Table 1 Focus group discussion points
Group | Discussion guide |
|---|---|
People with dementia Recently bereaved family members | 1. What aspects of the design of your house/garden are important to you at the moment? |
2. If you have been in hospital or a medical or nursing setting, can you describe aspects of the design of the setting that you liked and/or disliked? | |
3. What are the key design differences between a hospital and your home? How do they both make you feel? | |
4. What changes would you like to make to a hospital setting that would make you feel more comfortable if you are in hospital or other medical setting? | |
5. If you become frail or ill, what are the key things that you would like to have in place to help you feel more comfortable? | |
6. Expand on why they would make you feel better | |
7. Expand on aspects of design you think would make you feel worse and why? | |
Practitioners | 1. What are the key areas of importance to you when caring for someone with dementia who is frail and/or nearing the end of life? |
2. When someone with dementia is dying, what do you do to care for them? | |
3. What are your concerns when caring for someone with dementia who is dying? | |
4. From your experience of caring for someone with dementia who is dying, what aspects of the design of the physical environment help or hinder the care you give? | |
5. What aspects of the physical environment would you like to improve when you are caring for someone with dementia who is frail and/or nearing the end of life? | |
6. If someone was restless in bed, what would you do to help make them more comfortable? How could the design of the setting help or hinder you with this? |