In Montreal, Canada an Aged Care center has created an innovative way to keep their residents with Alzheimer’s and dementia safe.
At a glance, the walls may look like cupboards, shelving or even a store but these are optical illusions painted onto the walls and they deter the people in care from trying to run away.
Angela Novembre, a department head at the CHSLD Dante in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough, said that happens all too often.
"Some of the nursing homes offer a unit that is designated for persons living with Alzheimer's and dementia," she explained. "They want to leave the unit. They want to go look for their family. They want to go look for their children. They want to look for their pets. So they are always trying to leave."
At a glance, the walls may look like cupboards, shelving or even a store but these are optical illusions painted onto the walls and they deter the people in care from trying to run away.
Angela Novembre, a department head at the CHSLD Dante in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough, said that happens all too often.
"Some of the nursing homes offer a unit that is designated for persons living with Alzheimer's and dementia," she explained. "They want to leave the unit. They want to go look for their family. They want to go look for their children. They want to look for their pets. So they are always trying to leave."
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