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The practical elements of creating dementia friendly environments

The practical elements of creating dementia friendly environments “Improving the environment of care for people with dementia”. Danielle Woods Dementia Project Manager Shane Embleton Project Manager Estates Design Services. The Bradford approach to dementia friendly environments.

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The practical elements of creating dementia friendly environments

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  1. The practical elements of creating dementia friendly environments “Improving the environment of care for people with dementia”

  2. Danielle Woods Dementia Project Manager Shane Embleton Project Manager Estates Design Services Better Medicine Better Health

  3. The Bradford approach to dementia friendly environments • Provide a patient friendly environment with dignified comfortable spaces • Improve the positive experience & confidence of care for all our patients, their carers & Trust staff, with an emphasis on • A “welcome”…..clear wayfinding & signage • Use of colour & light • Meaningful art and design • Evaluate your spaces and engage with patients, carers, support groups and front line staff Better Medicine Better Health

  4. Refurbishment of circulation spaces of our main outpatient hospital Key aims Rationalise & de-clutter wayfinding signage Provide a welcoming & positive environment Use artwork, sculpture and other visual cues to support wayfinding and ‘things to discover’ and interact with Completely relocate the reception desk to the high traffic entrance area New public toilets adjacent a new help desk New and redeveloped garden / seating spaces Our current project Better Medicine Better Health

  5. Improve the positive experience & confidence of care for all our patients, their carers & Trust staff Project Aims WELCOME Better Medicine Better Health

  6. Provide a patient friendly environment with dignified comfortable spaces externally Project Aims Better Medicine Better Health

  7. Provide a patient friendly environment with dignified comfortable spaces internally Project Aims Better Medicine Better Health

  8. Improve the positive experience & confidence of care for all our patients, their carers & Trust staff Project Aims Better Medicine Better Health

  9. Improve the positive experience & confidence of care for all our patients, their carers & Trust staff Project Aims Better Medicine Better Health

  10. Improve the positive experience & confidence of care for all our patients, their carers & Trust staff Project Aims Better Medicine Better Health

  11. Use of Colour Better Medicine Better Health

  12. Evaluate your spaces and consult Better Medicine Better Health

  13. Key discussions held with patients, staff, carers & community groups to ensure we get it right Consultees included:- In-patients, Out-patients, carers & visitors Trust Staff Alzheimers’ Society Carers Resource MeriYaadain – South Asian dementia support group Consultations Better Medicine Better Health

  14. Better Medicine Better Health

  15. The practical elements of creating dementia friendly environments “Improving the environment of care for people with dementia”

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