HC-One care home creates orange Namaste room for residents with dementia

HC-One Castle View care home is running the Namaste programme in its home offering intensive sensory stimulation for people with advanced dementia.

The care home in Dumbarton has opened a special Namaste room for its residents as part of the programme.

The Namaste Care programme was developed in America with title ‘Namaste’ meaning ‘to honour the spirit within’.

The programme is designed to engage people with advanced dementia through stimulating the five senses: taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing.

HC-One Castle View care home manager, Lesley Derbyshire, said: “Namaste is very close to my heart on a personal and professional level. I am confident this will change the dynamics of how we care for residents in the advanced stages of dementia. I can see how we will be able to cascade this type of care throughout the home.”

HC-One Dementia Services manager, Natalie Myers, called it a “great opportunity for the home to participate in a ground-breaking project. Lesley and her team have worked very hard to get the room up and running, working with residents and their families and in forging a great relationship with external professionals.”

Castle View worked with the palliative community nursing team to create a Namaste room at the home, which is a large, open and well-lit space with an orange theme as this colour is proven to stimulate the appetites of residents living with dementia.

Carers at Castle View have received the training needed to be able to deliver the Namaste programme to a high standard. A number of the staff have also received additional training on sensory care and holistic massage therapy to compliment the programme.

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