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Adding meaning
Meaningful activities are an excellent intervention for people with dementia. Why? They provide the opportunity for meaningful engagement, helping reduce loneliness and social isolation, reduce distressed behaviours, improve sleep, maintain / improve physical health and improve general well-being.
Signage & Wayfinding
The legibility of an environment is closely related to the visual information that is provided. For people with dementia, it is particularly important that the design of the signage not only highlights useful information but also, to avoid confusion, reduces the extent of non-critical and unhelpful information.
Resistance training to improve frailty in older adults
Resistance training in frail older adults is effective in delivering significant improvements in functional capacity and strength, according to a new study by the University of Stirling.
Welcome to the team!
DSDC is delighted to introduce to you three new team members; Dr Junjie Huang, Kanoko Oishi and Dai Kuichi.
Swedish Royal Visit
The King and Queen of Sweden paid a royal visit to the University of Stirling at the start of October to learn about its world-leading dementia research.
Knowing What To Say and How To Say It
A recent project, ‘Knowing what to say and how to say it’, focused on people’s experiences of talking about health issues, in particular deafness and dementia. The aim of the project was to understand how people felt discussing certain health issues; were they comfortable bringing up the subject(s) or were they more apprehensive.
One Small Change
At DSDC we believe every effort to improve quality of life for people living with dementia should be celebrated, no matter how big or small.
Mastering everyday technology
Periods of lockdown during the pandemic have meant considerable changes for many, including finding alternative ways to communicate with loved ones. Being unable to physically see friends, hug family and talk face-to-face with neighbours has resulted in finding new and inventive ways to maintain connection.
Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing
What we want and need is always changing, and those changes can become more noticeable as we get older. The DesHCA Project is exploring how people can adapt their homes to make them more supportive as they age.
Understanding the connection between Covid-19 and delirium
Delirium can be a sign of infection and/or some other form of ill-health in the frail elderly. Unfortunately these days we have yet another potential cause of delirium, COVID-19.
DSDC Design Assoicates, Australia
The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirsty Bennett, Debbie De Fiddes and Terri Preece as Design Associates to the DSDC Design Team; a multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers and designers with specialisms in dementia design.
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Art & Dementia, Trilogy of short films
Established in 2009 the Arts and Older People’s programme (AOP) is a partnership between the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI), the Baring Foundation and the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency. Focused on the promotion of social justice and alleviating isolation and loneliness; the AOP is aims to strengthen the voice of older people and promote their health and well-being through the arts. In 2019 the ACNI commissioned Sonrisa Solutions Ltd to produce a trilogy of three-minute films that distil key learning from the AOP with regards the arts and dementia.
Design training in Japan
Last month DSDC delivered design training for Tokyu E-Life Design Inc. & Mediva Inc., in Japan. The design training followed DSDC input into two projects developed by the Japanese organisations.
Transforming the deaf dementia experience
The British Deaf Association (BDA) have developed the project ‘Transforming the Deaf Dementia Experience’. The project is a community interest initiative supporting deaf people, and their carers, who are living with a diagnosis of dementia. Through the provision of accessible resources (also available in British Sign Language (BSL)) the project aims to promote a better understanding of dementia within the deaf community.
Products for dementia
World population is ageing and with that the profile of the 'end user' is changing too. Data from the World Population Prospects report (2017) estimates that the number of people over 60 will more than double by 2050; representing nearly a quarter of the world's population. Most notable is the increase in the oldest old (+80 years), which is expected to triple by 2050.
Moving in and out of extra care housing - the possibilities and practicalities for people living with dementia
Housing with care and support for people living with dementia is a hot topic. What is the best option, and when should a person living with dementia move from their own home to one where there is more support? There is no silver bullet – every person is different. But over the years some lessons have been learned.
Smart technologies in dementia care – future opportunities and challenges
Over the last several years, increasing attention is being paid to the potential that smart technologies can have in helping people with dementia.
Getting back home after a hospital admission
When older people are admitted to hospital as an emergency there is often a fear that they will not return home.
Evidence Based Design - Tapping into Research
The DSDC aims to ensure that the Iris Murdoch Building is regularly updated reflect the evidence base. Most recently a range dementia-friendly taps have been installed in our main male and female toilets.
Learning Disabilities and Dementia
Other than Down’s syndrome there is limited research around learning disabilities and dementia. With an increasing life expectancy of people with learning disabilities there is likely to be an increase in dementia prevalence for this group too. This could become a significant economic and health issue if the area remains under researched and the sector under prepared.