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Improving environments — new tools for the job
Author(s)	Abigail Masterson, Sarah Waller, Maxine Grisley
Journal title	Journal of Dementia Care, vol 21, no 4, July/August 2013
Publisher	Hawker, July/August 2013
Pages	pp 20-22
Source	www.hawkerpublications.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Architectural design ; Nursing homes ; Hospital services ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The authors explain a new set of tools to audit and improve care environments for people with dementia which have been developed by the King's Fund as part of the Enhancing Healing Environment (EHE) programme. The tool is divided into seven criteria, whereby the environment promotes: meaningful interaction between patients, their families and staff; well-being; mobility; continence and independence; orientation; and calm and security. For another criteria, the environment encourages eating and drinking. The article reports the findings of survey which reviewed the tool's first year of use. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-130712232 A
Classmark	EA: YB3: LHB: LD: 4C
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