Our design brief
Posted on April 26th, 2007 by admin in Uncategorized
Our group vision is giving people with dementia a voice, choice and opportunities.
We are solving the challenge of the traditional delivery of services such as day care, and social isolation.
The people that will benefit from this would be people with dementia and their carers and families, and the staff of services.
The help we need includes thinking outside the box, collective strength; long-term commitment, enthusiasm; funding (sustainability), movers and shakers and influential people.
The steps we are going to take are lobbying, getting key people on board, marketing; piloting/evaluating ideas; small steps, quick wins to get people on board, investment in training for the workforce.
Our ideas are across all of the stages of dementia.
Hello
I am postgraduate student at Brunel University, on Design and Branding Strategy MA.
My research project is on Homeless reintegration, and I am now focusing on needs assessment tools, and how can design improve effectiveness and eliminate bias on the assessment.
since needs assessment is central for any decision making, problem solving, action planning and allocation of resources,and the Alzheimer, dementia and homeless person share a commun barrier - how to “translate” and communicate feelings and needs from the person’s “maze” - this is a critical issue (major on Homeless, as it is a multiple issue case, and disruptive).
I wonder if you have any findings from the design team in this field and if you would be interested to share your and mine ideas.
please revert/contact or send me any contacts for further approach.
best regards
Maria Ana