Our Most Recent Sensory-scapes

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Nithview – Tea Room Mural

We channeled our inner Lords and Ladies to create a British High Tea Sensory-scapes, the perfect spot for social gatherings, “British trivia nights”, Tea after Church Services, Mother’s Day or birthday parties or other fancy celebrations. What a great spot to put on a fascinator and talk about the “Royals”. Invite the Grandchildren to a “Tea Party” event, a fun fashion show, or simply have a viewing of your favourite British drama.

Nithview – Tinkering Shed Mural

Tinkering is both a pastime and perseverating habit for people experiencing dementia. It can however be transformed into opportunities to keep hands busy through activities such sorting small parts, tinkering with mechanical things, creating arts and crafts, painting and potting plants.  There is no better setting for such activities than the “Tinkering” Sensory-scape mural.  This mural is customized to fit any space and we love to add reminiscing  elements with a local flare such as posters, license plates and historical artifacts.

The mural is bright and cheerful, we love it because the men seem to gravitate. Rich in visual and tactile stimulation this is the perfect place for a tool bench, classic car memorabilia and gardening  items.

Westwood Home – Custom Sports Themed Design

It was a pleasure to craft custom sports theme murals for a men’s Supportive Housing Home in Ontario. Sensory-scapes worked with staff and residents to create a theme and customize it to reflect the interests of the residents and to fit the size and style of the room and existing furniture.

This mural added character and personality a basic rec-room, transforming it into a “Mancave” complete with basketball, baseball, hockey and vintage car garage themes incorporated into all four walls of the room. The space is centered with a billiards table and includes an air hockey table.  In this case, Sensory-scape murals created an environment within a home for very deserving residents.

Lancaster – Retro Soda Shop

The Retro Soda Shop is a fabulous mural for reminiscing about the “good old days”. It is the perfect spot to host ice cream socials and BBQ’s.  It is a great backdrop for Father’s Day events, a 1950’s theme day with popular music from the decade, or to simply chat with the guys about their favourite cars from the era.

In this home, Sensory-scapes transformed the Food Service Manager’s office into the Soda Shop (the theme made sense) and now the residents love to gather and hang out in this area.

Governor’s Walk – 1950s Retro Kitchen

Kitchens are known as the “heart of the home”, a place for family, friends and activity that is steeped with sensory rich memories. This retro custom Sensory-scape mimics a 1950’s kitchen and includes props such as an original Formica table with chrome and vinyl chairs, vintage baking tools and cooking props as well as a vintage apron and cookbooks. We included a 1954 tin recipe box and encourage families to bring in their favourite recipes to add to the collection. This is a perfect place for social gathering, baking and cooking programs, reminiscing and Doll Therapy

Governor’s Walk – Custom Baby Nursery

Reminiscing Doll Therapy is a proven program for calming, relaxing and stimulating seniors experiencing Dementia.

This custom baby nursery Sensory-scape has a mid-century nursery décor theme to support long term memories of child raising and includes Montessori-based activities such as baby bottle sorting, folding baby clothes, baby theme bingo and picture books filled with captivating images of babies.

Governor’s Walk – Covered Porch

The Covered Porch sensory scape is a year-round favourite that allows residents to feel as if they are experiencing the outdoors.

With custom views (you pick your season and landscape) we can create a porch that represents your geographic setting, a quiet backyard or a tropical vacation. The Covered Porch is a great place for Horticulture, Pet Therapy and social program.

Reminiscing Hair Salon

Most Long Term Care homes have a salon and offer hairdressing services. Personal care from having your nails polished, to having your hair washed is a sensory rich experience that contributes to positive feelings, increased self esteem and social engagement.  Regrettably, the hair salon is often overlooked when thinking about sensory spaces yet it is a place most residents visit frequently. 

Sensory-scapes transformed this hair salon into a retro 1950’s style Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor complete with sensory stimulation, 3Dimensional props, and Montessori based activities to keep the seniors engaged and sitting while they are being “styled”.  The salon space can be used for pampering, aesthetics, reminiscing or aroma therapy sessions when the stylist is not working.

Nithview Home Dining Room Murals

Beyond nutrition meal time for most people is a time for social engagement, steeped with sensory stimulation and often a trigger for memories. It is important that dining areas feel like home and encourage residents to relax and enjoy meals. Murals can transform a dining area into an old country kitchen, a terrace with a view, a 1950’s diner, or a quaint café.  Dining room murals are easy-to-clean and can add the look of furniture without taking up valuable floor space.  

This rural Ontario LTC home transformed 3 dining areas into “Country-rustic” farmhouse -style dining areas. We took care and pleasure to add quilts, country decor, and even highlighted local landscapes and buildings (the local public library) through the window murals.

Errinrung LTC Tub Rooms

Tub rooms and spas are areas in the home that every residents visits on a regular basis. Murals and Ceiling-scape tiles easily transform a tub room into a room-with-a-view. In this Thronbury Ontario home, we transitioned two tub rooms into boat house shelters overlooking a view of the Thornbury Marina and Pier, a view many of the residents grew up looking at. The murals calm and distract residents otherwise anxious during bathing and give the staff discussion points.  Adding aroma therapy and playing a CD with sounds of water, waves and seagulls added to the sensory element creating a real oasis in the tub room. Tub rooms can transition  into luxurious spas with the use of water resistant murals.

Metta Life Elevator Murals to Deter Exit Seeking

Metta Lifestyle Reminiscing office

A familiar “workplace” environment equipped with reminiscing props such as a rotary dial phone, vintage typewriter, and payroll machine, as well as familiar activities such as shoe polishing and tying a tie and posting envelopes.  

The Metta Office has been designed in a soothing colour palette and decor from a typical mid-century office. This area is sure to evoke conversation and stimulate the long-term memories of those men and women in the workforce during this time.

The Reminiscing Office is a fabulous place to engage in talks about events of the 1950s review old newspaper stories and talk about employment and career milestones.

Reminiscing Nursery / Laundry

For older adults who raised a family, the birth of a child is a memorable and often recalled long-term memory.

The Reminiscing Nursery comes complete with a hospital viewing window where residents can look in on the newborns. In addition, the Nursery has reminiscing dolls of varying ethnicity, and activities such as folding baby clothes, sorting bottles, and bathing and changing the baby.

Residents can flip through baby albums and reminisce about their childhoods, children, and families.

Whether your loved one was a homemaker or worked outside of the home, most seniors have strong long-term memories of the roles involved in caring for the home.

The Metta Homemaker Reminiscing area showcases a laundry area where residents can hang and fold various clothing items. Activities also include sorting laundry and lace sewing as well as memory flashcards with tasks such as mowing the lawn, baking, and washing the car.  

Gibson Long Term Care Train Wall-scape

The Interactive Train Wall-scape includes the sounds of a steam train, moving visuals displayed through a passenger window, as well as sensory props displayed an an antique train carriage luggage shelf. This train takes passengers through England, Switzerland and Sri Lanka. Additional destinations can easily be added.

Rideaucrest Home Cafe Wall-scape

The Cafe Wall-scape includes three dimensional reminiscing elements such as collector spoons from around the world and antique tea cups securely mounted on the wall for viewing. In addition, the Wall-scape incorporates sensory elements such as aroma therapy (tea, coffee, vanilla and cinnamon) and tactile /visual coffee bean “shakers”.