The indoor environment and the integrated design of homes for older people with dementia

Perceptions, Preferences, and Acceptance of Information and Communication Technologies in Older-Adult Community Care Settings in Ireland: A Case-Study and Ranked-Care Program Analysis

“…The lack of familiarity with devices to assist in either the diagnosis of, or the effects of, cognitive impairment is not atypical. Even at the level of research, while there is an extensive literature on built-environment technologies for people with dementia (van Hoof et al 2009), few ICT studies go beyond documenting prototypes for addressing cognitive-related disabilities (Rantz et al 2005). ICT support for more profound behavioral and psychological changes in agerelated cognitive impairment has been relatively disregarded (Lauriks et al 2007).…”

Light conditions for older adults in the nursing home: Assessment of environmental illuminances and colour temperature

“…Visual impairments stemming from biological ageing are diverse [2,3,6,7]. First, the visual field area declines with age.…”

Energy Audit of Health Care Facilities: Dynamic Simulation of Energy Performances and Energy-Oriented Refurbishment of System and Equipment for Microclimatic Control

“…In particular, the close correlation between ventilation air and latent loads makes hospitals critical applications. The need of a suitable thermal environment, with reference to buildings that host sick patients, has been already underlined by Van Hoof et al (2010a;2010b), being the diseases due to the poor air quality a frequent problem of health care facilities (Ozyogurtcu et al, 2010;San José-Alonso et al, 1999;Balaras et al, 2007).…”