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Title Designing outdoor spaces for people with dementia / Annie Pollock, Mary Marshall (editors)
Published Greenwich, N.S.W. : HammondPress and DSDC, 2012
Greenwich, NSW : HammondPress, 2012

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 MELB  362.19683 Pol/Dos  AVAILABLE
Description 227 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
Contents Part I: Why the outdoors is important: 1. Perspectives from people with dementia and relatives / Alec Lindsay, John Killick, Fay Godfrey & two carers -- 2. Going outside is essential for health and welbeing / Annie Pollock & David McNair -- Case study 1: The Living Garden at the Family Life Centre / Clare Cooper Marcus -- Part 2: Civil liberty and cultural considerations: 3. Going out - rights and responsibilties / Donald Lyons -- Case study 2: The gardens at Plaisir Villa Ichikawa / Yuji Okubo -- 4. Being outside 'down under' / Stephen Judd -- Case study 3: Werruna: Creating an appropriate environment for rural Australians living with dementia / Peter Birkett -- 5. Culturally appropriate design of outdoor spaces / Kirsty Bennett -- Case study 4: Haugmotun Sensory Garden: a therapeutic garden for people with dementia / Ellen-Elisabeth Grefsrod & Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
Part 3: Design guidance: 6. Site and climate consideration / Annie Pollock, Richard Pollock, Clifford McClenaghan; consultant Fan Wang -- 7. Dementia-friendly neighbourhoods - a step in the right direction / Lynne Mitchell & Elizabeth Burton -- Case study 5: Back porch garden / Jack Carman -- 8. Design principles that apply to all outdoor spaces / Clare Cooper Marcus, Mary Marshall, Annie Pollock, Richard Pollock -- Case study 6: Sydenham Court / Clifford McClenaghan & Sally Visick -- Part 4: Using the outdoors: 9. Activities and outdoor space / Teresia Hazen & Maria McManus -- Case study 7: Charnley Fold / Garuth Chalfont -- 10. Using outside space at night / Colm Cunningham -- 11. How relatives, friends and staff can facilitate being outside / Edith Macintosh -- Case study 8: Blairgowrie Community Hospital / Annie Pollock -- Concluding reflections / Annie Pollock & Mary Marshall
Summary In many facilities for people with dementia, there is often little or no access to the outdoors and to fresh air. Research shows that there are considerable benefits that come from spending time outdoors and having a good view out from a building. So, why is it that people living with dementia, often have poor access to outside spaces and the benefits that come from being outside? This is a book that discusses how to effectively use outside spaces for people with dementia. The book is not an academic guide to research but a book for people in practice. It is filled with case studies of real examples from all over the world. This book provides a review of evidence based research supporting the importance of access to outdoor spaces; understanding how to use outdoor spaces appropriately and case studies from around the world describing how to develop and utilise well designed spaces for people with dementia. This is written for people who own and commission buildings for people with dementia, architects and landscape architects, managers of facilities for people with dementia, medical, nursing and care staff as well as professions allied to medicine such as occupational therapists and physiotherapists and relatives of people with dementia and people living with dementia
Analysis Australian
Notes Title from cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Psychological aspects.
Dementia -- Patients -- Recreation.
Gardens -- Psychological aspects.
Gardens -- Therapeutic use.
Long-term care facilities -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects.
Long-term care facilities -- Landscape architecture -- Psychological aspects.
Outdoor recreation -- Psychological aspects.
Outdoor recreation -- Therapeutic use.
Author Marshall, Mary, 1945 June 13- editor
Pollock, Annie, editor
Dementia Centre, HammondCare.
Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling)
ISBN 9780987189226 (paperback)