DESIGN CRITERIA FOR ALZHEIMERS SPECIAL CARE PROGRAM

在痴呆症护理领域，专业人士和研究人员认为， 适当的物理环境是一个有效的治疗元素， 为阿尔茨海默病患者提供优质护理， 相关的精神疾病。目前的研究表明，在未来 10万个或更多的特殊护理单位和日托 将建立具有治疗设计特征的项目， 更好地支持这些居民。这个项目是长期的 目标是开发一个系统的设计标准和工具， 环境，包括家庭，成人日间健康中心，寄宿护理和 护理设施，可以用来创造治疗环境， 这样的人。具体而言，该项目将测试和修改 一组设计标准的治疗效果， 研究人员在过去两年中通过文献 审查和专家共识进程。该项目将编制一份手册， 计算机化的数据收集表格，可由每个用户定制， 他们可以完成入住后的评估和设计过程， 治疗护理环境。家庭、设施和设计 专业人士可以购买该系统来评估现有的，或 更新或创造新的治疗环境。

In the field of dementia care, professionals and researchers consider an appropriate physical environment to be an effective therapeutic element in the delivery of quality care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementing illnesses. Current research suggests that in the next decade ten thousand or more special care units (SCUs) and day care programs will be established with therapeutic design features that are intended to better support these residents. This project's long-term objective is to develop a system of design criteria and tools that care settings, including homes, adult day health centers, residential care and nursing care facilities, can use to create therapeutic environments for such individuals. Specifically, the project will test and modify the therapeutic efficacy of a set of design criteria that the principal investigators developed over the last two years through a literature review and expert consensus process. The project will produce a manual and computerized data collection forms which can be customized by each user so that they can complete a post-occupancy evaluation and design process for a therapeutic care environment. Families, facilities, and design professionals can purchase this system to evaluate existing, or to renovate or create new therapeutic environments.