Name of the residential care centre
Pavilion Health Care Communication Company Pavilion Health Care
Communication Co., Ltd.
Address
No.1, Shunhuanglubei, Xiaxinpucun, Sunhexiang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Contact Person Zhao Sijia
Web site or audio-visual material
https://v.qq.com/x/page/w0843r33vhn.html
Vision
Everyone should enjoy a dignified life.
How well does the design of the building support this vision: self-report
Extremely well.
What are the most important elements in design
z Safety
z Unobtrusive safety
z Spaces that are of a domestic scale
z Good lines of sight to help people living with dementia to see the key places they want to go to z Good lines of sight for supervision of people living
with dementia
z Reduced levels of stimulation z Easily seen wayfinding cues z Familiar furnishings
z Easily found and unobstructed access to a garden, courtyard or outside space
z Opportunities to bring in personal items z Provision of places to be alone
z Provision of places that are shared with the surrounding community
z Being designed with a specific vision of how people living with dementia should be supported
Plan
The den is a public area. Residents, staff and people from the surrounding community can sit here, drink coffee, read books, watch movies and communicate with others. We hope this area can allow the elderly, the young, and children to spend time with each other, talk about their life and participate in activities. Life is more than a care centre, no matter the age.
We implement “unit care” and each unit can accommodate about 18 residents. In each unit, the resident lives in his or her own bedroom, and shares dining room, living room and kitchen with other residents. This can encourage them to communicate with others. Furniture in the unit is very light, and can be
Residents have dinner in the dining room. When the residents walk out of their room, they can easily access the dining room. Residents' rooms are close to the dining room, so that the whole unit can smell the aroma of food. Even though residents with dementia have orientation problems, the use of “smell” can arouse the appetite, so they will feel hungry and want to A lot of emphasis is placed on attracting the residents to come out of their rooms, spending more time in living room and dining room to communicate with others and participate a lot of activities. The care staff also spend their time in the dining and living rooms to take care of residents. In each unit, we have a kitchen and refrigerator, so that the residents can cook some simple food just like they used to do in their own home. Beside the refrigerator is the care staff station. They can sit beside the unit kitchen when they need to do some paper work. The area residents live in and the area care staff do their job are combined together, just like home.
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Residents, staff and people from the surrounding community can sit in the garden to bask in the sunshine and drink coffee. There is a walkway surrounding the garden, where the residents like to take a walk. Beside the garden, there is a playground of a kindergarten (the other side of the fence in the right side of the picture).
When the residents come out to enjoy the garden, the children also play in the playground. It is a warm way to let the elderly and children communicate with each other.
Overview
Pavilion Health Care Communication opened in April 2017. It is a free standing facility and was designed as a residential care centre for people living with dementia.
The Pavilion accommodates 100–149 residents, many of whom have dementia.
Trip hazards in the form of uneven surfaces, steps and highly contrasting floor finishes have been extremely well avoided both inside and outside the building.
Safety features such as fences, door locks or other barriers to movement have been provided they are easily noticed and extremely obvious.
The places that residents often want to go to, such as sitting areas, gardens, toilet or activity spaces are very easily seen from where they spend most of their time and the layout makes it very easy for staff to monitor residents as they go about their duties.
Noise levels and clutter have received attention with a great deal of emphasis on reducing these unhelpful stimuli within the centre. Doors that are not intended to be used by people living with dementia have not been camouflaged and are easily noticeable, whereas great attention has been paid to the use of colour, contrast or lighting to highlight those things that the residents may wish to find, the toilet door for example.
The way to the outside space is very clear and easy to access from parts of the building and, in those cases, allows the residents to easily walk from the inside of the building to the outside and back in again.
There are objects and activities for engagement as residents move around with a great emphasis on their provision and on creating engagement destinations at the end of corridors.
The style of furniture is exactly what residents are used to, and with the many decorations, ornaments and artwork the style is familiar to them. Residents are allowed to bring in their own, familiar objects.
Throughout the centre there are many places provided where residents can either sit quietly by themselves or be with a small number of others.
All rooms are clearly identifiable, their purpose is very clear.
There are more than three easily accessible places where the centre makes it easy for residents to share time with relatives or friends from the surrounding community.