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| Human factors and environmental support in Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | N Charness, P Holley |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, supplement 1, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp S65-S73 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Informal care ; Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Cognitive ageing research suggests that environmental support can minimise memory failures in older people. Similarly, designers of housing for frail and dementing older populations try to provide prosthetic environments to support greater independence. The authors review some of these research issues and design practices from a human factors perspective. Early in the disease process, training approaches may be most effective, whereas later on there will need to be more reliance on effective design. They also suggest a framework for optimising design across stakeholders, and discuss some public policy issues. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010703210 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6: KE:YB3: 3A:6KC |
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