Designing for Ageing and Dementia International Research Network

在日本和英国，与日益老龄化和认知障碍的人口一起生活被视为一个问题。虽然痴呆症的患病率正在下降，但随着两国人口寿命的延长，发病率正在增加：两国有近600万痴呆症患者，随着各自人口的老龄化，这一数字迅速增加。这种情况通常被认为是消极的和有问题的，但人口老龄化为创造性和创新性的解决方案创造了机会，以满足老年痴呆症患者的需求。其中一个领域是建筑环境的设计。设计环境的方式，可以最大限度地提高生活质量，社会包容性和参与越来越多的研究兴趣在这两个国家。从最大限度地提高个人和社会能力和参与的角度出发，重视老年人和痴呆症患者的贡献，这越来越成为英国和日本政策的重点，但仍有待于在实践和研究中实现。在跨国背景下探讨这一障碍可能会暴露出如何让老年人及其支持网络参与研究的文化差异。基于斯特林为痴呆症患者设计环境的工作记录及其最初在日本的推广，有可能发展跨国家和跨文化的学习方法，以设计痴呆症患者的环境。该项目旨在与社区和老年人接触，以参与的方式在这两个国家开展工作，并更多地了解什么是真正重要的，以及在哪些方面最需要证据。这项活动将使研究能够发展，这是共同制作的，文化敏感和产生影响，并从两国的经验教训。三个范围研讨会将侧重于：参与社区和理解文化;政策和经济问题和设计在英国（研讨会1）和日本（研讨会2）。包括痴呆症患者在内的利益相关者将能够参与其中。第三次讲习班将巩固从以前讲习班中学到的知识，为今后的研究制定一份宣言。四个早期职业研究人员（ECR）奖学金将为日本（2）和英国（2）ECR提供获得深入知识和经验的机会。将通过范围界定研究、研究计划和联合出版物的制定过程对ECR进行指导。范围界定工作的主要成果将是一项跨国研究计划，该计划建立在对关键问题和方法的相互理解和共识的基础上，这些问题和方法在两国都是现实和实用的，并为相关人群提供了对文化特定和文化不变设计问题的见解。该计划将注意到资金倡议以及面向未来。除了完成范围界定工作，合作将加强和增加来自英国和日本的从事这项工作的研究人员网络。项目完成后，将为日本和英国所有对老龄化和设计的环境方面感兴趣的研究人员举办主题讲座，分享从网络中学习到的知识。该项目将建立一个可持续的研究和利益相关者网络，以推动关于痴呆症患者生活环境的跨国家和跨文化合作研究。

Living with an ageing and increasingly cognitively impaired population is seen as an issue in both Japan and the UK. Although the prevalence of dementia is decreasing the incidence is increasing as populations in both countries live longer: between the two countries there are nearly 6 million people with dementia, with numbers rapidly increasing as the respective populations age. This situation is often considered negative and problematic, but an ageing population creates opportunities for creative and innovative solutions to meet the needs of older people with dementia. One such area is the design of the built environment. Designing environments in ways which can maximise quality of life, social inclusion and participation is increasingly a research interest in both countries. Taking a perspective which maximises personal and societal capacity and participation, valuing the contribution of older people and people with dementia, is increasingly an emphasis in policy in both the UK and Japan, yet has still to be realised in practice and research. Exploring this barrier in a cross-national context may expose cultural differences in how to engage older people and their support network in research.Building on Stirling's record of work on designing environments for people with dementia and its initial extension to Japan, there is potential to develop cross-national and cross-cultural learning about ways in which to design environments for older people with dementia with this perspective. The project aims to engage with communities and older people to work in a participative way in both countries and learn more about what really matters, and where evidence is most needed. This activity will enable research to be developed which is co-produced, culturally sensitive and impact generating and learns lessons from experiences in both countries.Three scoping workshops will focus on: engaging community and understanding culture; policy and economic issues and design in the UK (Workshop 1) and Japan (Workshop 2). Stakeholders including people experiencing dementia will be able to take part in these. A third workshop will consolidate the learning from the previous workshops leading to a manifesto for future research. Four Fellowships for early career researchers (ECRs) will provide opportunities for both Japanese (2) and UK (2) ECRs to gain in-depth knowledge and experience. ECRs will be mentored through the process of the scoping studies and the development of the research programme and joint publications.The main output from the scoping work will be a programme of cross national research, built on mutual understanding and agreement about key questions and methods that are realistic and practical in both countries and offer insight into culture-specific and culture-invariant design issues with the populations of interest. The programme will be mindful of funding initiatives as well as future-focused.In addition to completing the scoping work, the collaboration will strengthen and add to the network of researchers engaged in this work from both the UK and Japan. Following completion of the project, keynote lectures open to all researchers interested in environmental aspects of ageing and design in Japan and the UK will be hosted to share the learning from the network.The project will establish a sustainable research and stakeholder network which will take forward collaborative cross-national and cross-cultural research on living environments for people with dementia.