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Unexpected Fabrics for Care and Dementia Design
New furnishing fabric collections are usually brought to the international market-place bi-annually. The same cannot be said for the dementia sector.
Don’t Lose The Style In Safety
The three key questions to use when designing for these environments are:
1. Does it feel like a home?
2. Is the product safe and comply with all safety regulations?
3. Does the product have longevity?
Putting The Ergonomics Into Care
Using different styles, heights and depths of chairs in one space can give a resident a lot of choice. The variety will give the resident at least one comfortable seat to place themselves in for an afternoon’s nap.
Japanese Care Design Lessons
I was fortunate enough to enjoy a lengthy sabbatical in the Land of The Rising Sun, and of course took the opportunity to visit many care homes.
Resident Choice for the Third Age
Consider for a moment the situations in which adults cannot choose their own environment.
A Measure of Success
The necessity for colour contrast is a well-established principle within the sector; how to assess it remains unclear to many practitioners.
We welcome your contribution to ThirdAge.Design
You can write your own blog or submit evidence-based information and images, and we will compile the article and send it back to you for sign-off. Any images will require authority to be used on our site. The purpose of ThirdAge.Design is to share information of this type and your valuable input is encouraged. You will be credited!
The most effective blogs result from: 1) identifying a problem, 2) saying how you’ve approached it, and 3) the outcome.
NB: It’s essential that you obtain permission or any necessary clearances required for images that you post on the thirdage.design website. We request that any such images illustrate or support the point you wish to share.