I thought the Dementiaville care home was lovely, but the people featured seemed mainly in early dementia. The care home guy was great with 'John' but how many care homes can afford for one worker to take one guy on an outing every week? Or was it in his own spare time?
I wondered about that too, with 30 residents that's quite a commitment of one person's time. I hope all the other residents get that much 1-2-1 attention. Also wondered what other problems 'John' had; on the basis of what we saw I was a bit surprised that he was in residential care but I'm sure there must be a reason. What did strike me was how much it helped that a number of the residents were still quite physically capable so it was easier to take them out and do things with them in the home itself.
So there a few caveats, but I was impressed with the respect and dignity shown to everyone.