Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people
2004
Ageing and Society
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 24
Pages 941-962
Author(s): Parker, C., Barnes, S., McKee, K., Morgan, K., Torrington, J., Tregenza, P.
Older people living in residential and nursing care homes spend a large proportion of their time within the boundaries of the home, and may depend on the environment to compensate for their physical or cognitive frailties. Regulations and guidelines on the design of care buildings have accumulated over time with little knowledge of their impact on the quality of life of building users. The Design...
Added September 2014
Violence In Healthcare Facilities: Lessons From the Veterans Health Administration
2004
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Journal Article
Volume 46
Pages 1158-1165
Author(s): Hodgson, M.J. , Reed, R., Craig,T., Murphy, F., Lehmann, L., Belton, L., Warren, N.
The authors examined assault frequency and risk factors in healthcare.
Added May 2014
Effects of Acuity-Adaptable Rooms on Flow of Patients and Delivery of Care
2004
American Journal of Critical Care
Journal Article
Author(s): Hendrich, A. L., Fay, J., Sorrells, A.
Acuity-adaptable rooms could reduce patient transfer times, decrease costs, and increase patient quality of care and satisfaction. Researchers conducted a pre/post study in an acute care setting to evaluate the impact of moving to acuity-adaptable rooms on patient flow, hospital capacity, patient and staff satisfaction, sentinel events, average length of stay, and nursing productivity.
Added May 2014
Simple Additions to the Pharmacy Waiting Area May Increase Patient Satisfaction
2004
Journal of the American Pharmacists
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 44
Pages 630-632
Author(s): Cheng, C.
Simple changes to pharmacy waiting areas, such as hanging posters related to the prescription filling process, are linked to patient satisfaction with a pharmacy.
Added March 2014
Are Pediatric Practice Settings Adolescent Friendly? An Exploration of Attitudes and Preferences
2004
Clinical Pediatrics
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 43
Pages 55-61
Author(s): Tivorsak, T., Britto, M., Klostermann, B., Nebrig, D., Slap, G.
Adolescents would like the treatment settings they experience to be designed to reflect their design preferences. This is a comprehensive, early study clearly delineating the details of those preferred environments.
Added March 2014
Evaluation of the built environment at a Children's Convalescent Hospital: Development of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (TM) parent and staff satisfaction measures for pediatric health care facilities
2004
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 25
Pages 10-20
Author(s): Varni J. W., Burwinkle T. M., Dickinson P., Sherman S. A., Dixon P., Ervice J. A., Leyden P. A., Sadler B. L.
The expectation that the hospital built environment may affect the health and satisfaction of patients and their families continues to interest health care providers and hospital administrators as they differentiate and distinguish the quality and health outcomes of their services. In preparation for the design, construction, and postoccupancy evaluation of a new Children’s Convalescent Hospital, focus groups were conducted and measurement instruments were developed to quantify and characterize parent and staff satisfaction with the built environment of an existing pediatric health care facility, a 30-year-old, 59-bed, long-term, skilled nursing facility dedicated to the care of medically fragile children with complex chronic conditions. The measurement instruments were designed in close collaboration with parents, staff, and senior management involved with the existing and planned facility.
Added October 2012
The use of single patient rooms versus multiple occupancy rooms in acute care environments
2004
Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER)
Report
Author(s): Chaudhury, H, Mahmood, A , Valente, M
Added October 2012
Color in Healthcare Environments: A Critical Review of the Research Literature
2004
Coalition for Health Environments Research
Report
Author(s): Tofle, R.B., Schwartz, B., Yoon, S.-Y., Max-Royale, A.
Added October 2012
Labyrinths Provide Balance & Offer Healing
2004
The Center for Health Design
Report
Author(s): Ferre, R.
Added October 2012
The Use of Single Patient Rooms vs. Multiple Occupancy Rooms in Acute Care Environments
2004
Coalition for Health Environments Research
Report
Volume Coalition for Health Environments Research
Author(s): Chaudhury, H.
Added October 2012
Lighting design in the neonatal intensive care unit: practical applications of scientific principles
2004
Clinics In Perinatology
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 31
Pages 323
Author(s): White, R.D.
Added October 2012
An Evaluation of the Built Environment at Children's Convalescent Hospital, San Diego
Author(s): Varni, J., Burwinkle, T., Dickinson, P., Dixon, P., Ervice, J.A., Leyden, P., Kurtin, P., Sadler, B.
Added October 2012
Discomfort and factual recollection in intensive care unit patients
2004
Critical Care (London, England)
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 8
Pages R467-73
Author(s): van de Leur, J.P., van der Schans, C.P., Loef, B.G., Deelman, B.G., Geertzen, J.H.B., Zwaveling, J.H.
Added October 2012
Specially selected music in the cardiac laboratory-an important tool for improvement of the wellbeing of patients
2004
European Journal Of Cardiovascular Nursing: Journal Of The Working Group On Cardiovascular Nursing Of The European Society Of Cardiology
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 3
Pages 21-26
Author(s): Thorgaard, B., Henriksen, B.B.n., Pedersbaek, G., Thomsen, I.
Added October 2012
Is it safe to treat allogeneic stem cell transplanted recipients at home during the pancytopenic phase?
2004
La Presse Medicale
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 33
Pages 474-478
Author(s): Svahn, B.M., Bjurman, B., Myrback, K.E., Aschan, J., Ringden, O.
Added October 2012
Horticultural therapy: The 'healing garden' and gardening in rehabilitation measures at Danderyd hospital rehabilitation clinic, Sweden
2004
Developmental Neurorehabilitation
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 7
Pages 245-260
Author(s): Soderback, I., Soderstrom, M., Schalander, E.
Added October 2012
Perception of stressors by patients and nurses of critical care units in Hong Kong
2004
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 41
Pages 77-84
Author(s): So, H.M., Chan, D.S.K.
Added October 2012
Adolescent units-an evidence-based approach to quality nursing in adolescent care
2004
Eur J Oncol Nurs
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 8
Pages 20-9
Author(s): Smith, S.
Added October 2012
The Cycle of Caring
2004
Nursing Administration Quaterly
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 28
Pages 280-4
Author(s): Simons, M.
Added October 2012
Optimal Healing Environments in End-of-Life Care and Beyond
2004
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine
Journal Article
Volume 10 Suppl 1
Pages S201-9
Author(s): Silver, S.
Added October 2012