Following the formal completion of the MinD project in February 2020, the team is now working on the publication of its rich set of outcomes to make them available to the public. Outcomes include design and policy guidance, design tools as well as design solutions.
Key publications so far include:
• the Policy Recommendations, which highlight the contribution that design can make to quality of life and the need to recognise and support this contribution
• the Design Guidelines Report, which offers an overview of the context, frameworks, methods and mindful co-design values that have guided the MinD team.
• the Mindful Co-design Toolkit, which offers hands-on advice for designers and others wishing to engage in the co-design process with people with dementia.
The MinD design solutions developed with and for people with dementia focused on supporting a positive focus and quality of life after the diagnosis and to enable people living with dementia to maintain agency and to continue to be socially active and engaged.
The “Living the Life” booklet, which was presented to the European Working Group for People with Dementia in December 2019, is also now available in three languages: English, German and Spanish, and has already been used by the public and by professionals.
All of these publications are available on the project website: www.designingfordementia.eu
The MinD team is now working to commercialise the “This is Me” board game, to make it publicly available. The team’s effort and the potential of the game have been recognised by being awarded access to the European Commission’s Dissemination & Exploitation Booster Scheme to help develop the game for publication.