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Up to 拢50 million will be available to NHS trusts and local authorities, working in partnership with care providers, to help tailor hospitals and care homes to the needs of people with dementia. 皇冠体育app care providers involved will need to sign up to the Dementia Care and Support Compact, which commits them to providing first rate care and support for people with dementia and their families.

Research by demonstrates that good design can help with the management of dementia. People with dementia are calmer and less likely to get lost or become distressed in an environment designed with their needs in mind.

Organisations that bid successfully for money will be able to adapt care homes and hospitals using design principles tested in 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Fund pilots. Specially designed rooms and spaces could include features such as:

• hi-tech sensory rooms using lighting, smells and sound to stimulate people鈥檚 senses
• large photos of local scenes from the past to prompt people鈥檚 memories
• specially adapted outside space to prevent people from wandering, by helping them keep busy and active with activities such as gardening
• technology such as day/night clocks and controllable mood lighting to emulate day and night, which can help with sleep patterns, orientation and safe movement
• calming colours, non-reflective surfaces, large-print signs and the creation of zones to help people know where they are and find their way back to their rooms

Every project will involve people with dementia, their families and carers, to make sure the designs meet their needs. 皇冠体育app projects will form part of a national pilot to showcase the best examples of dementia friendly care environments. 皇冠体育app lessons learnt from the projects will advise local on how to create better environments for dementia care.

皇冠体育app criteria for applying for funding and the deadline for receipt of applications will be announced shortly. 皇冠体育app successful projects will begin from April 2013.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:

鈥淵ou don鈥檛 need to be an expert to know sensitively designed spaces make all of us feel better - so we want people with dementia to be able to benefit from environments that are designed to meet their needs.

鈥淭his is just part of meeting the growing challenge of dementia with improvements of every type, including better environments and treatment for those in care.

鈥淩esponding with dignity and compassion to dementia is the only sensible response to the urgent challenges we face as our population ages.鈥�

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