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 适宜的物理环境是治疗心力衰竭的有效因素 为阿尔茨海默病患者和 相关的痴呆症。目前的研究表明，在接下来的时间里 十年一万个或更多的特殊护理单位和日托 将建立具有以下治疗设计特征的计划 旨在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、成人日间保健中心、住宿护理和 护理设施，可用于为患者创造治疗环境 这样的人。具体地说，项目将测试和修改 治疗效果的一套设计标准认为原则 调查人员在过去两年里通过一部文献发展起来 审查和专家协商一致进程。该项目将制作一本手册和 计算机化的数据收集表格，可由每个用户定制，以便 他们可以完成入驻后的评估和设计流程 一个治疗护理环境。族、设施和设计 专业人士可以购买此系统来评估现有的，或 改造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.