Format:
1 online resource (339 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780470926826
Series Statement:
Wiley Series in Healthcare and Senior Living Design Series v.9
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- A List of Checklists and Special Topics -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE LONG - TERM CARE -- Quality of Residential Long-Term Care -- Design Intervention -- Technology -- Residential Long-Term Care in Other Countries -- Endnotes -- 1 ASSISTED LIVING -- Assisted Living in Europe -- Assisted Living in the United States -- Planning Public Spaces -- A Note on Apartments -- Endnotes -- 2 CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA -- Reducing Distractions -- Establishing Links with the Familiar, Healthy Past -- Providing Sensory Cues to Prompt Memory -- Eliminating Dangerous Options -- Avoiding Confrontations -- Encouraging Successful Social Interaction and Family Participation -- Releasing Excess Energy -- Encouraging Independence -- Endnotes -- 3 HOME HEALTH CARE -- Design Demonstration Centers -- Cohousing -- Group Homes -- Independent Living -- Endnotes -- 4 HOSPICE -- Design Criteria -- Privacy -- Comfort -- Support of Friends and Family -- Individual Choice -- Infection Control -- Security -- Endnotes -- 5 SUBACUTE CARE AND REHABILITATION -- Design of Subacute-Care Facilities -- Design for Visual Acuity -- Design to Enhance Hearing -- Assistive Technology -- Design for Improved Cognitive Ability -- Design for Mobility -- Other Sensory Issues -- Design of Rehabilitation Facilities -- Physical Therapy -- Occupational Therapy -- Specialized Services -- Endnotes -- PART TWO AMBULATORY CARE -- Health-Care Cost Containment -- The Educated Consumer -- Endnotes -- 6 DAY CAREAND RESPITE -- Adult Day Care and Respite -- Day Care for People with Dementia -- Child Day Care -- Endnotes -- 7 MEDICAL OFFICES -- Accessing the Facility -- Registration and Waiting -- Examination and Consultation -- Self-Care -- Laboratory -- Specialized Practice -- Pediatrics -- Diagnostic Imaging Centers -- Ambulatory Surgery
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Oncology and Cancer Care -- Endnotes -- 8 WELLNESS CENTERS -- Transforming Hospitals into Wellness Centers -- Design Elements -- Fitness Area -- Extended Services -- Locker Rooms and Wet Areas -- Swimming and Aqua Therapy Pools -- Comprehensive Services -- Endnotes -- PART THREE ACUTE-CARE HOSPITALS -- Endnotes -- 9 BIRTH CENTERS -- Innovations in Birth Centers -- The Birth Room -- 10 CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS -- Efficacy -- Comfort and Safety -- A Sense of Belonging -- Positive Distraction -- Endnotes -- 11 INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS. -- Patient Independence -- Integration of the Family -- Public and Social Areas -- The Mind-Body Connection -- Endnotes -- 12 GENERAL HOSPITALS -- Critical Trends and Issues in Acute-Care Design -- Cooperative Care and VIP Suites -- Cooperative Care Model -- VIP Suites -- Endnotes -- 13 CRITICAL CARE. -- Emergency Departments -- Intensive Care Units -- Specialized Intensive Care Units -- Cardiac Intensive Care Units -- Neonatal Intensive Care Units -- Family Waiting -- Endnotes -- Index -- EULA
Additional Edition:
Print version Leibrock, Cynthia A. Design Details for Health Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2011 ISBN 9780470524718
Language:
English
Keywords:
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