Good practice in the design of homes and living spaces for people with dementia and sight loss

Whether adapting a family residence or designing a purpose-built care home, individual differences in tastes, needs and abilities mean that creating homes that simultaneously cater for all the people who live in them is challenging. People with dementia experience impaired memory, learning and reasoning and become more reliant on their senses. People with very poor vision face a different but not entirely dissimilar set of challenges. Despite the potential for people to develop both dementia and some degree of sight loss, how best to support people with both is a relatively neglected area of study. With the support of Thomas Pocklington Trust, researchers from Stirling have sought to examine the evidence base and to provide guidance on what works, when and for whom.

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