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Pioneering tool to support design of dementia friendly spaces

|Date: 20 September, 2022

Pioneering tool to support design of dementia friendly spaces

Experts from the University of Stirling have created a new tool to support families, businesses and profe ...

Experts from the University of Stirling have created a new tool to support families, businesses and professionals to make homes, premises and public places more accessible to an ageing population and ...

20 September, 2022
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New petition launches to action Grenfell Inquiry recommendations for PEEPs

|Date: 17 June, 2022

New petition launches to action Grenfell Inquiry recommendations for PEEPs

Disability Rights UK, Clad Dag and Grenfell United have launched a petition calling on the Government to ...

Disability Rights UK, Clad Dag and Grenfell United have launched a petition calling on the Government to implement the Grenfell Inquiry recommendation on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs). T ...

17 June, 2022
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AKW | Dementia-approved bathrooms

|Date: 4 January, 2022

AKW | Dementia-approved bathrooms

Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at AKW, a leading provider of accessible home solutions, d ...

Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at AKW, a leading provider of accessible home solutions, discusses the launch of a new guide that will help housing associations create more dementia-fri ...

4 January, 2022
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Specialist dementia bathroom design guide launched by AKW

|Date: 22 September, 2021

Specialist dementia bathroom design guide launched by AKW

AKW, a leading provider of accessible home solutions, has launched a new guide to creating dementia-frien ...

AKW, a leading provider of accessible home solutions, has launched a new guide to creating dementia-friendly bathrooms. Produced with advice and support from specialist dementia design advisers at the ...

22 September, 2021
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Altro | Seeing as others see is key to designing for dementia

|Date: 17 September, 2021

Altro | Seeing as others see is key to designing for dementia

With ever-growing numbers of people affected by dementia, there is expanding evidence showing the impact ...

With ever-growing numbers of people affected by dementia, there is expanding evidence showing the impact of the physical environment on their wellbeing. Whilst legislation sets out design principles; ...

17 September, 2021
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Special Report | Colour schemes to support people living with dementia

|Date: 12 August, 2021

Special Report | Colour schemes to support people living with dementia

Andrew Cleaver, Healthcare Sector Manager at Dulux Trade, explains how colour can be used to support peop ...

Andrew Cleaver, Healthcare Sector Manager at Dulux Trade, explains how colour can be used to support people living with dementia in a home or healthcare environment. Dementia is a growing challenge ac ...

12 August, 2021
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Dulux Trade takes action with launch of new design support for dementia care living spaces

|Date: 20 May, 2021

Dulux Trade takes action with launch of new design support for dementia care living spaces

Dulux Trade is furthering its commitment to provide colour and design support to enable the step-change n ...

Dulux Trade is furthering its commitment to provide colour and design support to enable the step-change necessary in the provision of environments for an ageing UK population and supporting people liv ...

20 May, 2021
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Maximising fire safety for social tenants with dementia

|Date: 18 May, 2021

Maximising fire safety for social tenants with dementia

As part of 2021’s Dementia Action Week, Claire O’Meara, National Account Director at FireAngel, shares ho ...

As part of 2021’s Dementia Action Week, Claire O’Meara, National Account Director at FireAngel, shares how technology can help safeguard tenants with dementia. Dementia affects over 800,000 people in ...

18 May, 2021
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Stirling researchers to transform housing design for dementia

|Date: 11 March, 2021

Stirling researchers to transform housing design for dementia

Experts at the University of Stirling are leading a major new research project — with the support of inte ...

Experts at the University of Stirling are leading a major new research project — with the support of international partners including the dementia care foundation established by the Queen of Sweden — ...

11 March, 2021
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Stirling experts grant gold accreditation to public building in world first

|Date: 21 January, 2020

Stirling experts grant gold accreditation to public building in world first

The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) has awarded its internationally ...

The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) has awarded its internationally recognised dementia design Gold accreditation to a new community hub facility in Warrington — t ...

21 January, 2020
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