Dementia Friendly Design Tool

This collection of guidance from Kirklees Council supports a dementia-friendly design, layout and furnishing of buildings and spaces, providing practical solutions to ensuring places and spaces are inclusive for people living with dementia.

The tool was produced as part of Kirklees Council’s project partnership with the University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre and covers practical issues that others might not notice but can make a massive difference to those living with dementia.

The toolkit is a comprehensive document, intended to be used by all, for everything from major building projects to choosing a new door mat for our own home, and includes information and guidance for various places and spaces, in eight different sections:

• Essential Technical Guidance
• Outdoor Environments and Public Realm
• Care environment
• Shopping and Town
• Eating, drinking and socialising
• Activity and leisure
• Public buildings and work
• The domestic environment

Within each section, there are chapters on more specific locations, services or tools such as guidance on patterns and colours, guidance for public transport and guidance for in the home.