Home Environment

The following videos share how others have made their home environments more dementia friendly.

The Dementia Environment at Home: This film shows how simple changes to create a more dementia-friendly home environment can have a positive impact on a person living with dementia. From the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Wendy Mitchell - How I made my home dementia-friendly. A video from the Alzheimer’s Society.


DesHCA - Designing for a Lifetime

This checklist and the “Designing for a Lifetime” booklet which accompanies it are two of DesHCA’s legacy resources, designed to transform the results of our research into real-world tools that anyone could use to create a more supportive and age inclusive home… Click here to read more.


Activities at Home: getting started and environment

While there are many benefits to taking part in activities, it is recognised that it isn’t always easy for people to make the first move and get started… Click here to read more.


Things to Think About

A booklet for your coffee table. Flip the pages, one a day. Explore 32 questions, tips and other stimuli to get you thinking about what matters to you today and in the future. Designed with Care is a shop full of beautiful, thoughtful, evidence-based products for people with dementia, older generations and families and supporters.

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