THE CONCEPT OF DEMENTIA ENABLING BUILT ENVIRONMENT FROM AN
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE Cover Image

CONCEPTUL DE MEDIU CONSTRUIT ACTIVATOR PENTRU PERSOANE VÂRSTNICE CU TULBURĂRI NEUROCOGNITIVE ÎNTR-O PERSPECTIVĂ INTERDISCIPLINARĂ
THE CONCEPT OF DEMENTIA ENABLING BUILT ENVIRONMENT FROM AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Mihaela Zamfir (Grigorescu), Mihai Viorel Zamfir, Andreea Georgiana Marin, Ileana Ciobanu, Dragos-Cristian Bogdan
Subject(s): Architecture, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology
Published by: Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”
Keywords: dementia-friendly; enabling built environment; architecture; quality of life; interidsciplinarity;

Summary/Abstract: In the context of the upward trend of population aging, the number of people affected by neurocognitive disorders (NCD) is also increasing, the most well-known being Alzheimer's dementia. Maintaining for as long as possible a better quality of life in these patients depends very much on the built environment, in this sense we are talking about enabling built environments. The paper aims to explain the concept of enabling built environment dedicated to the older persons with neurocognitive disorders (EBEnc) with application on residential centers for seniors such as nursing-home and respite centers.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 95-122
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: English, Romanian
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