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Supportive living environments
— a first concept of a dwelling designed for older adults with dementia | | Author(s) | Joost van Hoof, Helianthe S M Kort |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 8, no 2, May 2009 |
| Pages | pp 293-316 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Housing [elderly] ; Assistive technology ; Architectural design ; Design ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The vast majority of older adults want to remain living independently at home, with or without a sufficient amount of professional home care, even when overall health is starting to decline. The ageing of society and the increase in the number of the very old goes together with an increase in the number of people with dementia. About two-thirds of the diagnosed people in the Netherlands live at home. Dementia has severe implications for the quality of life, in particular to independent functioning. This sets extra demands to living environments. Older people with dementia and their partners ask for living environments that support independence, compensate for declining vitality, and lower the burden of family care. For this purpose, this paper presents a first concept of a design for a dementia dwelling which incorporates modifications in terms of architecture, interior design, the indoor environment, and technological solutions. These design features were derived from literature search and focus group sessions. Current design guidelines are frequently based on practical experience only, and therefore, more systematic field research should be carried out to find evidence for the various design modifications. Also, it needs to be studied how the design features of the dementia dwelling can be incorporated into the existing housing stock. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090702206 A |
| Classmark | EA: KE: M: YB3: 33: 76H |
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