DESIGNING FOR DEMENTIA

Dulux Trade has created evidence-based design principles to help professionals produce environments that optimise occupant wellbeing, sharing knowledge from decades of experience in designing supportive spaces within the private and public healthcare sector. Inclusive design within any care environment encourages the application of colour and design that enables occupants to have greater confidence to move around independently within a space. Careful consideration of colour combinations is a key element within a set of important accessibility design features. Colour can be used within the design solution as way of reinforcing positive personal connections and to provide necessary stimulation within the space. We all enjoy being in places that are interesting, vibrant and make us feel secure, and we are advocates for thoughtful design that improves quality of life and reduces feelings of stress or anxiety