Description
Interchangeable Toilet Sign – Dementia Signage for Hospitals
Interchangeable Toilet Sign designed with Hospitals for Hospitals. The sign is manufactured entirely with materials which have inherent anti-bacterial and anti-fungal growth properties. It is also tolerant to most non-abrasive cleaners.
A Hospital is one of the most consistently unfamiliar environments we are ever likely to spend time in. The chances are we will not want to be there any longer than necessary either! Good, clear signage is immeasurably helpful in these situations and vital for a person with dementia.
Specification
- Designed specifically for Hospital environments
- Inherent anti-bacterial and anti-fungal growth properties
- Tolerant to most non-abrasive cleaners.
- Available widths – 300mm (small) 400mm (medium) and 480mm (large)
- Non-reflective and tactile
- 5mm total thickness
- Face fixing with colour-coded screws
- Double-sided Male / Female insert
- No need to remove the sign to change the content
- Compliant with Hospital infection control standards
Simple changes can help a person with dementia maintain their independence.
Living with dementia can make any familiar or unfamiliar environment feel daunting, leading to distress and agitation. And so, signage is important to our everyday lives. Signs help us to interpret, understand and manage new and familiar environments. We all have a ‘cognitive map.’ A mental picture of the places that are familiar. But unfamiliar environments make us more reliant on signs to help us navigate. Clever use of signs can help those with declining cognitive abilities to make the right decisions when finding their way around. Helping to maintain their independence.
Clever use of signs can help those with declining cognitive abilities to make the right decisions when finding their way around. Helping to maintain their independence.
So, what is good dementia signage?
Good dementia-friendly signage:
Interchangeable Toilet Sign should be fitted to the door (not the adjacent wall)
A person’s height can reduce by six inches as they age. Signs should be fitted in the line of sight at 1.3 metres above the ground
We recognise words by their shape. Each sign should have clear lettering which is easy to read and understand; a capital letter at the beginning of a word, followed by lower case
Signage should also include decent quality images to help identify the purpose of a room. This is particularly important for those people with dementia who can no longer read. It also helps those whose first language is not English or with learning difficulties. Using images rather than sketches means the pictures are clear and easily recognisable for those with sight impairment as well as memory issues
Interchangeable Toilet Sign should stand out and not be surrounded by other signs and information