Environment/Design

  • Just another disability – designs on dementia

    The Glasgow 99 Year of Architecture and Design project Just Another Disability – Making Design Dementia Friendly has shown how proactive, thoughtful design can improve the lifestyle of people with dementia and their carers in many different environments. Robin Dick reports. Author/s: Robin Dick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to…...

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  • A sea-change at Kirklands

    Design to improve the environment of care can begin at a simple and affordable level. Anthea Innes explains how colours and themes transformed life for residents of an Anchor home in Cumbria. Author/s: Anthea Innes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...

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  • Reminiscence by recreation

    In an example of how simple measures can be taken to bring residents’ memories alive, care assistant Mary McIlwaine tells John Killick about her work in a residential home in Belfast. Author/s: Mary McIlwaine For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...

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  • The heart of the home – but how are kitchens used?

    In Australia, kitchens are now considered essential in helping create a more homely environment in low care residential dementia centres. Meredith Gresham conducted a survey of ten facilities in Sydney, New South Wales, to find out how the kitchens were being used. Author/s: Meredith Gresham For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...

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  • Exploring creative responses in housing and support

    Sylvia Cox and Jane Minter report on a review which aimed to discover more about what people with dementia need to live in the community, and how it can be provided, through case studies of successful solutions. Author/s: Sylvia Cox, Jane Minter For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right…....

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  • Dementia-friendly design guidelines

    In 1999 Glasgow will attract international interest as “City of Architecture and Design”. Fiona Rogan describes one project, dawing up guidelines on designing dementia. Author/s: Fiona Rogan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • The best of Swedish style

    Some fine examples of dementia care were witnessed by Errollyn Bruce and Tom Kitwood while in Sweden. Author/s: Errollyn Bruce, Tom Kitwood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Rediscovering the pleasure of bathing

    Angela Proudlock on the process of transforming a bathroom. Author/s: Angela Proudlock For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • How it helps to see dementia as a disability

    There is great potential for the design of a building to compensate for the disabilities of a person with dementia, writes Mary Marshall. She outlines internationally agreed principles and features of therapeutic buildings for dementia care. Author/s: Mary Marshall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...

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  • Jewels in the crown – shared principles, varied solutions

    Peter Phippen takes us on a whistle stop tour through some examples of good design for dementia in Australia and northern Europe. Author/s: Peter Phippen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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