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Ailidh Aikman 24/06/2019 Ailidh Aikman 24/06/2019

Design training in Japan

Last month DSDC delivered design training for Tokyu E-Life Design Inc. & Mediva Inc., in Japan. The design training followed DSDC input into two projects developed by the Japanese organisations.

Ailidh Aikman 20/06/2019 Ailidh Aikman 20/06/2019

Transforming the deaf dementia experience

The British Deaf Association (BDA) have developed the project ‘Transforming the Deaf Dementia Experience’. The project is a community interest initiative supporting deaf people, and their carers, who are living with a diagnosis of dementia. Through the provision of accessible resources (also available in British Sign Language (BSL)) the project aims to promote a better understanding of dementia within the deaf community.

Ailidh Aikman 18/06/2019 Ailidh Aikman 18/06/2019

Products for dementia

World population is ageing and with that the profile of the 'end user' is changing too. Data from the World Population Prospects report (2017) estimates that the number of people over 60 will more than double by 2050; representing nearly a quarter of the world's population. Most notable is the increase in the oldest old (+80 years), which is expected to triple by 2050. 