A guide to understanding dementia 21 Why choose dementia care at home? • Care is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. • When in their own homes, people feel safe in the familiar environment. • Care homes can have dedicated suites for dementia care. Although this is a good idea in theory, in practice, they make for confusing and noisy environments. • Life in your own home can be more stimulating with a Live-in Carer or visiting Carer and friends and family can still visit as easily as before. • On better days, the customer is not confused as to why they are in a care home. Instead, they are in the familiar, secure and warm environment of their own home. • Customers’ own homes are filled with happy memories, which can be both stimulating and comforting to those with dementia. • Customers in their own home are less likely to be awake during the nights. If they do struggle to sleep, there is someone there just to look after them, on a one to one basis. • Daily routines can be established or maintained, bed time is the same as is meal times. • Being adequately stimulated in the day often means that sleep patterns are often improved. • 1:1 support ensures better safety and stimulation.