Hi All.
I am currently an undergraduate product design student with a view to go into Disability Design once i have graduated.
I am currently taking part in a project that is a home organisation project that i have based around the kitchen environment. When caring for a person with dementia i understand that it is a progressive disease and this can be difficult for the person with dementia as they slowly become less able to remember how to do things. An exmaple i found of this was that people with dementia slowly forget to turn ovens off. Therefore this can obviously become a safety hazzard.
My question is really that as a person caring with someone with dementia are there any problems that you face when looking specifically at a kitchen environment that if solved may be able to make your life easier or the person with dementia's life easier.
Kindest Regards
I am currently an undergraduate product design student with a view to go into Disability Design once i have graduated.
I am currently taking part in a project that is a home organisation project that i have based around the kitchen environment. When caring for a person with dementia i understand that it is a progressive disease and this can be difficult for the person with dementia as they slowly become less able to remember how to do things. An exmaple i found of this was that people with dementia slowly forget to turn ovens off. Therefore this can obviously become a safety hazzard.
My question is really that as a person caring with someone with dementia are there any problems that you face when looking specifically at a kitchen environment that if solved may be able to make your life easier or the person with dementia's life easier.
Kindest Regards