This paper presents a model for inclusive arts programs, shares stories of inspiration and achievement and the results of 3 years of work. creativity, people with dementia demonstrate their abilities and inspire us to continue to find ways to share our community. University of Wollongong providing high quality care to people in the final stages of dementia to prepare the environment to help them. dementia and their formal and informal carers provided information on desirable characteristics of environments for people in the final stages of dementia. This information was presented to an international group of palliative care and design experts for consideration and development. The result was a list of characteristics. The environment should : · Support of the continued use of the senses · Provide opportunities for engagement with · Promote a sense of familiarity and · Provide a means of controlling levels of · Foster dignity · Enable staff to visually monitor the resident into a revised version of the Environmental Audit Tool to assist with the identification of the strengths and weaknesses of existing buildings and the development of plans for refurbishment. The validity and reliability of the new tool have been assessed. use described. Operations Manager, HammondCare Nicola Nolan Operations Manager, HammondCare Meredith Gresham Senior Consultant, The Dementia Centre, HammondCare experience of planning, staffing and operating a dementia-specific residential care service that embodies over 2 decades of design research; enables the people who live there; and supports staff to deliver truly person- centred care. At HammondCare we see our residential services as not just `home-like', but as real homes where people with dementia can participate in activities of daily life that bring meaning and purpose even if they involve risk. However creating great places to live and great places to work doesn't |