environment specialist, Find Memory Care
Why Use Dementia Murals Dementia Murals can offer a cost-effective way to introduce interesting areas in the care environment. Area’s that can help to reduce agitation and aggression, reduce the need for antipsychotic drugs and improve overall well being and quality of life for people living with dementia.
Set in the beautiful Welsh hills, Hengoed Care is always looking for ways to improve the environment for better dementia care. Working with Find Memory Care some exciting additions to the home have been achieved.
Find’s Dementia Signage is a wayfinding aid that will enable a person to maintain their independence and to locate a particular room quickly and easily.
Even a home in which a person has lived for many years can become a strange and confusing place for a person with dementia.
We fail to appreciate how dementia signs support independence. They allow people living with dementia to interpret, understand and manage both new and familiar environments.
This Autumn sees Opera North, one of the UK’s leading arts organisations, holding its first-ever dementia-friendly opera performance.
Anchor’s Palmersdene Care Home creates a dementia environment for their residents in Jarrow.