Research Catalog

Title

Children's hospice design manual / Timothy Moorhouse.

Author

Moorhouse, Timothy

Publication

• Machiasport, Maine, USA : Hospice Education Institute, [2010]
• ©2010

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Additional Authors

Hospice Education Institute, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

xi, 161 pages : illustrations (some color), plans; 22 cm

Summary

"This book is an innovative and unique guide to designing and operating a children's hospice. Children's hospices are already well established in many parts of the world, but are in their infancy in the United States. This book is an essential resource for hospice and palliative care professionals, for pediatric clinical specialists, and for all who have a special interest in helping life-limited children and their families. The Children's Hospice Design Manual is written from both architectural and holistic perspectives, is eminently practical in its approach, and is largely based on the author's many visits to children's hospices and hospitals worldwide. Design, environmental, and cultural considerations are carefully considered, as are the diverse needs of children, siblings, parents, grandparents and the hospice staff members"--Back cover.

Subject

• Hospices
• Hospital Design and Construction
• Hospitals, Pediatric
• Health facilities > Design and construction

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Children's hospice care -- Section 1: Overview -- Section 2: Accessibility -- Bereavement -- Children's diseases -- Community -- Continued care -- Daylight -- Design impact on a patient's wellbeing -- Environmental considerations -- Ethnic, religious & cultural considerations -- Family apartment concept -- Future development & expansion -- Gardens & landscaping -- Hospital infrastructure -- Independence -- Infection control -- Initial questions -- Lighting designs -- Location -- Nurses -- Problem -- Remembrance & dedication -- Remodeling existing buildings -- Rules & regulations -- Schooling -- Site selection -- Size of hospice -- Therapies -- Time line -- Use of color -- Users of a children's hospice building -- Volunteers -- Section 3: Administration -- Alarm systems & security -- Bathrooms -- Beds & bed storage -- Bedrooms -- Bereavement suite -- Changing & locker rooms -- Classrooms & conference rooms -- Computers -- COnservatory & atrium -- Consulting & counseling rooms -- Dining room -- Elevators -- Family accommodations -- Flooring -- Hoists -- Hospice shop & fundraising -- Innovations -- Kitchens -- Laundry facilities -- Library -- Linen rooms -- Living room -- Mechanical systems -- Medication room -- Multi-purpose room -- Multi-sensory room (Snoezelen®) -- Music room -- Nurses' station -- Oxygen supply -- Parking -- Patient call system -- Pet therapy & zoo -- Playgrounds -- Playrooms -- Quiet room -- Reception & entrance -- Sanctuary -- Soft playroom -- Spa & pool -- Specialized equipment -- Staff break room -- Storage -- Therapy rooms -- Treatment & exam rooms -- Utility rooms -- Section 4: Site visits -- Brief notes on hospices visited -- Section 5: Schematic design description -- Design drawings.

ISBN

• 9780962343858
• 0962343854

LCCN

2012538808

OCLC

• ocn908629238
• 908629238
• SCSB-5873111

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries