evidence _based design for people with dementia
evidence _based design for people with dementia
fatemeh bagheri1 kaveh bazrafkan2
1) doctoral student
2) assistant professor
Publication :
The first international conference and the 2nd National Conference on Urbanism, Architecture and Civil Engineering and Arts(kbuaca.ir)
Abstract :
• This article aims to suggest a design plan for Alzheimer’s Care Environments based on guidelines of evidence-based design to improve the elderly Alzheimer s life quality. The cognitive neuroscience with the study of the nervous system that explore evoking “autobiographical odour memory†of people with Alzheimer s disease as a knowledge base, supports the design process. The management, coordination and control of nostalgic smell through air conditioning and smell of nature are considered as the main points of the design plan in this study. Finally, the author mentions some design approaches relating to the smell sense perception in Alzheimer’s plan building.
Keywords :
evidence- based design
dementia
therapeutic architecture
sensory perseption
sense of smell