INTERIOR DESIGN FOR DEMENTIA GUIDELINES
Our creative interior design for dementia guidelines provides you with the basis for a calm, thriving environment. We are passionate about helping homes offer a better service and atmosphere to care for individuals. People who live with dementia often need help to live their daily lives.
PRIORITISE PERSON-CENTRED CARE
To enable your environment and service, you need to ensure you consider your care delivery. The key considerations should be the provision of dignity and respect and creating a dementia-friendly environment.
Which, in commercial terms, for dementia-friendly environments. Essentially means good interior design, which will help to reduce slips, trips and falls:
- Your environment communicates how space improves residents’ quality of life.
- A good interior design results in greater staff efficiency.
- The care home is attractive to prospective purchasers and their relatives.
- The space planning must incorporate efficient use of space.
- A practical, well-designed home can improve occupancy rates.
- Small-scale care hubs, are favourable, providing personal care.
- Good tone and contrast.
- Familiar features and a homely style.
- Scope for involvement in ordinary domestic activities.
- Good signage and ‘visual cues’ and features.
- Provide well-lit, inviting entrances to the activity and day rooms.
- Additional separate social space for daytime activities.
INTERIOR DESIGN STANDARDS
The publication of National Minimum Standards which follows the Care Standards Act 2000 sets new requirements for designers and providers. The basic accommodation needs for people with dementia is the same as for other residents.
GOOD DESIGN FOR DEMENTIA GUIDELINES
- Meets the needs of disabled residents, with accessible .
- Maximises independence.
- Enhances self-esteem and confidence.
- Demonstrates staff care.
- Help orientate and understand the space.
- Clear visual access to day rooms – for residents and staff.
- Using materials, textures and objects of interest as cues for ‘sensing’ a route
- A friendly, modern reception area welcomes relatives and the local community.
- Provide attractive, comfortably furnished entrance foyers, public and semi-public sitting areas.
- We recommend the provision of a separate quiet room or sensory room to accommodate the control of stimuli.
INTERIOR DESIGN FOR DEMENTIA
We are knowledgeable about your Care home and dementia-centric interiors. We create dementia-friendly environments that motivate and energise your residents and carers alike. Our interior design for dementia is a client-focused process. We produce a fresh approach to your interior design project.
We trust this has given you a flavour for how Via interiors can help you. Our ability to design and deliver projects to the highest standards. For more information, please call us on 0845 643 68 65.