Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center

The new Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is nearing completion of 500,000 square feet of new construction and 150,000 square feet of remodeling. The program includes acute general medical facilities with 30 acute care beds, a 750-bed skilled nursing facility, and a central esplanade housing a wellness and community center, aviary, library, barber shop, beauty salon, art studios, general store, gift shop and cafeteria. The new buildings create a community within the city of San Francisco where residents can live and socialize with each other as their capabilities allow. The building will officially open next month with the residents occupying the hospital in December 2010.

EBD Features

Evidence Based Design Features:

Alcohol based hand rub dispensers

Artwork of nature settings

Building orientation to maximize patient access to sunlight

Ceiling mounted lifts

Flexibility for family/ patient lighting control

Furniture arrangements/ waiting spaces that encourage social interaction

Gardens accessible to staff, patient, visitors

HEPA filters

High visible hand wash sinks

Integrated way-finding (pre-arrival, maps, architectural/ visual cues and signs)

Large patient room windows with views to nature

Noiseless paging systems

Patient rooms with designated zones for clinicians, patients, and families

Segregation of airflow direction

Single bed rooms

Staff support areas with natural light

Surfaces and finishes to reduce contamination

Surfaces and finishes to reduce falls

Surfaces and finishes to reduce noise

Wide/ double bathroom doors in patient rooms

Healing environment that is nurturing, therapeutic, and reduces stress

Pebbles Research Project

Anticipated Outcomes:

Improve Patient Satisfaction

Other Anticipated Outcomes:

Public Benefit

Resident Engagement

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