Healing the Hospital Environment: Design, Management and Maintenance of Healthcare Premises

by Haggard; Liz

• ISBN13: 9780419231707
• ISBN10: 0419231706
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-11-04
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

Healing the Hospital Environmentprovides practical solutions and guidance for healthcare facility administrators and estates managers concerned with the implementation of a complete interior and exterior refurbishment policy and for commissioning new buildings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Professor Anthony Clare
Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xix
The legacy and appearance of hospital buildings	1	(24)
Introduction	1	(1)
The `social comfort' of a hospital	1	(14)
Characteristics and qualities	1	(5)
Historic hospital provision	6	(8)
National Health Service hospitals	14	(1)
Can the NHS deliver comfort and delight?	15	(4)
National attitudes	16	(1)
Poor architectural procedures	16	(1)
The nature of the health profession	17	(1)
Professional design team	18	(1)
Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?	19	(1)
National Trust properties	19	(1)
information	20	(5)
Relevant organisations	20	(1)
Surveys and archives	21	(1)
General bibliography	21	(1)
Relevant magazines	22	(1)
Text and illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	23	(2)
Landscape, gardens and the space between the buildings	25	(22)
Traditional hospital landscape	25	(4)
How it has evolved	25	(1)
How does your garden grow?	26	(1)
Current NHS land usage	27	(2)
New situations prompt new policies	29	(6)
Land design and layout	29	(2)
Soft landscape	31	(2)
Hard landscape	33	(1)
Landscape buildings/furniture/embellishment	34	(1)
Community and specialist use of land	35	(9)
We admit our omissions	35	(1)
Allotments	36	(1)
Orchards	37	(1)
Herb and healing gardens	37	(1)
Wildlife gardens	38	(2)
Cemeteries	40	(1)
Provision for children	41	(1)
Accommodation for animals	41	(2)
`Secret gardens'	43	(1)
information	44	(3)
Relevant organisations	44	(1)
Commercial suppliers	45	(1)
Sites and places	46	(1)
General bibliography	46	(1)
Illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	46	(1)
Principles of interior renovation: the role of the interior designer	47	(6)
Introduction	47	(1)
Basic principles	47	(6)
The designer's role	48	(1)
What can still go wrong?	49	(4)
Departmental components of the average hospital: from reception to chapels	53	(30)
`The naming of parts'	53	(1)
Components described and discussed	53	(30)
Main roadway entrance	53	(2)
Car park and route to the main door	55	(1)
Large communal areas	56	(1)
Circulation areas	57	(7)
Specialist examination and treatment areas	64	(1)
Interview and counselling rooms	65	(2)
Traditional rooms	67	(1)
Kitchens	68	(1)
General eating areas	69	(1)
Patient wards	70	(7)
Living and activity areas	77	(1)
Washing areas	77	(3)
Public areas for private use	80	(1)
Staff areas	81	(1)
Administration areas	81	(1)
Storage	81	(1)
In conclusion ... how it can be done	82	(1)
Interior features: from floors to furniture	83	(32)
Does interior design affect success?	83	(1)
Constructional components	84	(17)
Floors	84	(1)
Floor coverings	85	(1)
Hard floor coverings	85	(3)
Soft floor coverings	88	(1)
Walls	88	(2)
Ceilings	90	(1)
Wallpaper	90	(1)
Paint	90	(3)
Fabrics	93	(1)
Doors	93	(1)
Windows	94	(1)
Furniture	95	(1)
Fixtures and fittings	96	(1)
Noticeboards	96	(1)
Fireplaces	97	(1)
Lighting	97	(2)
Snoezelen rooms	99	(1)
Services	99	(1)
Conclusion	99	(2)
information: Products and materials: information and availability	101	(1)
Local and national availability	101	(1)
How to find local and national suppliers of products and materials	101	(1)
Criteria for selection	102	(1)
NHS contract list prices	102	(1)
Relationship with manufacturers	102	(1)
The nature, purchase and care of products	102	(13)
Flooring	102	(1)
Hard flooring	102	(1)
Soft flooring	103	(2)
Stairs	105	(1)
Skirting boards and joins	105	(1)
Wall protectors	105	(1)
Wallpapers	105	(1)
Paint	106	(1)
Fabrics	107	(1)
Doors	108	(1)
Windows	108	(1)
Furniture: an audit, with recommendations on its care, restoration, grouping and uses	109	(1)
Fixtures and fittings	110	(1)
Noticeboards	110	(1)
Fireplaces	110	(1)
Lighting	111	(1)
Safety and fire regulations	111	(1)
A balance of safety	112	(1)
General bibliography	113	(1)
Text and illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	113	(2)
Colour and other factors	115	(12)
Practical skills and complex knowledge	115	(1)
The average hospital's poor visual image	115	(1)
Designers as `physiologists'	116	(1)
Our visual vocabulary: the contribution of colour	117	(6)
What constitutes colour?	117	(1)
Uses of colour	117	(2)
Beliefs, myths, theory and knowledge of colour	119	(3)
Conclusions	122	(1)
Proportion and spatial relationships	123	(1)
Mental harmony versus muddle	123	(1)
`Getting it right'	123	(1)
Form and function	123	(1)
The behavioural influence of design	123	(1)
Fashions in formal function	124	(1)
Conclusion	124	(1)
information	125	(2)
Bibliography and archives	125	(1)
Illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	125	(2)
Arts and decoration: from high art to humble memorabilia	127	(32)
The issues involved	127	(1)
How important is art in a hospital?	127	(1)
Taste and selectivity	128	(3)
Range and variety	131	(2)
Contemporary art	131	(1)
Student art	131	(1)
Local artists	131	(1)
Decoration in hospitals	131	(2)
Fine crafts	133	(1)
How does a hospital assemble material for an art scheme?	133	(11)
Free material	133	(1)
Purchasing	134	(5)
Hiring and advisory agencies	139	(1)
Therapeutic arts	139	(1)
Commissioning	140	(1)
Competitions	141	(2)
Residencies and community artists	143	(1)
Cost guidance	143	(1)
What can go wrong?	144	(1)
Personnel problems	144	(1)
Legal problems	144	(1)
Help is at hand	145	(1)
Working precedents	145	(1)
Arts subsidy network	145	(1)
And finally...	145	(1)
information	146	(1)
Purchase: where can you buy art?	146	(4)
Art venues	146	(1)
The arts press	146	(1)
Indexes and registers	147	(1)
Mail order catalogues and museum shops	147	(2)
Multistores and specialist shops	149	(1)
Historical material	149	(1)
Hiring and borrowing	150	(1)
National and regional agencies	150	(1)
Display materials and equipment	150	(2)
Frames	150	(1)
Screens and cases	151	(1)
Services and materials	151	(1)
Practical care	152	(2)
Physical aspects	152	(2)
Organisational aspects	154	(1)
Legal care	154	(2)
Contract of commission/purchase/hiring	154	(1)
Copyright	155	(1)
Artists in residence	156	(1)
Help is at hand	156	(3)
National bodies	156	(1)
Regional arts boards	156	(1)
Other agencies	157	(1)
Bibliography	157	(1)
Illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	158	(1)
The human factor	159	(14)
Introduction	159	(1)
Author's anecdote: the origins of this book	159	(1)
The same hospital today	160	(1)
A patient's comment	161	(1)
The five senses	162	(7)
Hearing	163	(3)
Smell	166	(1)
Sight	167	(1)
Touch	167	(1)
Taste	168	(1)
The sixth sense and sister senses	168	(1)
The experience of illness	169	(1)
Other human influences	169	(3)
The impact of people	169	(3)
information	172	(1)
Illustrations: photographers and copyright owners	172	(1)
Professional appointments: the `design team'	173	(4)
Introduction	173	(1)
What to do	173	(1)
The design team	173	(2)
Financing the design team	175	(1)
Accommodation of the design team	175	(1)
Criteria for success	175	(2)
After three months	175	(1)
After one year	176	(1)
After three years	176	(1)
After five years	176	(1)
Fundraising	177	(12)
Introduction	177	(1)
The hospital as applicant	177	(2)
Inherent benefits and problems	177	(1)
Preparation of a successful application	178	(1)
Help is at hand	179	(1)
Where does the money come from?	179	(3)
National sources	180	(1)
International sources	181	(1)
Local sources	181	(1)
Sources pertaining to hospitals	181	(1)
Specialist sources	181	(1)
What can still go wrong?	182	(2)
`Not quite enough money yet'	182	(1)
Staff changes	182	(1)
And finally ... watch funding trends	182	(2)
information	184	(3)
Organisations	184	(3)
Conclusion	187	(2)
What do we think of it so far?	187	(2)
Index	189