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The need for orientation aids in a Care Home setting

Posted by Peter Rose on

Awareness of the importance of sensory cues should prompt us to actively employ them as a means to reinforce way-finding and orientation in otherwise unfamiliar places.

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The value of Resident Focused Informed Design

Posted by Peter Rose on

"Dementia Care Homes can and should be better places to live, work and visit."

"One thing that's been invaluable is our set of Essential Design Principles. Consistently observed, they've been reliable time and time again when applied to the dozens of effective and widely used dementia-specific designs I've created over the last decade."

Using what we refer to as Resident Focused Informed Design (RFID) we're applying these Design Principles to effect really positive change on care home environments as a whole, and they're free to download here for anyone who wants to use them.

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Social care system 'at the point of crisis'

Posted by Peter Rose on

There are concerns over the financial state of care homes with many being paid less by local authorities than is needed to deliver care. 

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