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Design och oro : En studie om inredning och möbeldesign och dess möjligheter att minska oro hos dementa

Between 1999 and 2009, I followed three of my grandparents, all of whom suffered from dementia. Numerous times, when I visited them in their nursing homes, I was met by residents of the ward who were very unhappy. Through conversations at home with my family, I understood more and more that this was a commonly occurring problem at nursing homes. All too often it was solved with heavy medication, which made the residents tired and they slept more often. During my undergraduate education at Konstfack, I have reflected on whether I, as an interior designer and furniture designer, can have an influence on spaces and furniture so that dementia patients can experience greater calm and security. The idea is if that I perceive the environment as calm and secure, I will also be calm and secure. In my degree project, I want to study how interior design and furniture design can contribute to decreased agitation in people with dementia in nursing homes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-3611
Date January 2012
CreatorsRendmar, Hampus
PublisherKonstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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