When it feels like no-one cares…

Understanding dementia and behaviour is key to providing effective care. Less Distress uses behavioural science and digital care planning to identify patterns in behaviour, helping caregivers anticipate changes in behaviour before they lead to distress. By analysing environmental factors, routines, and triggers, our system provides real-time insights into what might be causing agitation, aggression, or withdrawal. This proactive approach allows care teams in resident and nursing homes to make timely adjustments, reducing the likelihood of crises and improving dementia care support.

Caring for a person with dementia can be challenging, especially when faced with dementia and aggression or resistance to care. Less Distress acts as a care management system, offering personalised strategies and step-by-step guidance to staff in care homes and community settings. Instead of relying solely on medication, carers are equipped with non-pharmacological interventions tailored to each individual’s care needs. We ensure caregivers feel confident, skilled, and supported in their role.

Dementia care should focus on reducing distress, not just reacting to it. Our approach using Less Distress helps caregivers understand what might changes in behaviour indicate, ensuring that unmet needs are addressed before they lead to distress. By implementing behaviour-based strategies, behaviour analysis principles have been evidenced to decrease incidents behaviour-related agitation, lower reliance on antipsychotic medication, and improve overall dementia care home costs by reducing staff burnout and crisis-driven interventions.

The future of dementia care requires innovative solutions that benefit both care providers and residents. By combining care home software, lived experience, and behavioural expertise, Less Distress helps organisations move away from outdated, reactive models of care. Our system not only enhances understanding dementia for caregivers but also supports care home owners and commissioners in delivering better outcomes, increasing care home efficiency, and ultimately improving quality of life for people with dementia.