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| Outdoor wayfinding in dementia | | Author(s) | Bart Sheehan, Elizabeth Burton, Lynne Mitchell |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 5, no 2, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 271-282 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Walking ; Pedestrian transport ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Accessibility. |
| Annotation | As part of a wider investigation of the public outdoor environment in dementia funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the authors investigated outdoor wayfinding in familiar public environments among people with early dementia and controls. Their aims were to investigate outdoor wayfinding performance of people with dementia, and which features of the outdoor environment are used in wayfinding by people with dementia. The authors observed 13 older subjects with confirmed dementia and 10 controls on outdoor walks. Two accompanying researchers recorded performance in wayfinding, built environment features and the use of these features in wayfinding. Results showed that people with dementia performed worse on wayfinding, even in familiar areas, but that they attended to similar features of the built environment and made equal use of features such as signs in wayfinding. Research that investigates the built environment for people with dementia is feasible and may help guide planning policies likely to enhance independent community living for this group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060609214 A |
| Classmark | EA: HSA: OE: DB: RH: 5CA |
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