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Chris and Sally’s house: Adapting a home for people living with dementia (innovative practice)

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posted on 2019-10-08, 08:47 authored by Charlotte Jais, Sue HignettSue Hignett, William Halsall, David Kelly, Malcolm CookMalcolm Cook, Eef HogervorstEef Hogervorst
How can domestic housing be adapted to support people living with dementia staying in their own homes for as long as they choose? This paper describes the innovative practice of using evidence-based design personas in a building refurbishment project (Chris and Sally’s House) with a multidisciplinary team of architects, ergonomists, psychologists and experts. A 100 sqm Victorian two bedroom house was adapted to help educate house builders, carers and relatives on how to better support those living with dementia to live in their own home for longer. The design principles include clear sight lines, mobility support and provision for overnight carers.

Funding

Loughborough University Enterprise Project Group

Loughborough University Alumni

Halsall Lloyd Partners

Building Research Establishment

Rockwool

John Lewis

Akzo Nobel

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Dementia

Volume

20

Issue

2

Pages

770-778

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© The Authors

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This paper has been accepted for publication in the journal Dementia and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219887040. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference.

Acceptance date

2019-10-04

Publication date

2019-11-07

Copyright date

2021

ISSN

1471-3012

eISSN

1741-2684

Language

  • en

Depositor

Prof Sue Hignett

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