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Ngaire Kerse, Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well; Director, Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

83,000 New Zealanders live with dementia. Here’s how simple design changes can help

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A dark doormat that looks like a hole in the floor. A patterned carpet that appears uneven. A chair that becomes difficult to recognise or move around.

These are just some of the ways dementia can change how people experience their surroundings, even within homes they’ve lived in for decades.

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