I have worked closely with a residential home for people with Dementia. They are one of
the homes that are adopting the ethos of the Butterfly Project; in short this
looks at how to enliven the residential experience for people with dementia
that live in a care home.One of the actions
that the Butterfly Project encourages is spaces that hold reminisces for the
residents.The work below shows a little
of the beginning of creating a local pub environment.We first installed the pub at the Expressions
show, it was then reinstalled back at Humphrey Repton House. The pub, has many common elements of an
old pub but it also holds aspects that are particular to the home; We created a
‘Fame Wall’ using pictures of the residents and giving them some treatment to
make them personal.I also made ‘the locals’
montages so everyone could feel like they belonged.Finally we hung a set of pictures that were
created in the ‘My Favorite Things’ workshop.
