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Compassionate Design: How to Design for Advanced Dementia – a toolkit for designers (2018)
Book
Treadaway, C., Fennell, J., Prytherch, D., Kenning, G., Prior, A., Walters, A., & Taylor, A. (2018). Compassionate Design: How to Design for Advanced Dementia – a toolkit for designers. Cardiff Met Press

One of the major challenges facing the world today is how to care for the increasing numbers of older people in society and help them to live well, right until the end of their lives. The World Health Organisation and Alzheimer’s International have i... Read More about Compassionate Design: How to Design for Advanced Dementia – a toolkit for designers.

Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Treadaway, C., Fennell, J., Taylor, A., & Kenning, G. (2018). Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design4Health

The LAUGH project is a recently completed international three-year UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)funded design research project. Outcomes from the research include a collection of playful objects designed to support the wellbeing of peo... Read More about Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia.

Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Treadaway, C., Taylor, A., & Fennell, J. (2018). Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia. In The Fifth International Conference on Design Creativity Conference Proceedings. , (379-386)

One of the most pressing challenges facing designers today is how to create appropriate, useful and safe designs for people living with advanced dementia. Dementia is a complex disease that presents and progresses differently for each individual. Thi... Read More about Compassionate creativity: Co-design for advanced dementia.

Compassionate design for dementia care (2018)
Journal Article
Treadaway, C., Taylor, A., & Fennell, J. (2019). Compassionate design for dementia care. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 7(3), 144-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2018.1501280

One of the most pressing challenges facing designers today is how to create appropriate, useful and safe designs for people living with advanced dementia. Dementia is a complex disease that presents and progresses differently for each individual. Thi... Read More about Compassionate design for dementia care.

Evaluation or ‘anecdote’? Understanding the impact of design (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Kenning, G., Treadaway, C., Fennell, J., & Prytherch, D. (2018). Evaluation or ‘anecdote’? Understanding the impact of design. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design4Health (277-282)

Designers are increasingly engaging in participatory co-design approaches to understand the needs and wants of the people who will engage with the artefacts produced. These approaches are particularly relevant for design that focuses on social change... Read More about Evaluation or ‘anecdote’? Understanding the impact of design.