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

, by Haggard; Liz

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ISBN: 9780419231707 | 0419231706
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Copyright: 11/4/1999

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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.

Foreword

xiii

Professor Anthony Clare

Preface

Acknowledgements

xix

The legacy and appearance of hospital buildings

(24)

Introduction

(1)

The `social comfort' of a hospital

(14)

Characteristics and qualities

(5)

Historic hospital provision

(8)

National Health Service hospitals

(1)

Can the NHS deliver comfort and delight?

(4)

National attitudes

(1)

Poor architectural procedures

(1)

The nature of the health profession

(1)

Professional design team

(1)

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?

(1)

National Trust properties

(1)

information

(5)

Relevant organisations

(1)

Surveys and archives

(1)

General bibliography

(1)

Relevant magazines

(1)

Text and illustrations: photographers and copyright owners

(2)

Landscape, gardens and the space between the buildings

(22)

Traditional hospital landscape

(4)

How it has evolved

(1)

How does your garden grow?

(1)

Current NHS land usage

(2)

New situations prompt new policies

(6)

Land design and layout

(2)

Soft landscape

(2)

Hard landscape

(1)

Landscape buildings/furniture/embellishment

(1)

Community and specialist use of land

(9)

We admit our omissions

(1)

Allotments

(1)

Orchards

(1)

Herb and healing gardens

(1)

Wildlife gardens

(2)

Cemeteries

(1)

Provision for children

(1)

Accommodation for animals

(2)

`Secret gardens'

(1)

information

(3)

Relevant organisations

(1)

Commercial suppliers

(1)

Sites and places

(1)

General bibliography

(1)

Illustrations: photographers and copyright owners

(1)

Principles of interior renovation: the role of the interior designer

(6)

Introduction

(1)

Basic principles

(6)

The designer's role

(1)

What can still go wrong?

(4)

Departmental components of the average hospital: from reception to chapels

(30)

`The naming of parts'

(1)

Components described and discussed

(30)

Main roadway entrance

(2)

Car park and route to the main door

(1)

Large communal areas

(1)

Circulation areas

(7)

Specialist examination and treatment areas

(1)

Interview and counselling rooms

(2)

Traditional rooms

(1)

Kitchens

(1)

General eating areas

(1)

Patient wards

(7)

Living and activity areas

(1)

Washing areas

(3)

Public areas for private use

(1)

Staff areas

(1)

Administration areas

(1)

Storage

(1)

In conclusion ... how it can be done

(1)

Interior features: from floors to furniture

(32)

Does interior design affect success?

(1)

Constructional components

(17)

Floors

(1)

Floor coverings

(1)

Hard floor coverings

(3)

Soft floor coverings

(1)

Walls

(2)

Ceilings

(1)

Wallpaper

(1)

Paint

(3)

Fabrics

(1)

Doors

(1)

Windows

(1)

Furniture

(1)

Fixtures and fittings

(1)

Noticeboards

(1)

Fireplaces

(1)

Lighting

(2)

Snoezelen rooms

(1)

Services

(1)

Conclusion

(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)

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

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