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| Sensory and movement-led approach to design for Elderly Severely Mentally Ill units | | Author(s) | Martin Habell |
| Journal title | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, vol 120, no 1, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 34-41 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Confusion ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Therapy ; Nursing homes ; Architectural design ; Policy. |
| Annotation | The evolution of a design embodying the alliance of movement to sensory stimulus for confused and Alzheimer's disease (AD) sufferers is outlined by an architect in his account of work on an Elderly Severely Mentally Ill (ESMI) unit under Private Finance Initiative (PFI) rules. Previous papers by the author recorded the development of elderly care nursing units that sought to use the planning of circulation as a means of providing stimulation for patients. The results demonstrated a therapeutic value for this approach. In the latest version for ESMI, the concept has been taken further with the creation of a "memory trail" that provides a choice of routes with organised points of interest containing stimulus for the senses in order to trigger memory. This is seen as beneficial not only for patients, but also provides a positive role for relatives in escorting and planning the "journey". The paper records how the design amended the original brief by the participation of user groups re-evaluating the requirements of discussion and visits to earlier versions of this approach. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000518205 A |
| Classmark | EA: EDC: DB: LO: LHB: YB3: QAD |
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