
Dementia Friendly Community – Environmental Assessment Tool
Type: Toolkit
Note: This is resource 5 of 6 – Environmental Design Resources Handbook
The handbook helps users of the Dementia Friendly Community – Environmental Assessment Tool (DFC-EAT) to systematically review and create better environments for people living with dementia.

RESOURCE 5
There are three parts in the handbook:
- Part 1 ‘Key Design Principles’ contains a description of key design principles.
- Part 2 ‘The Dementia Friendly Community – Environmental Assessment Tool (DFC-EAT)’ introduces the DFC-EAT and provides directions for its use.
- Part 3 ‘Using the Spreadsheet’ contains a guide to scoring the DFC-EAT and showing the results graphically.

BEAT-D APP
Our free BEAT-D App (Built Environment Assessment Tool – Dementia) will guide you through an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of buildings used to accommodate people with dementia.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RESOURCES HANDBOOK
This handbook consists of a suite of 6 resources. Access the individual resources below:

Dementia Friendly Community – Environmental Assessment Tool (DFC-EAT) HANDBOOK

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