Find brochure update March 2015

www.findsignage.co.uk Clearly Leading The Way

The leading provider of Memory Care Products

Clearly Leading The Way

The Journey continues.....

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The journey started for find® with a request to produce some signage which would be easily understood by people with dementia. That was a long time ago and now we have a whole range of products and strategies which contribute to supporting people to enjoy healthier and happier lives.

Our work has accumulated into a portfolio of products that are individually designed to address a specific challenge and collectively form the components of a cohesive strategy making care-settings more adaptable to the individual’s needs, wherever they may be.

This asset is now being adapted by care providers as we work together to create themed environments that improve every aspect of living and working in dementia care.

We are the Worlds leading manufacturer and our commitment to delivering life-changing solutions couldn’t be greater. find® is an established provider to hospitals and carehomes in the UK and is now developing networks in America, Canada, Australia, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands.

...much more than signage

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Signage

Signage is clearly at the heart of what we do. As designers of the world’s first dementia specific signs, we have led the way in providing simple but effective solutions which have improved the lives of thousands of people.

find® signage has become the industry standard.

As every sign is manufactured to order our clients can:

• Specify words and colours• Personalise bedroom signs• Choose from a range of sizes• Utilise chemical cleaners• Fix the signs to any surface

“Give us a call and we’ll help you get the most from your signage”

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Self-adhesive signs

Standard bedroom signs

Slider signs

Brushed silver and gold interchangeable signs

Toilet flag signs

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For example:

Our new range of LD Signage (see below) came about from a request to alter

our designs so they’ll be appropriate for people with Autism and LD.

Design your own signs!find® Dementia Signs are our own creation and have proved to be durable and highly effective in Dementia Care. However, there are many situations where effective signage is just as important but the appearance needs to be different.

Let find® be your partner - If you can tell us what you want, we can make it for you. Specify your own Size, Colour, Materials, Pictures, Shape - every detail can be

created to your specification to make perfect signs that work for you.

Maybe your idea will become the next range that helps thousands more people to

enjoy a more meaningful environment with fewer challenges.

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ToiletHair Salon

Lounge

Lounge

Toilet

DiningRoom

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TherapyRoom

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Our products make the environment much easier to understand.

A door-cal is a self-adhesive, waterproof, chemical resistant, laminated, fire-rated, hard wearing colour print which can be applied to a flat door in just a few minutes, creating the appearance of a brand new panelled door to someone’s home.

To further enhance the door-cal we have a range of accessories including: letterboxes, door knockers and numbers.

We’ve also introduced Windows to the Door-cal range. You’d expect to see windows in the street, so we’ve created some attractive, self-adhesive windows which can be easily applied to the wall to create a more realistic, stimulating space.

All the materials used in our Door-cals are Class 0 fire rated or equivalent.

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Range of standard colours or specify your own choice

Door-cal and Memory Box

Window-cal with real shutters and window box

Class 0Fire Rated (or equivalent)

Class 0Fire Rated (or equivalent)

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Through intelligent design we have created a range of crockery which is attractive and dignified, yet incorporates features that make food far easier to see and manipulate.

These features ensure that food stays warm longer for slower eaters and can be more easily manipulated with less spillage. This makes for a more dignified and all-round better dining experience, supporting all the benefits of better nutrition and hydration, along with the social aspects of less stressful, more enjoyable mealtimes.

By supporting improved eating and drinking, food wastage is minimised, people are significantly healthier and happier and the cost and time involved in direct care is reduced.Our dining range is dishwasher safe.

find® Dining Range

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Clearly Leading The WayThe leading provider of memory care products

The find® Calendar Clock is a large 17”x17” square face with a clear analogue dial and the month, date and day displayed in a logical way. Importantly there is no reference to the year. Everything is clear and easy to read and ideal for hospitalsand communal area’s. CQC recommend the use of dementia friendly clocks to reduce stress levels and aid orientation. Ideally, all patients/residents should have sight of a clock from their bed. Our Day/Night Clocks support people having issues with circadian rhythms by simply displaying the time as well as whether it is day or night. The clock face design is simple, traditional and clear and won’t look out of place in any homeor care setting.

Our latest addition, The Day Clock has been developed by Bath Institute of Medical Engineering and is designed to help people living with Dementia. The design features a simple and clear display showing the time of day as either morning, afternoon, evening or night. The Dementia Day Clock is ideal for people living with dementia as they can lose the ability to distinguish between day and night. The Alzheimer’s Day Clockcan therefore assist primary carers maintain daily routines. Orientation Boards all come with clocks included. These boards can convey a lot more information than a clock alone and can prove invaluable in helping to organise someone’s day with a minimum of stress.

Clocks

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Personal Orientation Board

Day / Night Clock

Calendar Clock

The Day Clock

Senior Carriage Clock

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Ward and bed boards

Hard Truths - The Journey to Putting Patients First is theGovernment’s response to the Mid Staffordshire NHSFoundation Trust public inquiry and includes recommendations for changing the culture of the NHS, promoting a transparent approach to providing care and working with patients.There is specific mention of hospital boards and theimportance of them paying close attention to the cultureof the organisation, actively dealing with risks and seekingimprovements.

In view of this report, we have worked with WythenshaweHospital, and developed two new boards, which will supportcontinuous improvement and provide the information to allpatients and visitors in an open, honest and transparentmanner.

• Ward board size: 920 x 595mm

• Bed board size: 600 x 412mm

• Accepts magnets

• Heavy usage dry wipe finish

• Manufactured to meet infection control standards

• Bespoke information can be included on the boards

The ward board also includes spaces for key staff names andphotographs. A full range of magnets are available for usewith both boards, including forget me not, nil by mouth, fallsand special dietary requirements.

find© is the official supplier of The Butterfly Scheme products which are available to scheme members only.

All health professionals are committed to improving the qualityof dementia care in hospitals and why wouldn’t they be whenresearch shows that simple cost effective measures can havethe following results:

• Reduce incontinence by 50%

• Reduce aggression and violence by 60%

• Reduce slips, trips and falls by 70%

Approved Boards


Visual Communication Boards

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All of our boards are designed to improve communication. They are robust with a non reflective surface and secure hidden fixings. Our boards have dry wipe areas for occasions when information needs to be updated quickly. For menu boards we can also create pictorial menus. We have a library of popular food images or you can provide us with your own pictures and we’ll turn them into wipe clean plastic cards. For your less mobile diners, we can turn your pictures into a compact folder of all your food options.

If you’d like to personalise your menu board, we can supply it with a background colour, title or logo of your choice at no extra charge.

Activity boards broadcast up and coming events and the Pain Assessment Chart is a simple tool to communicate thelocation and severity of pain when speaking is difficult.

Weekly Activity Board

Personal Orientation Board

Pain Assessment ChartMenu Cards and Folder


Drywipe Menu Board also available with pockets

Communal Orientation Board

Memory boxes are a great way of improving orientation and encouraging communication and are most effective when filled with a variety of items that are readily recognised and meaningful to their owner.

A thoughtfully assembled Memory Box serves as a highly effective orientation tool for the owner and as a brilliant information resource for carers, enabling them to interact more easily.

Memory Boxes


• Memory Boxes available in: Oak, Cherry and Beech finishes• External measurements: (h) 400 x (w) 300 x (d) 60mm

BEST SELLER

Cherry finish

Oak finish


We have thousands of images to choose from.The value of good quality, era-specific imagescannot be understated.

Framed Reminiscence Pictures

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They provide a great opportunity to create a stimulating and relevant environment and our portfolio of images is second to none for quality, choice and relevance.

Our range has been selected to;• Stimulate reminiscence• Prompt conversation• Provide reliable landmarks

Our images can be supplied;• Framed with non-reflective plastic-glass• Museum Style on 12mm MDF• Stretched Canvas prints

All three have non-reflective finishes.

“Our comprehensive range of images realises its true value when used as a key component in creating clearlyidentifiable corridor themes, especially when they are specific to the locality too”

Full size phone box

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Staff Photo Boards

Dry-wipe “Reminder” Boards Nostalgic “Radiogram”Wallpaper murals

Throw & Tell Activity Ball

Retro DAB Radio

Warm and Cuddly Bears and Dolls

Window-cals with windowbox real shutters

....and lots more to come

find® - New ProductsLD Signage

Book of re-usable signs and labels


If you’re considering re-branding, updating, or you’ve decided you want better signage for your establishment, you need to talk to us.

Some of the biggest organisations in the care sector rely on find® to provide their external signs as we have a wealth of experience in designing signage that creates the right first impression.

Whether you want a bespoke sign or a national re-brand, we’re fully equipped to provide the design, products and installation service.

Corporate Signage

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Testimonials


Dr Trevor Jarvis BEM“It is important to have the right signage for people who have difficulty finding

their way around because they struggle to recognise words and letters.

This doesn’t just affect people with dementia, but also people with poor eye-

sight or who simply can’t read.

For signage to work for everyone it needs to be very clear and located where

it can be seen - not too high up. It also needs to use colours and symbols so the

signs stand out and can be understood even if someone doesn’t recognise the

words. Because I have trouble with words, using different colours such as pink

and blue for ladies and gents toilets can be a great help and is a simple way

forward for all of us.

It’s a bit like the signs we see on the road. Look at the highway code book. Most

of the signs rely on symbols and colours often without any words at all. This type

of approach can help us in so many ways and will be useful for everyone if it is

more widely adopted.”

“We commissioned find® to create bespoke activity boards for our younger

persons with dementia day unit. We were very impressed with the profession-

al service we received as nothing was too much trouble. Our new activities

boards are exactly what we requested and have made a massive difference”.

Our clients stated “they are good and very handy to have”, “They tell you

where you are at and nice, they help me when I forget what day it is”,” I love

them as I can remember the days of the week, without these boards I wouldn’t

know what day it is or the time it is.”, ” I think they are great as they are easy to

understand.”

Thank you very much for a fantastic service from all at the Woodside Centre.

“We have worked with find® to improve the acute care environment for people with dementia in hospital. The signs, blue toilet seats and blue handrails have all been integrated within our wards that care for people with dementia. Using the colour contrasting and signs for way-finding especially to the toilet areas, has made a big difference to our patients in terms of their dignity and safety.”Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

“Providing a memory box for Joan empowered her to become independent again, smiling and enjoying life as she was no longer anxious, frightened or angry because Joan could identify her bedroom as home again. The memory box provided her with dignity and well being.”Abbeyfield Dementia Care Home

“I can confirm that the new crockery has been a success for all three of the homes who purchased it. One quote I got back from a carer was “Mrs P for the first time in several weeks ate everything on her plate”. Plates don’t slip around like they used to and the broad rim helps the person to hold on to the plate much easier. The beakers have proved very useful especially with residents that have to take liquid through a straw, the lid to the beaker with the hole in is perfect. On another plus side we are about to buy some washing up bowls so that those residents that want to help can, especially as this crockery is indestructible!” Cambridge Housing


www.findsignage.co.uk

The leading provider of Memory Care Products

find signage ltdBurley Hill Trading EstateBurley Road, Leeds LS4 2PU

Tel: 0113 230 2046Fax: 0113 224 2046Email: [email protected]

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