Designing the Patient Room : : A New Approach to Healthcare Interiors / / Sylvia Leydecker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Leydecker, Sylvia,
• MitwirkendeR: Weizsäcker, Fritz von,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Introduction --; Functional areas --; Key components of the design task --; Old age and dementia --; Ensuring hygiene --; International developments and trends --; Selected projects --; Workflow: planning, interfaces and methods --; Business economics, marketing and operations --; Acknowledgements --; About the authors --; Illustration credits
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783038211105; 9783110719543; 9783110547719; 9783110540550; 9783110625264
• DOI: 10.1515/9783038211105
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sylvia Leydecker.

Interior architecture is the main factor in creating pleasant environments for in-patient healthcare. Whether in paediatric or geriatric wards, economic efficiency, patient well-being and staff satisfaction are increasingly the focus of treatment, healing and healthcare concepts around the world. Well-designed interior architecture concepts for patient rooms can benefit the patient’s process of recovery and, through its atmosphere and functionality, improve the quality of the hospital experience. This book explores the design of the patient room as a core part of healthcare environments. It describes the different design components, such as material, colour, light and surface finish, and addresses the needs of hygiene and the specific challenges presented by demographic change and digitisation, as well as workflow issues and economic efficiency. Fourteen international case studies illustrate these design principles.