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Home Care Design for Parkinson’s Disease
Best design practices to enhance autonomy and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease within the home environments.
Period
2020-2021
General Info
Applied research program
Typology
Funded by Fondazione Zoè
LED Team
Francesca Tosi (Scientific Responsible)
Mattia Pistolesi (Scientific Coordinator)
Giancarlo Bianchi, Claudia Becchimanzi, Francesca Filippi - Department of Architecture DIDA - University of Florence
Partners
Prof. Adson Eduardo Resende – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - BRAZIL
Prof. Leonardo Lopiano, Dott. Carlo Alberto Artusi – Limpe Foundation - ITALY
Giangi Milesi, Prof.ssa Linda Lombi, Giorgia Surano, Giulia Quaglini – Italian Parkinson's Confederation - ITALY
This research project received Honourable Mention for the Research Category of the International Union of Architects, 2023 Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards (UIA).
This research project was selected by ADI, Italian Association of Design for the ADI Index 2023
Abstract
The aim of the Guidelines for the design of home environments usable by people with Parkinson’s disease is to define flexible and adaptable design solutions over time, capable of meeting the needs and expectations shared by different user profiles within a home environment.
The aim was to move from a design specifically aimed at people with disabilities, and in particular people with Parkinson’s disease, to an inclusive design, aimed at ensuring the accessibility and usability of environments and the simplicity, comprehensibility and manageability of products, not only for PwP but for all those who live or spend time in their home environment, and therefore for their family and friends, formal/informal caregivers and healthcare professionals and, more generally, for all the people to whom the proposed solutions can bring a concrete improvement in their quality of life.
Linked Publications
Pistolesi, M., & Iacono, E. (2025). Home Virtualands: Esperienze immersive per il benessere delle persone con malattia di Parkinson. In Design and Research: Sources and Resources / Design e ricerca: Fonti e Risorse (pp. 170–176). Conference Proceedings PDF
Pistolesi, M., Tosi, F., & Lombi, L. (2024). Design beyond disability. Common Ground Research Networks.
Pistolesi, M. (2024). Prodotti, ambienti domestici, malattia di Parkinson. Una ricerca-azione. In Design Diversità (pp. 44–54).
Tosi, F., & Pistolesi, M. (2022). Home care design for Parkinson's disease: Il design dell’ambiente domestico per persone con malattia di Parkinson: prodotti, servizi e ambienti per l’autonomia. FrancoAngeli.
Tosi, F., & Pistolesi, M. (2022). Home care design for Parkinson’s disease: Designing the home environment for people with Parkinson’s disease. FrancoAngeli Open Access.
Pistolesi, M., Tosi, F., & Lombi, L. (2022). Home care design for Parkinson's disease: Applying methods for HCD to analyse the needs of people with Parkinson's. In Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing and Place (pp. 56–66). AMPS Proceedings Series, 26(1).
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