How To Design A Dementia Friendly Garden
At sensory trust we get a lot of enquiries from people looking to create a more sensory and age friendly outdoor space.
How to design a dementia friendly garden. Whether you ve got a big budget for major works or just want to make some simple low cost changes we think the below advice will be useful. How to design a dementia friendly garden. There are many things to keep in mind when designing and creating a dementia friendly garden.
This means that anyone with dementia visiting may not be able to cope with obstacles found in gardens like steps uneven surfaces or narrow pathways. So we thought we d put together our top tips for things you should consider when planning an outdoor space or garden for older people. Familiar smells that trigger memories or encourage positive moods are an important element to any sensory garden.
So we thought we d put together our top tips for things you should consider when planning an outdoor space or garden for older people. Mark maccarty from primetower care a residential care provider in dorset has compiled some tips which can be useful for everyone.