It was a chance meeting with Mary Marshall in 1993, the then Professor at the University of Stirling and Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre, that inspired Annie and Ricky Pollock to introduce the principles of designing for people with dementia into all their projects.

Annie is an award-winning landscape architect with a particular interest in designing outdoor spaces for people living with dementia and the impact of poor air quality in the spaces we live, especially as we age. Ricky formed the architectural and planning consultancy firm Burnett Pollock Associates which specialises in the research and design of enabling care environments for people with dementia. 

A/Prof Colm Cunningham joins Annie and Ricky at their home in Edinburgh Scotland to talk about their new books, discuss how air quality and acoustics can impact the quality of life of a person living with dementia and give us practical advice on what we can do to improve the air quality and acoustics in environments where people with dementia live.

Get your copies

• A Breath of Fresh Air
  • Free online download
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• Acoustics in Aged Care
  • Free online download
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Additional resources 

• The Room Outside by Annie Pollock and Colm Cunningham 
• The Dementia Centre: DeMEntia Design School resources