Come and visit Chic Emporium, Thomas Weind, Garstang PR3 1LL where you’ll find a wealth of gifts and home accessories plus a range of Happy Days Dementia Workshop resources and nostalgic materials … Open Thurs – Fri – Sat – Sun – Mon …
by Gillian Hesketh MA MD Happy Days Dementia Workshop & Nostalgic Design There may be some controversy regarding themed rooms in residential and dementia care environments. Like Marmite, they’re not for everyone but Gillian Hesketh, MD of Happy Days Dementia Workshop & Nostalgic Design has seen how nostalgic settings can benefit social well-being. She now […]
It’s amazing how a 1960s replica telephone can help prompt conversations for people living in residential and dementia care homes. Help families engage with their loved ones during visits. A lady visiting her mother said ‘I usually only stay around twenty minutes as I can’t find anything to interest mum – but interacting with the […]
I’ve got to admit, when I’m creating meaningful environments in residential and dementia care homes, I often get lost. Not just in the project, but literally, in the corridors. Some corridors seem to travel round corners and link back onto themselves – Some have a number of short avenues leading off them, all looking quite similar. […]
We’re happy to announce that Happy Days Dementia Workshop now has a place open to the general public at Chic Emporium – Horrockses PR30UH. So if you’re anywhere near Lancashire and going out for a drive … call in, browse and enjoy the Emporium. We have memory joggers, nostalgic and large piece jigsaw puzzles, crossword […]
