AUT's DHW (Design for Health & Wellbeing) Lab has been awarded $80,000 from the Catalyst Fund to participate in an international collaboration looking to improve the experiences of people living with dementia.
DHW Lab co-director Dr Steve Reay says the Catalyst Fund will allow the Lab to develop the partnership it has established with the Sheffield Hallam University’s Lab4Living. Moreover, alongside AUT’s Centre for Person-Centred Research design opportunities for people living with dementia in both hospital and community environments will be explored.
In the first of several activities planned under the research, a small team from AUT will visit Sheffield Hallam University to work with the Lab4living, and participate in workshops with people living with dementia, their families and researchers.
"This is an exciting opportunity for the lab to grow our international relationships with others working in design for health."
DHW Lab is a collaboration between the Auckland DHB and AUT focused on improving healthcare experiences for patients, families and staff. All the work conducted through the lab is research, contributing to a wider body of knowledge around design and health.
"This is an exciting opportunity for the lab to grow our international relationships with others working in design for health."
The Catalyst Fund, previously known as International Relationships Fund from the Royal Society of New Zealand, aims to facilitate new small and medium pre-research strategic partnerships with a view of developing high quality international collaborations in science and innovation benefiting New Zealand.
