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| Designing dementia nursing and residential care homes | | Author(s) | Karim Hadjri, Verity Faith, Maria McManus |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 20, no 5, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 322-340 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Architectural design ; Physical environment ; Standards of provision ; Northern Ireland. |
| Annotation | The design of nursing and residential care homes for people with dementia in Northern Ireland was appraised using the design audit checklist developed by the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC). Postal questionnaires based on the DSDC essential design criteria were sent to facility managers. Questionnaire analysis aimed to establish the level of compliance with these criteria to achieve a dementia-friendly home, and to ascertain whether there are any noticeable differences between nursing homes and residential care homes. The study identified the types of homes that were seen as failing to meet most of the DSDC design criteria, particularly which criteria are not met according to their managers. Results from this sample suggest that nursing homes align better with DSDC criteria than do residential care homes. The study concludes that the majority of managers perceive their care homes to meet more than 50% of the essential criteria, with just over 5% percent below the 50% mark. Given that this study used postal questionnaires, more research is needed to validate results. More attention to dementia-friendly building design needs to be taken into consideration by residential care homes; and more improvement would still be required by nursing homes not meeting all criteria. This study highlights the importance of dementia-friendly building design and the requirements for more care in designing and fitting care environments for people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026064 A |
| Classmark | EA: LHB: KW: YB3: R: 583: 9Y |
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