ABSTRACT
This chapter describes two innovative research projects by early career re searchers that add novel perspectives, innovative research methods, and personal reflections on their lessons learnt to the current discourse of dementia and design. These contributions reflect on designing the built and/or social environment based on the perspectives of people living with dementia – and together with them. Two further innovative research projects relating to the care home environment are included as Chapter 17 of this volume.
The first contribution, authored by Janissa Altona, Henrik Wiegelmann, Emily Mena, Julia Misonow, Christoph Teves, Benjamin Schüz, and Karin Wolf Ostermann describes preliminary results of a literature analysis, wayfinding study, and participatory stakeholder workshops, to derive meaningful input for urban planners.
The second contribution, by Saskia Kuliga, Martina Roes, and dementia advocate Jim Mann describes a participatory co research project, in which people living with dementia evaluated spatial orientation and way finding in their living environments; not as study participants, but as co researchers and collaborators
