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Dementia Design Trends for 2018
Posted on Wed 28th Feb, 2018 in: Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Friendly Products, Healthcare Projects
Contrasting colours, landmarks and a homely feel Barbour has recently published an article on interior design trends for 2018 across key sectors such as retail, hospitality and healthcare (see it here). The section on design for dementia reads as follows: A rapid increase in cases of dementia has led to the importance of interior design for dementia patients. Whether this be in h...
New Vision shortlisted for innovation award
Posted on Fri 9th Feb, 2018 in: Dementia Friendly Products, General News
We’re delighted to reveal that we have been shortlisted for the Federation of Small Business (FSB) Celebrating Small Business awards in the Business & Product Innovation category. The awards showcase the best small businesses in the country. We have been included in the Yorkshire & Humber regional awards and winners from all regions will go forward to the national awards in May. We ...
Challenge Dementia launches to find next-generation products to help people living with dementia
Posted on Wed 31st Jan, 2018 in: Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Friendly Products, General News
A prize fund of £100,000 is being offered to allow new products to be developed that allow people with dementia to retain connections with their existing lives and to remain independent for longer. Challenge Dementia has been launched by Essex County Council as a UK-wide initiative open to individuals, teams and companies to come up with products, ideas or services that could help people wit...
Making care homes future proof for dementia
Posted on Wed 6th Dec, 2017 in: Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Friendly Products
The case for making all areas dementia friendly, not just the dementia units Recently we read this comment from Bryon Chappell who is the regional area manager for Impey, a shower manufacturer that specialises in equipment for people with disabilities and care needs. He spoke about fitting out care homes for people living with dementia and said: “Due to the progressive nature of dementia, ...
Applying dementia design theories in care homes
Posted on Tue 5th Dec, 2017 in: Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Friendly Products
Principles apply across all areas of care home design It’s true to say that the principles of good design remain constant, whatever the application so we were interested to read this article on the Building Better Healthcare website that looks at designing dementia friendly bathrooms. So many of the principles that we work hard to adhere to in our dementia friendly signage and other dementi...
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