This website provides practical tips, guides and resources to help make the places where we live more dementia enabling.
An enabling environment will encourage a person with dementia to lead as full and independent a life as possible. There are many simple modifications that can be made to a home, residential aged care facility, hospital, public building or to landscaping, as well as architectural design changes. Use this site to explore different settings and learn more about key design principles in each area of a building or garden and to download useful information and resources.
The Dementia Enabling Environment Virtual Information Centre can help you develop an enabling environment for a person living with dementia, making a significant difference to their independence, quality of life and wellbeing.
A well designed environment, planned with cognitive impairment in mind, can help to maintain abilities and enhance meaningful engagement through the inclusion of essential prompts, accessibility and managing risks to support a person living with dementia. A poorly designed environment can be confusing, disorienting; at worst, disabling and even dangerous for people living with dementia.
An enabling environment will encourage a person with dementia to lead as full and independent a life as possible. There are many simple modifications that can be made to a home, residential aged care facility, hospital, public building or to landscaping, as well as architectural design changes. Use this site to explore different settings and learn more about key design principles in each area of a building or garden and to download useful information and resources.
The Dementia Enabling Environment Virtual Information Centre can help you develop an enabling environment for a person living with dementia, making a significant difference to their independence, quality of life and wellbeing.
A well designed environment, planned with cognitive impairment in mind, can help to maintain abilities and enhance meaningful engagement through the inclusion of essential prompts, accessibility and managing risks to support a person living with dementia. A poorly designed environment can be confusing, disorienting; at worst, disabling and even dangerous for people living with dementia.
