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Design for Aging

by David Hughes RIBA, Jeffrey Anderzhon FAIA, Stephen Judd PhD, Emi Kiyota PhD, Monique Wijnties BOT

Published by Wiley

Written by an international co-author team, this is a comprehensive book of at least 25 case studies of the best international contemporary examples of design for aging enviornments. Projects are in the United States, UK, Europe, Australia and Asia. The in-depth case studies examine the impact of good design on the programming for the elderly within each facility.

David Hughes BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA; Altrincham, UK

David is Managing Director for Pozzoni LLP. His specialisms lie in aged care design and his work has been honoured with a National Care Award from Pinders/Caring times in 2008. He is a frequent speaker at professional care conferences both in the UK and Internationally.

Jeffrey Anderzhon FAIA; Fairfax VA

Jeffrey is an architect specialising in environments for the elderly and Principal with Crepidoma Consulting in Fairfax, Virginia. He served as co-author for the AIA for its book 'Design for Aging Post Occupancy Evaluations' (Wiley 2007).

Monique Wijnties BOT; Utrecht, The Netherlands

Monique is a consultant at Aedes-Actiz Expertise Centre Housing-Care, a joint initiative of ActiZ (Dutch association for nursing homes and homecare) and Aedes (Dutch organization of housing associations). She is project manager of 'Zorg in Woningen' the online application for designing homes with insight in space required for personal care.

Dr Stephen Judd PhD; Sydney, Australia

Stephen is Chief Executive of HammondCare, an independent Australian Charity. HammondCare serves more than2,500 patients, residents and clients. Judd co-edited the book Design for Dementia (Hawkins, 1998)

Dr Emi Kiyota PhD; Germantown MD

Emi is an environmental research consultant to aged care providers both in the United States and internationally. Her consulting projects include aging communities in Sri Lanka, Ivory Coast, Switzerland and Germany as well as the United States.

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Designing Homes for People with Dementia

by Damian Utton BA(Hons) DipArch RIBA

Published by The Journal of Dementia Care

Good design helps to make the environment more understandable, resulting in huge benefits for everyone.

The 25 case studies illustrated in this book demostrate the principles of good design for people with dementia. The examples are drawn from nine countries across Northern Europe, North America and Australia.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone committed to improving the built environment for people with dementia: from chief executive officers and directors of service providers, through to officials from regulatory authorities, home managers and staff, architects and interior designers, as well as nursing, medical and related professions.

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Study Tours

In February 2010 David hughes, Senior Partner, undertook a study tour incorporating the USA, Australia and Japan looking at design for the Elderly around the world.

Read Davids blog here