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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

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The Syllabus

  • Welcome to the course
  • Thinking about the built environment and its impact on people in hospitals
  • Designing for people living with dementia in the acute hospital environment
  • Universal design: Creating naturally supportive environments
  • Guidance regarding design consultation and participation with key stakeholders
  • Key design issues for people with dementia in acute settings
  • At a Glance—Universal Design Dementia Friendly Hospitals
  • Reflecting on the first week

  • Introduction to week two
  • Levels of design and intervention
  • Applying a Universal Design Dementia Friendly Hospital approach across key spatial scales within a hospital campus
  • Section 1: The Hospital as a Whole
  • Section 2: Site Location, Approach and Entry
  • Section 3: Campus Design and Onsite Circulation
  • Section 4: Building Approach, Entry and Internal Circulation
  • Reflecting on the second week

  • Refresher–Key Design Issues
  • Section 5: Key Internal and External Spaces
  • Section 6: Building Components: Materials, Fit-Out, and Signage
  • Section 7: Technology
  • Section 8: Internal Environment
  • Reflecting on the third week

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