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Tag Archives: Outdoor Spaces
Building Age-Friendly Cities (Houses of Parliament Library POST Note PN 539)
Summary A recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) note on “Creating age friendly cities” considers the challenges involved in making cities more “age-friendly”. It examines how housing, transport and outdoor spaces etc. might be re-designed to promote independence … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Dementia Green Care Handbook: Therapeutic Design and Practice (Safehouse / Housing LIN)
Summary This document covers the therapeutic use of gardens, gardening and the general design and therapeutic uses of outdoor spaces for people with dementia. The “Dementia Green Care Handbook” presents insights from Chalfont Design and their partners; including Age Concern Central Lancashire, NHS Central Lancashire … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age Concern Central Lancashire, Agitation, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Better Care Homes, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care Homes, Central Lancashire, Chalfont Design, Comfortable Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Day Centres, Dementia Green Care Handbook, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Developing Dementia-Friendly Environment In Intermediate / Sub Acute Care in Community Hospital Sites, Distressed Behaviour, Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), Enriched Environments, Environment, Environmental Design, Environmental Improvements, Ethos of Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens, HICA Group, Improving the Environment of Care for People with Dementia in the General Outpatient Department of Darlington Memorial Hospital, NHS Central Lancashire, Outdoor Spaces, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Residential Care Homes, Safe Environments, Supportive Environments, Therapeutic Design and Practice
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