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“Australia now is moving towards
a more dementia friendly home-like
environment. Our government has
invested a lot of money to change
residential care facility environments
to make them more home-like. Re-
cently, we have engaged architects
to assess and carry out environ-
mental audits to move away from an
institutional clinical look to a more
home-like environment with home-like
purposeful activities,” Brown says.
This more active lifestyle sees
staff helping the care recipients
with daily activities, rather than re-
maining in bed and having room
services. Brown says doing this pro-
vides people with more purpose in
HEALTHCARE