TGP prepared design proposals for hard and soft landscape for a new care home to meet the requirements of the users including the elderly and suffering from dementia. The design was to create a calm and restful atmosphere in an environment which is non-threatening, maximises therapeutic opportunities, has the ability to relieve boredom, promotes exercise and is sensitive to the needs of its physically disabled patients, their visitors and its staff.
To do this it was important to consider space and environment and recognise that this is important from both the external and internal perspective, and to be appropriate to the resident group(s) accessing each area, e.g. anti-ligature issues and dementia friendly.
TGP Landscape Architects