Why environments matter
1 hr
1 week
Cost free
Certificate of Completion
Learn how buildings affect our perception and behaviour, use the Design Principles as an evidence-base for creating supportive environments and develop tools to support transformation within places that you work.
Suitable for people working in:
Residential Care, Acute Care, Mixed
This module is part of the course:
Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia
Why environments matter
This module is made up of three sections:
1. Managing stimuli to support people living with dementia
2. Design Principles as an evidence-base for creating a supportive environment
3. Developing design ideas as a tool that helps you change the places you work
Gain insight into the affect environments have on people living with dementia and be introduced to the design principles.
Learning Outcomes
By completing this module, you will be able to:-
Explain how buildings affect our perception and behaviour.
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Outline design principles for supporting people living with dementia.
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Reflect on problems and strengths of the environments in which they work for people living with dementia.
Continuing Professional Development
A completion certificate for CPD credit is awarded upon successful completion of this module.Acknowledgements
Fallon Forbes and members of the DTA team who provided feedback through course development. Phyllis Ho who helped develop the content, Madalyn Dodds and Adrian Moody for course programming, and the many people across DTA who provided feedback and suggestions during course development. Thanks to the Commonwealth Department of Health whose funding made the course possible.. The many contributors you meet through the course who discuss their work and their endeavours to provide supportive places for people to live meaningful lives. Music throughout the course from bensound.comGetting started
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Version history
| Published: | 21 Aug 2020 |
| Updated: | 01 Aug 2023 |
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