Design for People Who’ve Been Awake All Night (03-24-11)
Designers often are called upon to develop spaces for people who’ve been up all night – from college campuses to airports.
Healthcare
Art and Medication Use (03-22-11)
Nanda (American Art Resources) and colleagues Eisen (Texas Christian University) and Owen (East Alabama Medical Center) have investigated the relationship between art viewed by psychiatric patents and their medication use.
Sunlight and Multiple Sclerosis (03-02-11)
Designers developing residences and treatment facilities for people with multiple sclerosis will find a recently completed study useful.
Office Plants: Worth the Fertilizer? (01-21-11)
As snow covers most of North America, and office workers’ views of nearby nature are shrouded under a thick white blanket, thoughts turn to potted plants in offices.
Plants and Residential Rehab (12-30-10)
During a recent study, addition of new plants in indoor common areas at a residential rehabilitation center improved the self-perceived well-being of pulmonary patients.
Visual Art in Healthcare: Is the Jury Still Out?
Over the last few decades much has been written, and discussed, about the role of nature in healthcare environments (including the role of visual art with nature images). In healthcare settings, the primary focus must be that loyalty in healthcare art is not towards the Artist, or the field of the Arts, but towards the patient.
Music for Patients on Ventilators (12-08-10)
Patients on ventilators listening to music experience less stress than ventilated patients not listening to music.
Patient Amenities – Powerful Predictors of Hospital Selections (11-29-10)
Goldman and her colleagues discuss the importance of amenities, such as lobbies designed like those in 5-star hotels and “magnificent views,” when consumers are making decisions about hospital services.
Older Individuals’ Ability to Filter Information (11-15-10)
A recently reported study reinforces earlier research indicating that older individuals (mean age of 77 in the study) have difficulty filtering out distracting or unneeded visual information to which they are exposed.
Is Patient-/Family-Centered Design Hard on Nurses? (11-04-10)
There is a push to increase patient- and family-centered care in hospitals and all the resulting additional amenities and in-room seating areas increase the size of nursing units.
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