| Title |
Development of the Healing Environment Design Checklist for Geriatric Hospital Bedrooms focusing on the patients’ Mental Health |
| Authors |
고가로(Gao, JiaLu) ; 김인성(Kim, In-Sung) |
| DOI |
http://doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2020.29.4.057 |
| Keywords |
Mental health; Geriatric hospital; WELL Building Standard; Healing environment; checklist |
| Abstract |
With the increasing population of the elderly, the demand of geriatric hospitals is increasing exponentially. Health issues of the aged also demand various types of well made healing environment. This study aims at suggesting interior design criteria for geriatric hospital bedrooms which can lead the healing environment for mental health. The study explores various interior environment elements and criteria from previous reports and research studies, and tries to suggest an original checklist for geriatric hospital bedrooms. The study firstly analysed the ‘Mind’ category of WELL Building Standard, which has been published in U.S.A, in 2014 as the first standard focusing solely on the health and wellness of building occupants, and compared its index with elements examined on many previous studies in Korea. The study established the first matrix of checklist for healing environment of geriatric hospital bedrooms by analysing the big table generated in the first step. To develop more realistic and objective list, the study collected the evaluation and comments on the pilot checklist from the 40 professionals in both design and medical fields. The checklist was amended considering gathered opinions, and finalized with 48 indicators in four main categories, which were ‘Beauty and Design’, ‘Biophilia Design’, ‘Privacy’ and ‘Community and Information’. |