Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri

A forecast by the Statistic Department has revealed that Malaysia will be an ageing nation by 2035 with 5.6 million of aged 60 and above (Daim, 2016). Ageing is known reasonably among us as part of the human life cycle, even come with the possibility of various diseases to be encountered such as dem...

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Main Author:	Md Asri, Wan Syamimi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Social interaction Landscape architecture
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73620/1/73620.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.736202023-02-17T04:16:49Z Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri 2019 Md Asri, Wan Syamimi Social interaction Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture Landscape architecture A forecast by the Statistic Department has revealed that Malaysia will be an ageing nation by 2035 with 5.6 million of aged 60 and above (Daim, 2016). Ageing is known reasonably among us as part of the human life cycle, even come with the possibility of various diseases to be encountered such as dementia or Alzheimer's. Thus, in tandem with various related issues, the government began to take initiatives to curb this by setting up several institutions. Yet, they might forget about what kinds of the environment are needs by those who ageing. Therefore, this study focus on designing the outdoor environment for elderly and dementia community by mindful design approach which applying incorporates therapeutic landscape principles towards wellbeing at Rumah Seri Kenangan Cheras. To achieve this goal, the psychosocial difficulties that resulted from dementia I Alzheimer's and how therapeutic landscape elements could encourage the healing progress have been studied and identified thoroughly. Then, the issues and potential of the existing outdoor environment at Rumah Seri Kenangan has been analyzed and the best therapeutic landscape approach and elements that could be incorporated been determined. Lastly, the best design strategies towards providing an outdoor healing environment and improving psychosocial wellbeing elderly I Dementia community has been proposed based on the concept of Neurosenses. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73620/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73620/1/73620.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying Syed Othman, Sharifah Khalizah
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description	A forecast by the Statistic Department has revealed that Malaysia will be an ageing nation by 2035 with 5.6 million of aged 60 and above (Daim, 2016). Ageing is known reasonably among us as part of the human life cycle, even come with the possibility of various diseases to be encountered such as dementia or Alzheimer's. Thus, in tandem with various related issues, the government began to take initiatives to curb this by setting up several institutions. Yet, they might forget about what kinds of the environment are needs by those who ageing. Therefore, this study focus on designing the outdoor environment for elderly and dementia community by mindful design approach which applying incorporates therapeutic landscape principles towards wellbeing at Rumah Seri Kenangan Cheras. To achieve this goal, the psychosocial difficulties that resulted from dementia I Alzheimer's and how therapeutic landscape elements could encourage the healing progress have been studied and identified thoroughly. Then, the issues and potential of the existing outdoor environment at Rumah Seri Kenangan has been analyzed and the best therapeutic landscape approach and elements that could be incorporated been determined. Lastly, the best design strategies towards providing an outdoor healing environment and improving psychosocial wellbeing elderly I Dementia community has been proposed based on the concept of Neurosenses.
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title	Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri
title_short	Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri
title_full	Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri
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Designing environment for aging and dementia community at Rumah Seri Kenangan, Cheras, Selangor/ Wan Syamimi Md Asri

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