Design Details for Health : Making the Most of Interior Design's Healing Potential

by Cynthia A. Leibrock

• ISBN13: 9780471241942
• ISBN10: 0471241946
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Using design details to improve today's health care-an inspiring, comprehensive guide As Cynthia Leibrock writes in the Preface, "The power of a healing environment comes from the little things, the design details that empower patients to take responsibility for their own health." In Design Details for Health, she offers specific design details that can improve patient outcomes by returning authority to the patient, along with fascinating case studies and research demonstrating the positive role design details can play in reducing healthcare costs. Practical and inspiring, this innovative book is essential reading for architects, interior designers, facility managers, and healthcare professionals. Attention to detail is the cornerstone of success in virtually every enterprise. This is especially true in the field of healthcare design, where design details can have a profound impact on the quality and efficacy of care. In Design Details for Health, Cynthia Leibrock gives designers and other industry professionals specific examples showing how design details can offer patients greater comfort and independencewhile also giving healthcare facilities a competitive edge-saving staff time, cutting overhead costs, and reducing liability. With the help of nearly 200 images, many in full color, she offers flexible, innovative design solutions in key areas such as lighting, acoustics, color, furnishings, and finishes. From acute carehospitals to specialized ambulatory care and home treatment settings, she addresses a variety of healthcare environments and includes inspiring case studies that reveal how effective design details work in the real world. Throughout the book, Cynthia Leibrock presents findings from the cutting edge of design research-including results published here for the first time-reflecting the experience and expertise of hundreds of healthcare designers and architects in the United States and abroad. Covering topics ranging from acoustics to lighting, this valuable data includes citations for further reference. When design empowers rather than disables, everybody wins. Sensitive to the needs of both patients and the providers that serve them, Design Details for Health is essential reading for today's architects, interior designers, facility managers, and healthcare professionals involved in commercial and residential healthcare facilities. ". . . this book is a reference standard with timeless value." -Wayne Ruga, Founder, The National Symposium on Healthcare Design

Author Biography

<b>CYNTHIA LEIBROCK, MA, ASID, Hon. IIDA</b>, is the founder of Easy Access, a Fort Collins, Colorado, healthcare consulting firm devoted to improving the lives of older and disabled people through design. She lectures internationally on healthcare design and accessibility, is a faculty affiliate at Colorado State University, and teaches an annual course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is the author of Beautiful Universal Design (with James Evan Terry) and Beautiful Barrier-Free, both from Wiley.

Table of Contents

List of Details and Research Abstracts	xi
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
PART ONE LONG-TERM CARE	1	(108)
Cost Containment	2	(1)
Reimbursement Driving Design	3	(1)
Quality of Residential Long-Term Care	4	(1)
Design Intervention	5	(1)
Technology	6	(1)
Residential Long-Term Care in Other Countries	7	(2)
References	9	(2)
Assisted Living Apartments	11	(16)
Assisted Living in Europe	12	(4)
Assisted Living in the United States	16	(3)
Planning Public Spaces	19	(6)
A Note on Apartments	25	(1)
References	25	(2)
Caring for People with Dementia	27	(18)
Programming for Dementia	32	(1)
Reducing Distractions	32	(2)
Establishing Links with the Familiar, Healthy Past	34	(1)
Providing Sensory Cues to Prompt Memory	35	(1)
Eliminating Dangerous Options	36	(1)
Avoiding Confrontations	37	(2)
Encouraging Successful Social Interaction and Family Participation	39	(1)
Releasing Excess Energy	40	(1)
Encouraging Independence	41	(3)
References	44	(1)
Home Health Care	45	(16)
Design Demonstration Centers	47	(1)
Cohousing	47	(5)
Group Homes	52	(5)
Independent Living	57	(3)
References	60	(1)
Hospice	61	(16)
Design Criteria	63	(9)
Privacy	63	(1)
Comfort	64	(5)
Support of Friends and Family	69	(3)
Hospice for People with AIDS	72	(4)
Individual Choice	73	(2)
Infection Control	75	(1)
Security	75	(1)
References	76	(1)
Subacute Care and Rehabilitation	77	(32)
Design of Subacute Care Facilities	77	(13)
Design for Visual Acuity	78	(3)
Design to Enhance Hearing	81	(3)
Design for Improved Cognitive Ability	84	(3)
Design for Mobility	87	(3)
Other Sensory Issues	90	(1)
Design of Rehabilitation Facilities	90	(17)
Psychiatric Rehabilitation	91	(1)
Physical Therapy	92	(1)
Occupational Therapy	93	(6)
Specialized Services	99	(8)
References	107	(2)
PART TWO AMBULATORY CARE	109	(62)
Health Care Cost Containment	110	(1)
The Missing Component: The Educated Consumer	111	(1)
References	112	(1)
Day Care and Respite	113	(14)
Adult Day Care and Respite	114	(6)
Day Care for People with Dementia	120	(4)
Child Day Care	124	(2)
References	126	(1)
Medical Offices	127	(26)
Reception	131	(8)
Examination and Consulting Rooms	139	(5)
Specialized Practice	144	(8)
Allergy Clinics	144	(1)
Pediatrics	145	(2)
Ambulatory Surgery	147	(1)
Oncology	148	(4)
References	152	(1)
Wellness Centers	153	(18)
Transforming Hospitals into Wellness Centers	158	(2)
Design Elements	160	(10)
Fitness Area	160	(3)
Nonmember Spaces	163	(1)
Locker Rooms and Wet Areas	164	(6)
References	170	(1)
PART THREE INPATIENT HOSPITALS	171	(106)
References	174	(1)
Birth Centers	175	(10)
Innovations in Birth Centers	175	(1)
The Birth Room	176	(3)
Hospitable Environments	179	(4)
References	183	(2)
Children's Hospitals	185	(22)
Efficacy	187	(3)
Comfort and Safety	190	(6)
A Sense of Belonging	196	(1)
Positive Distraction and Diversion	196	(10)
References	206	(1)
Inpatient Psychiatric Units	207	(10)
Normalization	207	(2)
Patient Independence	209	(1)
Integration of the Family	209	(1)
Treatment and Therapy	210	(2)
The Body-Mind Connection	212	(4)
References	216	(1)
Medical Hotels	217	(14)
Cooperative Care Model	218	(3)
VIP Suites	221	(8)
References	229	(2)
General Hospitals	231	(26)
Innovations in Service Provision	232	(1)
Case Studies	233	(22)
Lessons from Planetree	236	(8)
A Study in Context	244	(11)
References	255	(2)
Critical Care	257	(20)
Emergency Departments	257	(5)
Intensive Care Units	262	(6)
Universal Patient Rooms	268	(4)
Specialized Intensive Care Units	272	(3)
Cardiac Intensive Care Units	272	(1)
Neonatal Intensive Care Units	272	(3)
Family Waiting Rooms	275	(1)
References	275	(2)
Directory of Designers and Consultants	277	(3)
Directory of Manufacturers	280	(9)
Index	289