Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 7 Issue 1

Foreword

Anthea Tinker

EQUAL: responding to the challenges

Gail Mountain

EQUAL: New horizons for ageing research

Peter Lansley

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) extending quality life (EQUAL) initiative, specifically supports interdisciplinary user‐focused design, engineering…

Technology and personhood in dementia care

Arlene Astell

Modern dementia care is increasingly turning to technology to address a wide range of issues. Such developments are argued to improve quality of life, as, for example…

Neighbourhoods for life: Designing dementia‐friendly outdoor environments

Lynne Mitchell, Elizabeth Burton

Design for dementia has, to date, focused on the internal, generally institutional environment of care homes and dementia care facilities. Yet the majority of older people with…

What has architecture got to do with dementia care?: Explorations of the relationship between quality of life and building design in two EQUAL projects

Judith Torrington

Two projects in the EQUAL programme explore aspects of the influence of building design on the quality of life of people with dementia. Design in Caring Environments (DICE…

Does technology have a role to play in assisting stroke therapy?: A review of practical issues for practitioners

Nargis Islam, Nigel Harris, Christopher Eccleston

Assistive technology is a term used to describe any device ranging from simple equipment to complex technologies that can assist a person with a disability. The term is now…