Expanding design approaches to create supportive home environments for people with impeded cognitive functioning

Karol, Elizabeth; Smith, Dianne

doi:10.1080/24735132.2020.1732730

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“…Such 'support' addresses functional aspects of ADL. However, researchers [1] also identify the importance of abstract concepts to support well-being such as opportunities for self-determination, spatial diversity and experiencing spatial delight.…”

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“…This process has evolved through ongoing research developed by the authors over the last decade. The preliminary work has been reported in [1][2][3]. We recommend that those engaging in RAD-ICF need to be invested in three critical approaches to the design of housing:…”

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“…Thirdly, applying the available research in the form of design considerations [1] to initiate design strategies which enhance these residents' QoL whilst mitigating potential detrimental impacts within the home environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To create places that could positively support residents with schizophrenia in a variety of dimensions of their life [1,2] requires some understanding of schizophrenia. Aya et al [8] (p. 4) explain that 'Schizophrenia impacts on some of the highly developed functions of the human brain and has three main categories of symptoms: psychotic or "positive" symptoms (aggressiveness, agitation, delusions, and hallucinations); deficit or "negative" symptoms (poverty in speech and major disturbances in social relations, total lack of motivation, inability to feel pleasure, and apathy); cognitive dysfunction symptoms (impaired attention, learning, and memory).…”

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“…The final key concepts were also compared with an earlier framework created as part of the RAD-ICF design process [1] that sought to identify design principles associated with aspects of schizophrenia in order to provide an environment with a strong SoC. The initial RAD-ICF principles had been divided into four clusters relating to SoC (comprehension, manageability, meaningfulness and emotional affordance), and for each cluster a range of design provisions had been identified.…”

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Design Considerations for Residents with Impeded Cognitive Functioning: Conversations with People with Schizophrenia

Karol

Smith

2021

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Insights into the relationship between people with impeded cognitive functioning and the built environment have arisen over the last few decades. This research builds on underlying research that looked at how the home environment could help people feel supported so they could better cope with everyday living and thus achieve an enhanced QoL. Such support goes beyond functional design related to activities of daily living and encompasses opportunities for comprehension, management, finding meaningfulness in, and providing emotional affordance in the home. This article reports on conversational interviews with people with schizophrenia discussing their experiences of home environments. Their responses provide a basis on which to generate a more nuanced understanding of the impact of accommodation on people with schizophrenia, challenge considerations previously identified and highlight the need for further research. Considerations include the importance of the home’s proximity to places for potential relaxation, the need for security of housing tenure rather than short-term crisis housing, awareness of the support required for occupants to maintain outdoor areas and enabling occupants to pursue personal interests in the home. The findings will inform the development of accommodation design considerations that focus on improving quality of life for people with schizophrenia. In this way, the findings will contribute to enabling this neurodiverse group to remain independent, empowered and functioning members of the community—leading to greater social sustainability.

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Design Considerations for Residents with Impeded Cognitive Functioning: Conversations with People with Schizophrenia

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2021

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Design to support people with schizophrenia: activating professional boundaries

Smith,

Karol

2024

New Approaches to the Management and Diagnosis of Schizophrenia [Working Title]

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For people with schizophrenia, home environments that are readily understandable, easily managed, provide opportunities for self-expression and support psycho-social needs can enhance their wellbeing. Importantly, symptoms of schizophrenia (including agitation, anxiety, helplessness, perceptual distortion) can potentially be reduced through responsive accommodation design. The embedded potential of design of homes to offer support or create hindrances for people with schizophrenia has been poorly explored. Cues as to what things are and how to function in a space can be designed to provide support. This chapter records a multi-prong action research approach to develop a resource to assist designers and service providers create responsive residential environments for people with impeded cognitive functioning. Research from such fields as environmental psychology, sociology and design, together with discussions with people with schizophrenia, indicates that quality of life for people with schizophrenia can be enhanced through design. A key outcome is a Framework that enables the user to both understand the reason why a person with schizophrenia may respond to the environment in a particular way and how to design to acknowledge that potential response.

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Expanding design approaches to create supportive home environments for people with impeded cognitive functioning

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Design Considerations for Residents with Impeded Cognitive Functioning: Conversations with People with Schizophrenia

Design Considerations for Residents with Impeded Cognitive Functioning: Conversations with People with Schizophrenia

Design to support people with schizophrenia: activating professional boundaries

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