BENBOW DEMENTIA CARE SMALL HOUSE DESIGN CHECKLIST 2019 (BDC):
Control/Click to open on new page: BENBOW DEMENTIA HOUSEHOLD DESIGN CHECKLIST Jan 2019 R2 Assistance available from author: billbenbow@shaw.ca
The author welcomes opportunities to test reliability and validity of the BDC tool.
This Checklist Tool combines five updated checklists: Small Household and Wayfinding; Accessibility; Interior Design; Lighting and Noise; and Outdoor.
Original Checklists were part of articles published in Canadian Nursing Home:
Links to other CHECKLISTS FOR NURSING HOMES AND DEMENTIA UNITS:
Fleming, Richard et al, Adapting the Ward, (Audit Tool) 2003; http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2003/pdf/adapting_the_ward.pdf
Hodges, Lisa et al, Dementia Design Guidelines: Home and Community Care Capital Works Program, (Appendix D: Checklist for Dementia Design Guidelines), The University of Sydney; 2006; http://www.homemods.info/publications-by-hminfo/occasional/dementia-design-guidelines-home-and-community-care-capital-works-program-2nd-edition
Dementia Design Checklist: University of Stirling: http://www.dementiashop.co.uk/products/dementia-design-checklist
Creating Better Living Environments for People with Dementia; Housing 21, 2011; http://www.housing21.co.uk/files/2113/2015/9435/Dementia%20design%20guide.pdf
Dementia Friendly Environments; (A to Z of strategies, checklists and tools); Victorian State Government; http://www.health.vic.gov.au/dementia/
Is your care home dementia friendly? The King’s Fund: http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_pdf/is-your-care-home-dementia-friendly-ehe-tool-kingsfund-mar13.pdf