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Elder Friendly Design Resource Collaboration

Page history last edited by Tara Harvie 12 years, 11 months ago

  

Welcome to the Elder Friendly Design Resource Collaboration Centre! 

 

This collaborative space is an initiative of the Committee For Enhancement of Elder Friendly Environments (CEEFE), a subgroup of the Regional Geriatric Program central (RGPc) in partnership with the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN).

 

About This Site

 

  • Purpose: to assist stakeholders to design, build and retrofit environments that facilitate the global functional abilities of older persons in a variety of care settings.1

  

  • Content:  a compilation of resources intended to enable evidence-informed recommendations, however does not represent a meta-analysis of evidence related to elder friendly design.

 

  • Access: anyone can view pages and download resources.  As a collaborative space, we encourage site visitors to get involved.  To learn how, click here.

   

Subject Menu 

Physical Environment: 

Physical Environments: Sound And Smell

Physical Environments: Furnishings And Flooring

Physical Environment: Colour And Decor

Physical Environment: Vision And Lighting

 

Design For Specific Settings:

Design For: Residential And Long Term Care

Design For: Dementia

Design For: Safety

Design For: The Home

Design For: Outdoor Spaces

Design For: Hospitals

 

Other:

Multi-Topic Resources

Multisensory Therapeutic Environments

Architecture And Universal Design

Wayfinding, Signage And Orientation

Legislation and Policy

 

 1 Parke, B., & Friesen, K. (2010). Creating elder friendly acute care hospitals: The physical design dimension. Perspectives, 34(1); 5-13.  

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