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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments
Author(s): Quirke, Martin
Ostwald, Michael J
Fleming, Richard
Taylor, Mark
Williams, Anthony
Contact Email: martin.quirke@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Design
Architecture
Building
Dementia
Residential care
Environmental audit
Environment
Audit tool
Issue Date: 4-Oct-2021
Date Deposited: 22-Jul-2021
Citation: Quirke M, Ostwald MJ, Fleming R, Taylor M & Williams A (2021) Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments. Facilities, 39 (13/14), pp. 828-842. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-09-2020-0106
Abstract: Purpose The independence and well-being of people with dementia can be significantly influenced by the design of the physical environments around them. Several assessment tools exist to evaluate the dementia design quality of existing residential aged care facilities but, to date, none have been formally identified as suitable for use during the design process. This paper aims to examine the feasibility of re-purposing existing post-occupancy tools for use during the design process, while mapping the influence of design stages on resulting dementia design quality. Design/methodology/approach Literature searches identified audit tools for residential aged care settings. After reliability screening, three tools were analysed in-depth, mapping their suitability for use during the design process. Findings The study confirmed that existing tools can be re-purposed for design stage use and identified that early design stages have a larger influence on overall dementia design quality than previously thought. Research limitations/implications Non-English language publications were not reviewed. Searches may not have identified other existing audit tools for residential care environments. Practical implications The ability to assess proposals at key stages of design may help improve the dementia design quality of future residential aged care environments – potentially enhancing the lives of ever-larger numbers of people with dementia. Originality/value According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first known paper to consider formal design-stage evaluation of dementia design quality and the first to identify the relative influence of key stages of design on the resulting dementia design quality.
DOI Link: 10.1108/f-09-2020-0106
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