Dr Garuth Chalfont

Publications

Chalfont, G. E. (2011).Charnley Fold: A Practice Model of Environmental Design for Enhanced Dementia Day Care. Social Care and Neurodisability. (click here)

Chalfont, G. E. (2011). Connection to Nature at the Building Edge: Towards a Therapeutic
Architecture for Dementia Care Environments. (LAP Lambert, 2011)
https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/connection-to-nature-at-the-building-edge/isbn/978-3-8443-1154-9

Chalfont, G. E., & Trish Hafford-Letchfield, (2010). Leadership from the bottom up: Reinventing dementia care in residential and nursing home settings. Social Work & Social Sciences Review. pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2010).The role of the outdoors in residential environments for aging. Susan Rodiek and Benjamin Schwarz - Book Review - Aging & Mental Health. pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2008). Design for Nature in Dementia Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Chalfont, G. E. (2008). The Living Edge: Connection to nature for people with dementia in residential care. Chapter Six in Froggatt, K. A., Davies, S. & J. Meyer (Eds.) Understanding Care Homes: A Research and Development Perspective. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. jpg
http://www.jkp.com/new/9781843105534

Chalfont, G. E. (2008) The Dementia Care Garden: innovation in design and practice. Journal of Dementia Care, Jan-Feb 2008, 18-20 pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2007) The Dementia Care Garden: part of daily life and activity. Journal of Dementia Care, 15 (6), 24-28 pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2007). Wholistic design in dementia care: Connection to nature with PLANET. Journal of Housing for the Elderly special issue Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia. Volume 21, Numbers 1/2 2007 153-177.

Chalfont, G. E. (2006).Connection to Nature at the Building Edge: Towards a Therapeutic
Architecture for Dementia Care Environments. PhD Thesis. University of Sheffield, Sheffield.

Chalfont, G. E., & Rodiek, S. (2005). Building Edge: An ecological approach to research and design of environments for people with dementia. Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, Special Issue - Environmental Innovations in Care, 6(4), 341-348. pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2005). Creating enabling outdoor environments for residents. Nursing and Residential Care (Vol. 7, pp. 454-457). pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2005). Reconnecting with nature. Journal of Dementia Care, 13(2), 35. pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (2004). Current research on connection to nature: Implications for garden design in dementia care. American Society of Landscape Architects, Therapeutic Garden Design Newsletter (4:1), Fall/Winter 2004 pdf

Chalfont, G. E. (1995). Residential Gardenmaking as a Manifestation of English Cultural Diffusion. MA thesis, Dept of Geography, School of Behavioural Sciences, University of Maryland, USA.