Remembering Community Settings: Exploring dementia-friendly urban design in British Columbian municipalities

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dc.contributor.authorPrzydatek, Maria
dc.contributor.supervisorChappell, Neena L.
dc.contributor.supervisorWharf Higgins, Sharon Joan
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-08T20:29:59Z
dc.date.available2014-08-08T20:29:59Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-08
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Social Dimensions of Healthen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractFocusing on the relationship between individuals with dementia and their environments, this research explores how to improve quality of life for those with dementia by increasing the capacity of existing urban public spaces. A content analysis of municipal planning documents (N =51) contextualized interviews, conducted with municipal urban planners (N =13) in the province of British Columbia, exploring their perspectives on designing dementia-friendly public spaces. Seven themes were identified from the findings. Furthermore, planners did not know much about planning for dementia, either suggesting they were perhaps already addressing dementia through other disability guidelines, or saying they did not know what could be done in the urban environment regarding dementia. They were open to learning more about dementia-friendly approaches. Incorporating the key dementia-friendly principles of familiarity, comfort, distinctiveness, accessibility, safety, inclusiveness and independence into age-friendly policy or Official Community Plans would promote designs that benefit persons with dementia, as well as many others with mental and physical impairments.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0573en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0999en_US
dc.description.proquestemailmprzy@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5540
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectdementiaen_US
dc.subjecturban designen_US
dc.subjecthealthy built environmenten_US
dc.subjecturban planningen_US
dc.subjectdementia-friendlyen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.titleRemembering Community Settings: Exploring dementia-friendly urban design in British Columbian municipalitiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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