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Rethinking Aged Care with eBooks on Placemaking & Community Consultations.
Rethinking Aged Care with eBooks on Placemaking & Community Consultations.

Steve Jobs said “learn continually – there is always ‘one more thing’ to learn.” At de Fiddes learning and expanding our skillset is a prerequisite to creating great work. . We recently read through David Engwicht’s eBooks and found some great information and ways of thinking that is relevant to aged care and can help decision makers find the confidence to take action.

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Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Toolkit by the DSDC
Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Toolkit by the DSDC

The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) recently launched the ‘Environments for Ageing and Dementia Design Assessment Toolkit.’ (EADDAT) This range of resources provides evidence based research and checklists for families and businesses to use to make places more accessible for an ageing population, and those living with dementia.

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Did challenging behaviour of Dementia Residents change because of COVID-19 quarantine.
Did challenging behaviour of Dementia Residents change because of COVID-19 quarantine.

Outdoors have always been in, but never more so than now. More evidence is coming out regarding the importance of a connection to nature, for everyone, but especially those living in aged care.

We were interested to read a study from the Netherlands, that asked whether challenging behaviour in Nursing Home Residents (Including those with Dementia) changed because of the COVID-19 quarantine measures.
What was found is incredibly interesting and surprising!

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