New 70-bed Care Home, Norwich

Good Design for Elderly and Dementia Care

Caring Homes, the national care home provider, believes in creating a positive, holistic environment for elderly residents, including those suffering from dementia. This approach is exemplified in the new 70-bed care home Barefoot & Gilles has designed for them in Norwich.

Dementia can be described as a disability, and good design can enable sufferers of dementia just as it can help other disabled people. Caring Homes are working with the University of Sterling on an accreditation process for Dementia specific design, and with Dr Garuth Chalfont of the University of Sheffield on integrating a therapeutic landscape into the design of dementia care facilities.