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
Evidence-based design for infants and staff in the neonatal intensive care unit
2004
Clinics in Perinatology
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 31
Pages 299–311
Author(s): Shepley, M. M.
There has been a marked increase in evidence-based studies relating to neonatal intensive care units in pediatric healthcare literature. While it is acknowledged that clinical, operational, and social dimensions play the most significant role in healing, the physical environment has also been universally identified as a critical factor. Conscientious architects are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of design decisions on the sensory environment of the neonatal intensive care unit.
Added July 2014
Wayfinding in an Unfamiliar Environment: Different Spatial Settings of Two Polyclinics
2004
Environment and Behavior
Journal Article
Author(s): Baskaya, A., Wilson, C., Ozcan, Y. Z.
People in healthcare facilities should be able to find their way easily through the structure. If they can’t, they experience stress. Symmetrical layouts, in which spaces with particular functions, for example waiting areas for a certain clinic, are distinguished in some way from other similar spaces, through the use of a landmark such as a particular color on the walls, are an effective design for a healthcare facility because they support accurate navigation through the building.
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
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
The Role of Spatial Reference Frames in Architecture - Misalignment Impairs Way-Finding Performance
2004
Environment & Behavior
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 36
Pages 461-482
Author(s): Werner, S., Schindler, L.E.
Added October 2012
Healing Is Who We Are … and Who Are We?
2004
Nursing Administration Quarterly
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 28
Pages 241-8
Author(s): Taylor, M., Keighron, K.
Added October 2012
Evidence for implementing nonpharmacological interventions for wandering
2004
Rehabilitation Nursing: The Official Journal Of The Association Of Rehabilitation Nurses
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 29
Pages 195-206
Author(s): Siders, C., Nelson, A., Brown, L.M., Joseph, I., Algase, D., Beattie, E., Verbosky-Cadena, S.
Added October 2012
Designing with health in mind. Innovative design elements can make hospitals safer, more healing places
2004
Modern Healthcare
Journal Article
Issue 42
Volume 34
Pages 28-28
Author(s): Sadler, B.L.
Added October 2012
Cognitive-behavioral therapy, light therapy, and their combination in treating seasonal affective disorder
2004
Journal of Affective Disorders
Journal Article
Issue 2-3
Volume 80
Pages 273-283
Author(s): Rohan, K.J., Lindsey, K.T., Roecklein, K.A., Lacy, T.J.
Added October 2012
The Role of the Optimal Healing Environment in the Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type II
2004
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Journal Article
Volume 10 Suppl 1
Pages S223-9
Author(s): Kligler, B.
Added October 2012
Linking the Spatial Syntax of Cognitive Maps to the Spatial Syntax of the Environment
2004
Environment and Behavior
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 36
Pages 483-504
Author(s): Kim, Y.O., Penn, A.
Added October 2012
Development of a new analyzing model for quantifying pedestrian slip resistance characteristics: part 1- basic concepts and theories
2004
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 33
Pages 395-401
Author(s): Kim, I.-J.
Added October 2012
Attitudes and expectations about music therapy for premature infants among staff in a neonatal intensive care unit
2004
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 10
Pages 50-54
Author(s): Kemper, K.J., Martin, K., Block, S.M., Shoaf, R., Woods, C.
Added October 2012
Predicting Anxiety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans
2004
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 11
Pages 1-7
Author(s): Harris, L.M., Cumming, S.R., Menzies, R.G.
Added October 2012
A Pilot and Feasibility Study of Virtual Reality as a Distraction for Children With Cancer
2004
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal Article
Issue 10
Volume 43
Pages 1243-1249
Author(s): Gershon, J., Zimand, E., Pickering, M., Rothbaum, B.O., Hodges, L.
Added October 2012
Architects behaving badly: ignoring environmental behavior reserach
2004
Harvard Design Magazine
Journal Article
Author(s): Fisher, T.
Added October 2012
Wandering: safe walking for a challenging purposeful behavior
2004
Perspectives
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 28
Pages 16-22
Author(s): Buchanan, D., Minor, P.
Added October 2012
The interrelatedness of wandering and wayfinding in a community sample of persons with dementia
2004
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 17
Pages 231-239
Author(s): Algase, D.L., Son, G.R., Beattie, E., Song, J.A., Leitsch, S., Yao, L.
Added October 2012
The Use of Socio-Technical Probabilistic Risk Assessment at AHRQ and NASA
2004
International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management
Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Battles, J., Kanki,B.
Added October 2012
