How can I make my kitchen dementia friendly?
With its comforting, familiar smells of cooking and baking, the kitchen can be a reassuring environment for a person with dementia....
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paul55232
- Aug 26, 2021
- 6 min
What is sensory stimulation for dementia?
One challenge when caring for people with dementia is ensuring they have opportunities to engage with the world around them. Sensory...
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paul55232
- Jun 30, 2021
- 6 min
Is your care home dementia friendly?
Dementia is one of the most common conditions experienced by people living in care homes, so ensuring that the care home environment is...
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paul55232
- Jun 24, 2021
- 6 min
How to make a bedroom dementia friendly
The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in the home, the place where you can go to relax and recover from the stresses of the day....
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paul55232
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
Creating a dementia friendly bathroom
Dementia can create many challenges to living in an ordinary home. One area of particular concern is the bathroom, where the risk of...
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paul55232
- Jun 2, 2021
- 6 min
Dementia Friendly Lighting
It may seem a simple thing, but lighting can have a significant impact on people with dementia. It is one of the first things you should...
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paul55232
- May 27, 2021
- 6 min
Dementia Friendly Décor
Dementia is a challenging condition that can cause significant distress for both the person living with dementia and their loved ones....
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paul55232
- May 21, 2021
- 6 min
Creating a dementia friendly environment
Dementia can create various difficulties in day-to-day life, but some of the strain can be eased by ensuring the home is as...
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Rebecca Scott
- Jan 9, 2021
- 3 min
Keeping your elderly relatives safe this winter.
Welcome to our first blog of 2021. The beginning of January is a good time to reset and create new goals, however it is also the time...
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Rebecca Scott
- Dec 4, 2020
- 4 min
Dementia friendly environment
The environments in which we live and work in have a profound effect on our physical and psychological well-being, this is no different...
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Rebecca Scott
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
National family caregiver’s month
For those of you that don’t know, November is national family caregivers’ month. Here at Catalyst we want to pay tribute to caregivers...
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Rebecca Scott
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
The mental health of your residents.
How has coronavirus impacted your resident’s mental health and how can you support them? Many of you will be aware that the 10th of...
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Rebecca Scott
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
What is Wayfinding?
What is wayfinding and why is it particularly important in a care home environment? Wayfinding can be defined as spatial problem solving....
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Rebecca Scott
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Poor design at fault for dementia deaths?
Is bad care home design leading to a rise in your dementia residents’ deaths? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Compared to people...
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