Home-Based Primary Care: Adaptability Criteria for the Bedroom Layout and the Furnitures/Technological Equipments.

Publisher: IOS Press Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9214582 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-8365 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09269630 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Stud Health Technol Inform

Original Publication: Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, 1991-

Activities of Daily Living* ; Interior Design and Furnishings*; Delivery of Health Care ; Humans ; Primary Health Care ; Technology

Within the past decade, advances in medical technology, the desires and complex care needs of an ageing population, and innovative care delivery models have initiated a shift from providing care in hospitals to outpatient settings. And more recently, the acceleration and amplification of these factors is pushing healthcare options even further from the traditional inpatient and outpatient settings towards acute and subacute care in the home. This has led the medical community to look toward providing more tools and methods of care that patients can access safely right from home and the designers to think as the homes of the future will be flexible to support both an array of devices to provide a healthcare delivery and the humanization and personalization of the domestic space. The paper identifies criteria for the flexible design of the physical environment (including the home, equipment, furniture, etc.) that support and facilitate safety, comfort, and healing, in relation to the various patient populations, at their own physical and psychosocial needs, at the range of equipment/technology (from chronic to acute care), at the caregiving and daily living activities.

Keywords: Aging in Place; Customization; Flexibility; Healthcare at Home; Patient-Centered Design; Universal Design

Date Created: 20220908 Date Completed: 20220909 Latest Revision: 20220909

20240628

10.3233/SHTI220859

36073413