title: Dementia: getting the environment right.
abstract: An IHEEM-supported conference staged recently at Salford University by the University's Dementia Design Group (HEJ - November 2012), examined the impact that different hospital environments have on people with dementia. Ricardo Codinhoto of the International Dementia Design Network, a qualified architect with practical, teaching, and research experience, and his co-chair on the Network, Natalie Yates-Bolton, a lecturer in Nursing at the University, explain the thinking behind the Group's approach to well-designed mental healthcare environments, and report on some of the key topics discussed at this first ever National Dementia Design Conference.
authors.affiliation: International Dementia Design Network, University of Salford.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yates-Bolton
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Codinhoto
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D006113:United Kingdom