# BEAT-D

> BEAT-D (iPhone/iPad app by University of Wollongong.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-d/id527112326 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [University of Wollongong](https://appshunter.io/developer/527113169)
- Category: Medical, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2012-05-15
- Data updated: 2026-11-04

## What is BEAT?

This app will guide you through an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of buildings used to accommodate people with dementia. It provides you with a choice of using the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT) designed for facilities where relatively mobile people with dementia live, or the use of the Environmental Assessment Tool – Higher Care (EAT-HC) for buildings accommodating  less mobile people with dementia.

You will be invited to take photographs of aspects of the building that illustrate important features of its design, both good and bad. These will be built into a comprehensive report that will enable you to see at a glance the areas that require improvement and to begin planning how to improve them. The report will be structured around ten principles of design that have been found to be important in the reduction of confusion, agitation and depression while improving way finding, social interaction and engagement with life. These principles are:

1.	Unobtrusively reduce risks 
2.	Provide a human scale 
3.	Allow people to see and be seen 
4.	Manage levels of stimulation – Reduce  unhelpful stimulation 
5.	Manage levels of stimulation - Optimise helpful stimulation 
6.	Support movement and engagement
7.	Create a familiar place 
8.	Provide a variety of places to be alone or with others – In the unit 
9.	Provide a variety of places to be alone or with others – In  the  community 
10.	Design in response to vision for way of life 

This service is provided by Dementia Training Australia which is supported by the Australian Government. There is no charge for its use. Education on the use of the built environment in the care of people with dementia is also available from Dementia Training Australia. See www.dementiatrainingaustralia.com.au for more details.

## Is BEAT safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess BEAT.

## Is BEAT legit?

BEAT-D is no longer available in the App Store. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for BEAT is 35 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 3.1.4 — 2017-03-17

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

New Design

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