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Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences We know that people's homes can make the experience of cognitive changes more difficult, or can enable continuing inclusion and a sense of self-worth and self-esteem. The project is supported by £1.6m of funding provided through the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI’s) healthy ageing challenge, part of the Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme. Silviahemmet bring their experience of developing the SilviaBo – a specialist housing design for people living with dementia – created using IKEA’s modular housing BoKlok. The pr...

Stirling academics head up new project to design and transform dementia-friendly housing Liv McMahon University of Stirling experts, backed by a whole host of international partners, are spearheading a new initiative to cater to increasing demand for future-proof, dementia-friendly housing with its project, ‘Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing: Co-Production for Impact and Scale (DesHCA)’. © Professor Alison Bowes of Stirling University is leading the project to design and develop future-pr... With support from organisations including the Silviahemmet - the deme...