This study explores the development of participatory place-based approaches in the co-design of dementia-enabling neighbourhoods.
Through following the development of an experimental dementia friendly communities pilot project, this paper investigates how creative approaches to environmental review processes can be used increase meaningfully enhance the ability of people living with dementia to participate in decision making on the design and development of public spaces in their neighbourhood. and to take account of their lived experience of dementia and other age-related conditions in inform the co-design of dementia enabling place-making in urban neighbourhoods.
Additionally, this study reports on the learning's testing creative and innovative tools and approaches that encouraged and empowered people living with dementia to self-advocate through leading and directing a report commissioned by the local authority to review, propose, and prioritise improvements in the dementia accessibility of streetscapes and public buildings across the city centre of Stirling (UK)
The finding show that these inclusive processes improve democracy in the management an improvement of dementia inclusive neighbourhoods, whilst optimising knowledge sharing that helps to prioritise key aspects of dementia inclusive urban design, and improves the overall quality and accessibility of urban placemaking.