Signbox Ltd have been specified for several new purpose-built care home developments – their bespoke signage systems specifically designed to help residents find their way around, both inside and outside buildings.
Signbox has recently completed the signage scheme for the new purpose-built Waypoints Verwood Care home in Dorset, developed by Archstone Lifestyle Homes. This included researching the special requirements for people with dementia, partial sight or blindness. Signbox’s approach reflects the latest developments in signs designed for the care home environment, including the use of innovative materials, images and graphics that recognise the special needs of disabled and mature residents – helping them to get around safely and with confidence.
Residents staying at the Waypoints Verwood Care home include many that are suffering from dementia; this creates a specific challenge in that such people can typically forget the names for things but remember what they look like. To address this, Signbox used photographic images that reflected the style of images and fashion in the period when these residents were young and growing up, avoided contemporary typefaces and pictos. For further information and to see the full range of signbox signage solutions visit: www.signbox.co.uk