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Synovum Care Small Scale Living Bellmere

Research

The most significant research piece undertaken was the building and operation of two small

scale houses in 2014 at Synovum Care Wynyard Tasmania. Through this process we gained a
number of valuable insights into the characteristics of team members required, benefits to
residents’ health and wellbeing and more. However we have also been able to document a
significant number of design elements that we needed to improve for the Synovum Care
Bellmere development.

Our vision and small scale living in operation video can be downloaded here:

Your Life Your Way Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTlBYfTwVPs

Small Scale Living in operation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilzQNWeEeRo

Additionally we have explored and researched a number of international and national models
taking into account all key learnings, against our vision, throughout the design process. Refer
to the list below for further detail.

International Research

• Visit to, and Masterclass undertaken, De Hogeweyk, Weesp
(Dementia Village) – The Netherlands

• Masterclass attended at Attended the Global Dementia
Innovation Training and Masterclass 2014

• De Hogeweyk Co-founders visit Synovum Small Scale
Houses, Wynyard Tasmania to review model and access
progress

• Synovum Leadership Team have developed an ongoing
partnership with co-founders and senior management of De
Hogeweyk

• Tour and meeting at De Stichting Humanitas Rotterdam – The Netherlands

• The Green House Project – America. Studying of the philosophy and model of The Green
House Project since its commencement; understanding the financial considerations,
architecture and staffing

• Butterfly Household Homes – UK and Ireland. As part of our international research we have
been studying and attending workshops in regards to the Butterfly Household Homes and
their dementia care philosophy