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Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people

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...
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Added September 2014

Violence In Healthcare Facilities: Lessons From the Veterans Health Administration

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.
Key Point Summary
Added May 2014

The use of single patient rooms versus multiple occupancy rooms in acute care environments

Author(s): Chaudhury, H, Mahmood, A , Valente, M
Added October 2012

Color in Healthcare Environments: A Critical Review of the Research Literature

Author(s): Tofle, R.B., Schwartz, B., Yoon, S.-Y., Max-Royale, A.
Added October 2012

Labyrinths Provide Balance & Offer Healing

Author(s): Ferre, R.
Added October 2012

The Use of Single Patient Rooms vs. Multiple Occupancy Rooms in Acute Care Environments

Author(s): Chaudhury, H.
Added October 2012

Is it safe to treat allogeneic stem cell transplanted recipients at home during the pancytopenic phase?

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

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

Author(s): So, H.M., Chan, D.S.K.
Added October 2012

Adolescent units-an evidence-based approach to quality nursing in adolescent care

Author(s): Smith, S.
Added October 2012

The Cycle of Caring

Author(s): Simons, M.
Added October 2012

Optimal Healing Environments in End-of-Life Care and Beyond

Author(s): Silver, S.
Added October 2012

Healing Spaces: Elements of Environmental Design That Make an Impact on Health

Author(s): Schweitzer, M., Gilpin, L., Frampton, S.
Added October 2012

What environmental factors irritate people with acquired brain injury?

Author(s): Pryor, J.
Added October 2012

The patient experience in emergency departments: a review of the literature

Author(s): Nairn, S., Whotton, E., Marshal, C., Roberts, M., Swann, G.
Added October 2012

Nursing work environment and quality of care: differences between units at the same hospital

Author(s): McCusker, J., Dendukuri, N., Cardinal, L., Laplante, J., Bambonye, L.
Added October 2012

Influences on positive family involvement in aged care: an ethnographic view

Author(s): Marquis, R., Freegard, H., Hoogland, L.
Added October 2012

Caregivers' experiences of interaction with families expecting a fetally impaired child

Author(s): Maijala, H., Paavilainen, E., V채is채nen, L., Astedt-Kurki, P.
Added October 2012

Effect of music on vital signs and postoperative pain

Author(s): Ikonomidou, E., Rehnström, A., Naesh, O.
Added October 2012

Quiet! hospital zone

Author(s): Conti, C.R.
Added October 2012