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to contribution to society through the arts.
This paper presents a model for inclusive arts
programs, shares stories of inspiration and
achievement and the results of 3 years of
work.
By recovering identity, using strengths and
creativity, people with dementia demonstrate
their abilities and inspire us to continue to find
ways to share our community.
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RehaBILITaTION
dEsigNiNg ENviRONmENts FOR
PEOPlE iN tHE FiNal stagEs OF
dEmENtia
Professor Richard Fleming
University of Wollongong
This presentation will assist those interested in
providing high quality care to people in the final
stages of dementia to prepare the environment
to help them.
A series of focus groups with people with
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
spiritual aspects
· Provide opportunities for social engagement
· Promote a sense of familiarity and
homeliness
· Promote calmness
· Provide a means of controlling levels of
stimulation
· Provide opportunities for families to be with
person
· Provide privacy
· Foster dignity
· Enable staff to visually monitor the resident
These characetristics have been incorporated
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.
The new audit tool will be presented and its
use described.
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WeLLBeING
PuttiNg tHE PiECEs tOgEtHER:
CREatiNg HOmE FOR PEOPlE WitH
dEmENtia
Michele Prior
Operations Manager, HammondCare
Nicola Nolan
Operations Manager, HammondCare
Meredith Gresham
Senior Consultant, The Dementia Centre,
HammondCare
This presentation draws together the
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