TITLE:
Holistic Healing Framework: Impact of the Physical Surrounding Design on Patient Healing and Wellbeing
AUTHORS:
Moamer M. Gashoot
KEYWORDS:
Healing Environment, Holistic Healing, Patient, Healthcare Design, Behaviour
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.10 No.1,
December
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: With advances in healthcare design settings and technology, previously established frameworks warrant to be revisited. A new framework based on the principles of holistic healing that integrates design theories and incorporates significant interior design components that help designers create healing spaces, through better understanding of user perception and preference of interior design elements is discussed. The holistic healing framework proposed is aimed at achieving satisfaction for single-occupancy room users with their hospital rooms. This framework appears to be particularly valuable in studying and understanding the physical setting and individual interactions within the environmental behaviour and how people perceive their surroundings. The onus is on designers to introduce design and décor to meet hospital room user requirements and showcase designer skills. Addressing a hospital room user’s satisfaction with healthcare facilities is only possible if these requirements are clearly documented and environmental behavior theories are fully understood.