On 21 September, World Alzheimer’s Day, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) launched its 2020 report. The World Alzheimer Report 2020 takes an in-depth look at dementia-related design and the built environment, looking at progress to date, pioneers and innovators, design principles, application, regional and cultural contexts, the importance of including people with dementia in all aspects of design, and the role of design during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Across two volumes, including 84 case studies, the report looks at design in home/domestic settings, day and residential care, hospitals and public buildings and spaces. It concludes that design for dementia is 30 years behind the physical disabilities movement. ADI calls on governments to embed design in their national dementia responses under the Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
