NHS hospitals using vintage makeovers to help dementia patients
(World News UK)

NHS hospitals are stepping back in time with vintage makeovers to help dementia patients cope with stress and anxiety. Old photographs and cinema films, ration books and a replica 1950s television have been used to decorate wards, rooms and corridors across the country in a visual throwback to the 1940s and 1950s. NHS England believes the `dementia-friendly adaptations` could help patients who can be more easily disorientated adjust to their surroundings, lessen the likelihood of falls and reduce their reliance on medicine, while the Alzheimer´s Society says it could give them a sense of independence and improve both mental and physical...