Lekker Architects and Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed an IKEA-inspired manual filled with tips and tricks on how to hack the Swedish company's products to better serve people living with dementia.
Commissioned by Singapore-based organisation Lien Foundation, the 240-page Hack Care book contains over 50 DIY projects.
These alterations can be made to various IKEA furniture and homeware items to create a home that both comforts people with dementia and supports their caregivers.
Lekker Architects, Lanzavecchia + Wai and the Lien Foundation designed the Hack Care book
The book, which is made to look like an IKEA catalogue, also contains essays and stories about living with dementia ? a degenerative brain disorder that affects more than fifty million people, mainly those in their 60s or older. The catalogue comes as part of a kit that also includes four instruction booklets, a "make your own fidget bag" with a zipper, buttons, key ings and ribbon, sticky notes and tabs and a pencil.
As the creators explain, the book is designed to encourage caregivers to come up with their own hacks that would best suit their home and personal needs, aiming to "keep their loved ones with dementia engaged, empowered and enabled to age in place for as long as possible".
The catalogue also comes with instruction booklets and a DIY fidget bag
"Living with dementia is daunting and our everyday home environments do not always anticipate or meet the unique needs of people batt...