Parkside Lutheran Home has always been known for the high standard of care it provides residents. Located in the small, peaceful community of Lisbon, North Dakota (population 2,300), great pride is taken in the quality of life for the entire town. Although the level...
For the fifth year in a row, participants in the DESIGN Showcase were asked to discuss the real challenges they faced in developing and executing a design. Going beyond displaying a project's highlights, many honestly laid out the difficulties they encountered in...
Just as your organization uses operational, compliance, and financial audits to understand how well you are meeting your mission and objectives, an environmental audit can help you create a better residential care environment. Why conduct an environmental audit?...
Last week's HEALTHCARE DESIGN poll question asked: Will the passage of healthcare reform have a negative or positive effect on the healthcare design community? 31.03% - It will have a negative effect 41.38% - It will have a positive effect 4.60% - A negative effect in...
Every year, as part of our DESIGN coverage, our jurors participate in a roundtable discussion. This year, they met with DESIGN Editor Maureen Hrehocik to comment on the submissions and discuss trends, innovations, and problem areas noticed in the entries. Our panel...
Whether you call an alternative dining venue an Internet café, a bistro, or an ice cream parlor, residents in long-term care communities love these increasingly popular amenities. They are the fastest-growing specialty areas in both new construction and existing...
We are proud to present the 2010 DESIGN Citation of Merit winners. The six projects that follow were deemed “the best of the best” by our panel of 14 jurors which included architects, interior designers, providers, and regulators. The highest honor, Best of Show, went...
“Disasters are going to happen.” A rather innocuous comment from George Mann, AIA, Professor, The Skaggs-Sprague Endowed Chair of Health Facilities Design, College of Architectre, Texas A&M University—and a member of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN editorial board—in the...
The popular Discovery Channel program, MythBusters, uses modern-day science to demonstrate what's real and what's not. On any given program you're likely to find the two stars of the show, who are special effects experts, trying to break out of jail with dental floss...
It was a chilly 34 degrees in Dallas the weekend of January 9. Fourteen long-term care professionals from across the country converged on the corporate offices of Buckner Retirement Services in downtown Dallas. They were there to judge the entries in this year's...
As designers, we provide expertise that enables our healthcare clients to be industry leaders. Staying atop of industry changes—from shifting demographics to evolving technology and Evidence Based research—pays off in better designed facilities. Over the past several blogs, we’ve looked at trends shaping healthcare design over the past 25 years—campus planning to patient units and building infrastructure. Hospitals are constantly evolving to incorporate improved healthcare delivery processes while placing greater emphasis on patient comfort.
Precautionary principle: a moral principle guarding against actions that might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public, caused by human actions on the environment and human health. The precautionary principle implies that there is a responsibility to intervene...
