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Access Association Conference on Dementia
The Access Association held a conference back in 2011 on Dementia. For information there were three speakers, namely;
Janet Bell who runs Springmount Residential home in Bradford and is nationally recognised for the positive environment she creates for residents without the use of anti-psychotic drugs. She spoke in detail about the attention to outdoor space.
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AGE UK Book: Improving later life. Understanding the oldest old
Age UK have become increasingly aware of the importance of the group often called the 'oldest old', those in their mid 80s upwards. They found that not only is there a need for more research on this growing section of society, there is also need for a clear summary of the evidence.
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Ageing Brains and Ageing Minds
Dr Siobhan MacAndrew, Abertay University, is making the next cafe science presentation in Dundee. Looks very interesting , we will be there.
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Dr Siobhan MacAndrew, Abertay University
'My brain might be 70 years old but who I really am isn't'
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An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia
A great Dutch precedent for the design of care environments. This is a very interesting concept. A care enviroment for people with dementia designed to be like a village.
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British Heart Foundation guidance on physical activity in older adults
The British Heart Foundation provide health and social care professionals with information, guidance and support to raise the profile of physical activity for older adults and to improve the health, independence and quality of life for all older adults
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Computers are changing our lives, how do we respond as a society?
How does Society get to grips with the reality of a changing world where there is an exponential growth of computer power (doubling every two years) and the profound societal changes unleashed as a consequence? Developments in artificial intelligence and the impact on jobs dependent on human characteristics such as caring, empathy, creativity and imagination.
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Conversations between care home staff and people with dementia
Social interaction is crucial to wellbeing (Scrutton & Creighton, 2015) but a series of observational studies over the past 20 years (for example, Burgio et al., 2001, Ward et al., 2008) have demonstrated that many people with dementia living in care homes have very limited opportunities to interact with other people.
- care homes
- social interaction
- wellbeing
- dementia
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Could co-design potentially influence the adoption of wearables?
Could co-design potentially influence the adoption of wearables?
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Denmark using technology to reduce running costs in care environments
The use of robotic cleaners is just one part of a transformation in care happening in Denmark as described by Richard Orange in his Guardian Article. The swap from carers to trainers who help older people find ways to look after themselves is a more controversial money saving measure.
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design with the blind in mind
Changes in our senses as we age can really change how we interact with architecture. Interesting insights from a blind practicing architect.
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Designed for Dementia - St Luke's hospital Bradford
The whole of the public areas of St Luke's hospital underwent a redesign specifically to support people with dementia. The refurbishment opened in 2014.
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Dog ownership in later life, a great way to keep active
Research funded by the Chief Scientist's Office and led by BESiDE's Professor Marion McMurdo with colleagues in the Universities of St. Andrews and Newcastle, looked at the link between owning a dog in later life and keeping active.
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Good practice Guide for the design of homes and living spaces for people with dementia and sight loss
The sight loss charity, Thomas Pocklington Trust and the University of Stirling, have created new guidelines for space desgin for the specific population with both Demenita and Sight loss.
These guidlines are based on a rigouous evidence base and have been correlated with industry experts opinions.
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Good practice in the design of homes and living spaces for people with dementia and sight loss - Thomas Pocklington Trust
This study, funded and published by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, was carried out at the University of Stirling. It consists of a literature review of 33 existing studies followed by interviews with 19 residents, 10 care staff and 8 key experts.
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Help for those visiting relatives with Dementia
As BESiDE had found visiting is an important part of Care Home life; however, it can be difficult for the visitor especially if the resident has dementia.
Rachel Johnstone and Parents and Families.com have produced an encouraging guide to help people who know people with dementia.
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Helping interpret physical activity recommendations for older people
This informative guide from the British Heart Foundation is designed to inform all involved with helping older people, achieve their potential through physical activity.
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How societies can grow old better
The Built Environment and Digital Economy is only one aspect of how a culture can include the ageing population. This is an interesting talk on how different societies deal with ageing.
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INNOVATE - Assessing Social Innovation which support active and healthy ageing
This FP7 project which is just coming to an end finished with a final conference presenting the work of the last three years. They presented developments and assesments of social innovation that have a solid impact on improving the quality of life and well-being of older people. Videos of all the presentations are available online.
INNOVAGE Presentations
- social innovation
- Ageing
- lifeling wellbeing
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Is an age simulation suit a good idea?
Michelle Hanson at The Guardian might have a point here, our researchers are working with older people in real world situations trying to uncover narratives of their lives and the challenges and rewards they receive from their built environment.
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Learning for Care Homes from Alternative Residential Care Settings
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published a report by Liz Burtney et al. reviewing lessons learned from the delivery of care in residential services for children and young people, residential services and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and hospice care, and applying these to the provision of care for older people.
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multi-morbidity and the guideline menace
Prof Marion McMurdo gives a stirring presentation asking us to reconsider the dominance of guidance documentation and the role of specialists and generalists in providing the best service to older patients.
Dundee Grand rounds is an weekly medical seminar series held at Ninewells hospital. It is open to all.
- multi-morbidity
- health
- medicine
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My Home Life @Ten Years On
A briefing on the current Care Home landscape in Scotland and some of the implications for future policy and practice developement along with implications for the Care Home population and care work.
- Care Homes in Scotland
- policy
- practice development
- Quality of life in Care Homes
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Positive Attitudes to Ageing among Older Adults
This Scottish work led by Dr Susan Shenkin uses data from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 to explore attitudes to ageing in a group of healthy, community dwelling older people who have had demographic, physical, cognitive, social and mood parameters already collected.
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Reasons for Care home Research
There are plenty of challenges to researching in care homes but plenty of rewards as well. For the residents and homes as well as for the researchers.
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Research Impact on Policy
This article was shared on the UK Government's Department for International Development website, and originaly published in the capacity.org journal. It identifies some of the challenges facing researches with an ambition to impact on policy as well as a description of a strategy that has worked and an idea of the level of investment needed to achieve this.
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Scottish Academy call to treat inactivity as seriously as smoking
Interesting idea - G.P.'s promoting health! The evidence is that there is greater impact if advice comes from a doctor. Simple.
- Health promotion
- Health and Social Care
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Sharing decision making and listening to your community in renovation projects
An article on the My Home Life website describes the experiences of upgrading a large residential and nursing home for older people.
''Early on we started to look at what we could change, and how. We consulted residents, their families and the wider community, not only about the building, but residential care more broadly''
- renovation
- older people
- community
- wellbeing
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Simple Sock sensor
This 15 year old had had great success through Google's Science Fair scheme with his sensor.
The thin film senor mounted on a sock solves a real problem for him and many other carers of people with Alzheimer’s - It provides a reliable alert when the person step out of bed. This provides a sensitive and functional management technique for nighttime wandering
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Special Needs Housing
Recent examples of special needs and elderly housing designed by Collective Architecture.
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The Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland
The Scottish Government and COSLA convened a Ministerial Task Force on Residential Care for Older People in Scotland, with a specific objective of examining at a strategic level the key purpose and desired structure of residential care services fit for the aspirations and needs of future generations.
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The Most Inactive Older People Make Biggest Health Gains from Very Small Iincreases In Physical Activity
Research over the last decade has shown how sedentary behaviour (too much sitting) increases the risk of chronic diseases and ill health. There is now a clear need to reduce prolonged sitting, especially amongst the most inactive people who have most to gain, and for whom modest gains in mobility and muscle strength can lead to increases in physical function and more independence.
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The Scottish Universities Insight Institute presents its report on understanding,measuring and promoting wellbeing at Dundee University
The Scottish Universities Insight Institute supports programmes of knowledge exchange which address and provide insights on substantial issues that face Scotland and the world, by breaking down disciplinary and organisational barriers and bringing together academics from different backgrounds with policymakers and practitioners.Some of their previous programmes include, Flourish-personhood and
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Thinking of Installing a platform lift? - Things to consider
This short article by Jane Simpson, and published by the RIBA, highlights all the considerations which should be addressed when choosing to specifiy a lift or platform lift.
- Access
- Lift
- Vertical Circulation
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Webinars from Dementia Action Alliance
Dementia Action Alliance is currently running a free webinar programme centred around Dementia friendly care and design.
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Why smart cities need to start at home.
Smart use of sensors does really help improve the quality of life for ageing people in Norway.
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Would this help to make care home life more like normal life?
The College of Occupational Therapists have published a tool kit for promoting the following of everyday meaningfull patterns of behaviour in care homes.
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