ABSTRACT
In this penultimate chapter, I make a fi nal change of direction from the person and physical environment, towards the vital importance of human communities. This sense of solidarity, that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts, is fundamental to creating a sense of shared value in the living well with dementia architecture. There is a strong message from the National Dementia Strategy (Department of Health, 2009) of the need for individuals living well with dementia to be part of a wider network that creates higher shared value.
