Dementia Friendly Hospitals from a Universal Design Approach
- Type of resource: Guideline
- Keywords: dementia friendly hospitals, universal design, dementia inclusive design, dementia inclusive design principles
- Languages: English
- Country: Ireland
- Region: European Region (EUR)
- Publication year: 2018
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Research examined how the physical hospital environment might provide a better experience for people with dementia, and how hospitals can be designed to enable family members and carers to provide support for the person with dementia throughout their visit to the hospital. It underpins these guidelines to provide detailed guidance in relation to dementia specific design issues and the Universal Design of dementia friendly hospitals.
The aim is that the Dementia Friendly Hospitals Guidelines from a Universal Design Approach will inform national policy and be used in practice by all practitioners – those who commission, design, build, provide and occupy hospitals. If new hospitals or alterations to existing hospitals are built in line with a Universal Design Dementia Friendly approach, they will reduce environmental stress, provide supports, and contribute to more healthful and therapeutic spaces; in so doing, dementia friendly hospitals from a Universal Design approach help people by creating natural supportive hospital environments. This approach will also support family members and carers to sustain the caring relationship, particularly if these carers are older people, or a person with a disability.
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