From gentle humour, happy children and appealing animals to musical interaction, nostalgia, the natural world and much more, each highly visible short scene taps into the emotional memory and can be enjoyed again and again by anyone living with dementia or memory loss.
Based on research by dementia experts, Recognii taps into parts of the emotional memory that can remain intact. It can be enjoyed again and again by anyone living with dementia or memory loss.
Key benefits:
- Over an hour of gentle viewing fun
- Regularly changing scenes to engage
- No dialogue or complex storylines
- Well-known music and song soundtrack
- High contrast visuals for easier recognition
- Designed for short attention spans
- Fun sound effects
- Includes 4 BONUS features
Bonus Features
In addition to the hour-long film, Treasure Box also includes a series of four bonus features with a variety of applications for viewers and carers:
Interactive Singalong
Well-known songs from the DVD together in a special feature ideal for group singsongs or karaoke sessions! Easy to read lyrics provide visual prompts while the simple musical arrangements and friendly female vocals encourage viewer participation.
Multisensory Soothe Booth
Multi-sensory stimulation can be helpful in reducing agitation, restlessness and anxiety and promoting relaxation. Our multi-sensory booth contains soothing and evocative sights and sounds taken from the natural world and British heritage including soft waves on a beach, summer birdsong, crunching autumn leaves and a steam train chugging along the tracks.
Children and Animal Favourites
Many with later stage dementia take joy and comfort from smiling children and appealing animals. This segment is a specially edited collection of all the children and animals from the DVD, set to uplifting, toe-tapping music.
Stars of the Silver Screen
Memories from childhood and early adulthood can be easier to recall. This is a chance for viewers to reminisce about stars of yesteryear and see how many they can remember. Iconic black and white photographs of famous faces from the 40s, 50s and 60s set to a stirring cinematic soundtrack.
The Concept
Recognii is a specially formulated entertainment DVD aimed at people with moderate to advanced stage Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia, and specifically those who are no longer able to follow or enjoy regular TV programming or have trouble with concentration.
It is designed to bring safe, engaging and gentle ‘in the moment’ entertainment to people living with dementia and respite to their care givers.
The DVD is ‘plot-free’ and features an hour-long series of short clips set to upbeat music, well-known songs, and fun, surprising sound effects. Each clip has been designed to be highly visually engaging, provoke laughter, spark gentle recognition or encourage musical interaction. It seeks purely to entertain rather than improve or maintain cognitive function.
Content
Recognii features a mixture of moving and still photographic clips typically comprising children, animals, nature, abstract patterns and shapes, iconic scenes, people and places, gentle comedy, puppet sketches, interactive singalong segments, nostalgia and other content appropriate to the age profile, life experiences and interests of the viewer. The soundtrack comprises well-loved, familiar songs, classical music and toe-tapping tunes.
Visual Adaption
The content has been specially created to accommodate the very specific visual and hearing perception problems experienced by many with dementia. These can include blurred vision, the loss of peripheral vision, problems with depth and 3D perception, reduced sensitivity to colour contrast and saturation, visual hallucinations/disturbance and others.
Designed for short attention spans
People living with significant dementia may often suffer from apathy (defined as the inability to proactively seek self-engagement) as well as difficulty maintaining concentration and focus. Each Recognii clip is designed to contrast strongly from the last, both in terms of content, visual style, colour and tempo, in order to ‘surprise’ short attention spans back to the screen. Deliberately slow transitions signal the beginning and end of each clip, allowing for sensory readjustment.
