In September, The MinD team is working once more in Germany and in The Netherlands. Alexianer St Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, TU Dresden, U Twente, Zorggroep Sint Maarten and Panton Design are hosting researchers from the various partner countries and disciplines to work together. Researchers are continuing to work on the realization of the prototypes of … [Read more…]
In July 2018, colleagues from the MinD team have met for the third time in Luxembourg. University of Luxembourg and Alzheimer Europe hosted visiting researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Spain, to finalize design ideas and prepare for their evaluation. During the two weeks, healthcare partners and designers worked on the design development … [Read more…]
In June 2018, colleagues from the MinD team have met in Germany. Alexianer St Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, and Technische Universität Dresden, jointly hosted visiting researchers from from the UK, Russia and Italy to work on the realization of the design ideas. During the two weeks, the designers and progarmmers worked on the design development of … [Read more…]
May 2018 has seen another MinD secondment in the UK. The University of Wolverhampton and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK, jointly hosted visiting researchers from Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Spain and Russia to work on the two MinD design ideas. During the two weeks, the designers and psychologist worked in two teams on design … [Read more…]
Participants from the University of Wolverhampton (UK), Technical University Dresden (DE), Panton Design Agency (NL), and new partner Etic Lab (UK), were hosted by Picharchitects (Pic) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), both based in Barcelona. During this visit, the MinD team (together with our hosts) worked on the design development of the two design … [Read more…]
The MinD project has hosted a further secondment in March 2018, jointly by the University of Wolverhampton and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK. A key task of this secondment was the consultation with people with dementia and carers from the Nottinghamshire Public and Patient Involvement Group about the ‘Social Engagement Map’, one of the … [Read more…]
The MinD project hosted secondments in January and February 2017, at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and in the Netherlands with Partners Panton Healthcare Design, University of Twente and Zorggroep Sint Maarten. In both sites, secondments were dedicated to a number of tasks, most importantly to preparing design information on the two designs for consultation … [Read more…]
The MinD project hosted two secondments in November and December 2017, one at INTRAS in Valladolid, Spain, and the other at the Technische Universität Dresden and Alexianer St Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the secondments was to start with the concept development and realization of the two design ideas selected with the … [Read more…]
For Visit 18, MinD colleagues met at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHT) and the University of Wolverhampton (UW). The aim of the secondment was twofold: Firstly, the team worked with Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) to gain feedback on design ideas previously generated to help make decisions about with ideas to take forward … [Read more…]
For Visit 17, the main design phase of the project continues. MinD colleagues met at Eurecat, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and Pich Architects offices in Barcelona. The design team worked on the development of design proposals in response to the three (originally four) remaining ‘transition areas’: Coming to terms with emotions; Maintaining social participation; Negotiation … [Read more…]