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| Design and technology implications for the care of people with dementia | | Author(s) | Robin Burley |
| Journal title | In: Dementia in focus: research, care and policy into the 21st century; Centre for Policy on Ageing, Research into Ageing, 1998 |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 76-86 (CPA reports, 24) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Physical disabilities ; Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Housing Associations ; Edinburgh. |
| Annotation | Technology could do much to help us support older people in the community, such as work by Edinvar Housing Association in Edinburgh to make housing more comfortable and safer places to live. Examples are given of less confusing, more visible design being used in special purposes technology, which enable people with special needs to live `barrier free', independent lives. Use of technology also has the potential to help meet community care objectives, such as: reducing the handicapping effect of the built environment; reducing anxiety and safeguarding people from hazards and risks; compensating for physical and sensory impairments; assisting in maintaining a range of community contacts; monitoring people's health and welfare; providing communication with formal and informal carers; and assisting formal and informal carers to provide support and care. Technology could become the most important contribution to independent living at home for older people with disabilities in the next decade. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981109009 A |
| Classmark | EA: BN: KE:YB3: KKH: 9SD |
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