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Food for thought: How Ipswich Hospitals fake food shops are helping patients to remember
Ipswich Hospital makes fake grocery shops help dementia patients.
Ipswich Hospital is expanding its recreation of old-fashioned grocer’s shop fronts for their patients – particularly those with dementia - to trigger memories and conversations. The shop fronts are full of vintage groceries and products from the 50s and 60s.
Julie Sadler, a Senior Nurse for Dementia Care at Ipswich Hospital explains how it helps people to remember and reminisce.
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