Hospice design manual

"The Hospice Design Manual is a unique guide offering both comprehensive information and specific practical advice to hospice and palliative care organizations planning to build, adapt, restore or refurbish an in-patient facility. This book is an essential resource for hospice and palliative care professionals; for members of building committees and boards of directors; and for planners, architects, and designers. The Hospice Design Manual is written from both architectural and holistic perspectives, taking into account the special and sometimes differing needs of patients, families and staff members. Environmental, aesthetic and cultural considerations are carefully reviewed, as are the day-to-day imperatives of caring efficiently for very ill people in as home-like a setting as possible. Each hospice and palliative care organization will have its unique wishes and needs for its in-patient facility, and each site will present its particular challenges of planning, site design and building construction. The Hospice Design Manual is a comprehensive compilation of experienced-based information and advice which will greatly simplify the complex process of planning, designing and constructing an in-patient facility"--Back cover.