Why dos not the NHS treating the interior design of Maggie`s Centers in Glasgow as a model to there interior design in Glasgow health centers?

WHY MAGGIE 'S is not A MODEL FOR A RECUPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR NHS

Theory of Education Research

2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Literature Review 4

Aims and Objective of the Research 6

Research Questions and Issues 7

Outline Strategies 8

Choice of Research Design 8

Quantitative Research Techniques 11

Alternative Research Design 13

Access , Confidentiality and Ethics 16

Contribution to Enhancement of Education 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY 21

Introduction

Healthcare organizations and institutions often have to deal with the challenge of treating a patient

's actual illness and in caring for the patient 's overall well-being . Treatment of an illness and disease is one thing , but helping the patient cope emotionally and psychologically with the disease is another thing altogether . Hospitals and other health institutions thus face the challenge of providing for a recuperative or healing environment for their patients . Studies by the NHS Estates show that the design of the healthcare environment can have a therapeutic effect on patients

Health organizations have started to turn to architects and interior designs in creating an environment for patients which combing modern medicine technology and innovative design to provide for a recuperative and healing atmosphere . Research has shown that there are different environmental components , such as lighting , colour , aroma , views , art scale , proportion , sound , texture , and materials , have powerful healing and therapeutic effect on patients . The reason behind this is that people perceive the environment through the five senses of sight , smell touch , taste and hearing . The information that people pick up from these senses are transmitted to the brain which in turn affects our physiological , emotional , psychological , and ultimately , our physical well-being Literature Review

Healing environments allow a patient to make use of his or her five senses (sight , smell , touch , taste and hearing ) to relay informing to the brain which in turn affects the patient 's physiological , emotional psychological and ultimately , physical condition . In other words , a healthy mind is deemed connected to a healthy body . An effective healing environment provides that understanding the senses is the key to a good design . Studies have shown that the benefits of a truly responsive healing environment may lead to : faster patient recoveries reduced pain , fewer cases of infection , greater patient satisfaction reduced stress levels among staff , and attraction and retention of quality staff

A healing environment has been defined as an alternative architectural and interior design service using materials , geometry and placement to create spatial changes resulting in a stress free environment ' The goal is to provide a space that is both healthy and productive , and peaceful and tranquil at the same time for the patient . In a book Enlightened by Design by Helen Berliner , it was discussed that there are six basic ways to create a healing environment . Berliner provides that intentionally creating a healing environment is crucial for maintaining good health , and that the use of colours , lighting , and the symbolic meanings of objects and pictures , all contribute to lift the patient 's loneliness and depression

A study by Russell C...