Sensory Lights for Dementia

Our Sensory Lights for Dementia

At Experia, we offer a range of sensory lights for dementia. 

Our fibre optic products are tactile as well as visually stimulating, providing a positive multisensory experience. Thanks to the use of LED lights, they’re completely safe to the touch and can be lifted, moved and stroked. 

Bubble tubes are ideal sensory lights for dementia, slowly cycling through colours while bubbles steadily rise up the tube. We also have bubble walls available, perfect for when space is at a premium.

For more focused lighting, light spreaders can bathe an entire room in colour, while projectors can offer natural landscapes and other scenes that can help to calm and even promote memory formation and recall.

Sensory Lighting Tips

Some typical things to avoid in sensory lights for dementia include:

• Overly-bright, overhead lighting

• Flashing lights

• Lights that move very quickly

These can confuse or overstimulate those with dementia when the goal is to calm or engage them. Instead, look for:

• Softer lighting, perhaps using a dimmer switch or coloured lens.

• Slow-moving lights – rather than being confusing, these can be mesmerising and soothing. 

• Light refraction, so long as the light isn’t moving quickly or flashing.

Have a look at our previous blog post exploring five tools to help support dementia patients for more handy tips on supporting those with dementia. 

If you’re creating your own sensory room or need sensory lights for dementia, please get in touch today. Our friendly, expert team can help guide you towards products suited to your users, and we even offer a free sensory room design service! For more tips on caring for someone with dementia, please see our blog.