The project 'Building Healthy Environments for Future Users' aims to design solutions that are suitable for aging in place and independent living.
Research activities are carried out in the built environment (both indoors and outdoors) with the aim of maintaining and promoting public health and well-being, while supporting individual citizens in their pursuit of a high quality of life.
The goal of the Health in the Built Environment community is to develop innovative, multidisciplinary projects for funding applications and to exchange information. We promote our expertise to support policymakers and citizens in creating healthier environments that promote active lifestyles and improve well-being.
The built environment can support people with dementia to continue living at home for longer (age-in-place). Designing solutions that are suitable for aging in place and independent living is crucial. People with dementia can be actively involved through various methods that suit their cognitive functionality.
Solutions to adapt the environment of people with dementia should be in line with their coping strategies for aging in place. Instructions or examples of how to modify homes should be displayed on the Internet in a way that the information can be printed. This enables the caregiver to read it.
Researcher
Helianthe Kort
Publications
Kort, HSM, Steunenberg, B., & van Hoof, J. (2019). Methods for involving people living with dementia and their informal carers as co-developers of technological solutions. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 47(3), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1159/000497802
Kort, HSM, & Hoof, van, J. (2014). Design of a website for home modifications for older persons with dementia. Technology and Disability, 26(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-140399
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Hensen, JLM, Duijnstee, MSH, & Rutten, PGS (2010). Thermal comfort and the integrated design of homes for older people with dementia. Building and Environment, 45(2), 358-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.06.013
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Waarde, van, H., & Blom, MM (2010). Environmental interventions and the design of homes for older adults with dementia: an overview. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 25(3), 202-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317509358885
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Duijnstee, MSH, Rutten, PGS, & Hensen, JLM (2010). The indoor environment and the integrated building design of homes for older people with dementia. Building and Environment, 45(5), 1244-1261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.11.008
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2009). Supportive living environments: a first concept of a dwelling designed for older adults with dementia. Dementia : The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 8(2), 293-316. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301209103276
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, & Waarde, van, H. (2009). Housing and care for older adults with dementia : a European perspective. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 24(3), 369-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-009-9143-3
Kort, HSM (2011). Website for people with dementia. In Trend book: Dutch design Week Eindhoven 2009 Dutch Design Platform.
Aarts, MPJ, Huisman, ERCM, Mattheus, B., & Kort, HSM (2014). Studying health effects of light on elderly people with dementia, methodology considerations. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), June 27-29 2014, Vienna, Austria
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Hensen, JLM, Duijnstee, MSH, & Rutten, PGS (2009). Thermal comfort and HVAC design for people with dementia. In S. Santanam, E. A. Bogucz, J. S. Zhang, & H. E. Khalifa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition (Healthy Buildings 2009), September 13-17, 2009, Syracuse, USA (pp. 4). [Paper 291]
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Duijnstee, MSH, Schoutens, AMC, Hensen, JLM, & Begemann, SHA (2008). The indoor environment in relation to people with dementia. In P. Strøm-Tejsen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (pp. 8-). Indoor Air.
van Hoof, J., Kort, HSM, & Hensen, JLM (2008). Thermal comfort and HVAC design for people with dementia. In Proceedings of the IFA's 9th Global Conference on Aging 'Shaping Tomorrow Today', 4-7 September 2008, Montreal, Canada (pp. 1-18)
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2008). Designing a supportive living environment for older people with dementia. In Proceedings of the IFA's 9th Global Conference on Aging 'Shaping Tomorrow Today', 4-7 September 2008, Montreal, Canada
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2006). Healthy living environment for older adults with dementia. In E. Oliveira, de, M. Gameiro da Silva, & J. Rosado Pinto (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference Healthy Buildings (HB 2006), June 4-8, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal (Vol. 2, pp. 89-93)
Hoof, van, J., Kort, HSM, Duijnstee, MSH, Hensen, JLM, & Rutten, PGS (2011). Installations in nursing homes: take residents with dementia into account. VVplus, 68(3), 140-143.
Kort, HSM, Hoof, van, J., Bronsveld, A., & Blom, MM (2010). Digital consultancy tool for aging-in-place with dementia. Gerontechnology, 9(2), 298-298. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2010.09.02.208.00
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2008). The usefulness and pitfalls of home automation for people with dementia. ICTzorg: the ICT trade journal for healthcare professionals, 9(7), 6-7.
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2007). A safe haven: adapted living for people with dementia. Imagination, 19(1), 22-25.
Hoof, van, J., & Kort, HSM (2006). Supportive living environments for elderly people with dementia. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 37(4), 26-26.