Caring for People Living with Dementia

Our Design HOPES colleagues Prof Paul Rodgers, Dr Neslihan Tepehan, Andrew Robinson and Dr Ross Brisco have recently published this new scoping research report, making a number of recommendations for design-led research in the field of dementia care. It represents an intersection of care, design research, people and planet, and was commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to inform their mission of supporting national dementia care goals. As such, it is an important overview of dementia care ecosystems at present and an indicator of the ways design-led research can help support broader social/care goals and answer pressing societal challenges.

The report was beautifully designed by Keith Dodds with illustrations by Silje Eirin Aure.

You can download and read the report here.

Design HOPES is a collaborative design-led research initiative, comprising five Scottish Universities (University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, Heriot Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh), NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Future Observatory GTE Hub Programme at the Design Museum [grant number AH/Y00373X/1].

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