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With neurological conditions such as dementia on the rise, Stuart Reynolds, UK Marketing & Product Management Director at AKW, discusses how social landlords
Dementia and bathroom challenges There is a high prevalence of those living with dementia in social housing and with an ageing population, those living with neurological conditions in social housing, care and non-social housing contexts only looks set to increase. So how can social landlords navigate spaces – the bathroom – more accessible? Well, it starts with considered design. Lynsey Hutchinson, Senior Interior
Designer at the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling comments: “Good design is substantially more complex than just making physical changes to the built environment and the bathroom, despite being one of the smallest rooms to design in any building, is one of the most complicated. Indeed, there are at least ten tonal considerations within a bathroom or shower room. These include tonal contrast for surfaces/critical planes such as walls,
and toilet seats which should achieve a minimum contrast of 30 points LRV see one object against another.” Good design for cost-effective dementia-friendly bathrooms It is worth noting that a dementia- friendly bathroom doesn’t usually cost any more than those for a standard bathroom adaptation for the elderly. The key is good design and using the right products. So, here are the
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