Living well with dementia

One in three of us who live to 65 will have some form of dementia before we die. A million people in the UK will be living with the condition by 2021. But there’s a difference between simply living and living well.

The Design Council in partnership with the Department of Health has funded and supported the development of five innovative new design solutions to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.

About

The challenge called for teams of designers, service providers and other experts to understand the issues and develop new solutions

Launch Events

Watch the panel debates from the launch event with leading experts discussing adoption of innovation, technologies, caring for carers and more

Solutions

Solutions

From a fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite to specially-trained ‘guide dogs for the mind’... find out more about the innovative solutions

Advisory Board

A specially selected Advisory Board brought together experts in design, dementia, social care and more who offered support and guidance to the teams

Website

Find out more about the Living well with dementia project

Resources

Download the research and publications created as part of this challenge