Design for Dementia.
Citation Summary:
A co-authored, tripartite publication series, Design for Dementia (Vol 1 &2 in 2015 and Vol 3 in 2018), supported by Contextual Information, e.g., a co-authored Chapter in ‘Dementia Care: A Practical Approach’ (Routledge, 2016). Research leading to the development, build and monitoring of the Building Research Establishment Trust Dementia-friendly demonstration house (2018).
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Liverpool John Moores University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
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- 32RGM1
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- T - Other
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- Multiple
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- Multi Component Output
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
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- 2014
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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5 - City Lab
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- Additional information
- This research builds upon and extends a forty years collaboration between Macdonald and professional architect, Halsall. It made their archive of unique, Liverpudlian, co-designed housing projects publicly available. ‘Design for Dementia’ volume 1 (2015) describes the research context, approach and design whilst volume 2 (2015) records the data collection, analysis and conclusions from ‘Innovate Dementia’, a 3-year EU-funded INTERREG IVB project at LJMU with Mersey Care NHS Trust and partners in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. The books published data and cumulative findings from a designed series of Living Labs (Dementia Friendly Neighbourhood; Dementia Friendly City; Connecting Minds through Sandplay; and Design for Dementia Bungalow), which constituted innovative methodologies for involving people living with dementia with stakeholders (health professionals, academics and carers). In conjunction with Dementia Action Alliance and the Service Users Reference Forum, the research co-designed homes and neighbourhoods to support occupants at every stage of their lives. This was the first time this approach was employed in relation to mental health. Publication led to MacDonald securing Royal Institute of British Architects funding in 2016, to investigate the international design response to dementia (Japan, Holland, Finland), leading to Volume 3 (2018). MacDonald’s research publications, including the co-authored Chapter in ‘Dementia Care: A Practical Approach’ (2016), were key drivers for the development, with support from the Building Research Establishment Trust, of a collaboration between BRE, Loughborough University, Halsall Lloyd Partnerships and LJMU to build a dementia-friendly demonstration home (opened July 2018). This is to showcase how people with the condition can live independently for longer. The home was exhibited at the FutureBuild Exposition 2019 in London. The research imperative only grows ever more pressing: it is predicted that there will be one million people with dementia in the UK by 2025, with 75% continuing to live in their own homes.
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