Healing Environments: A Caregivers View and its Effect on Patient Healing
Track
:
March 12, 2008
Program Code:
340
Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time:
1:45 PM to 3:00 PM
EST
Location:
Tallahassee
SPEAKER
:
Debajyoti Pati, PhD, AIA, Director of Research, HKS Architects, Dallas, TX
Dr. Pati is an architect and researcher with 19 years experience in research, practice and teaching in the USA, Canada and India. He has published & presented his work widely. He is also currently conducting 6 healthcare research studies.
Description
High stress among caregivers' adversely impacts patient healing. The Case Study being examined describes the influence of nature views on a caregivers' stress level. Findings suggest exposure to these views not only directly aids the patients healing process, but also indirectly has a positive impact on staff. This session enables attendees to: •Identify physical elements that act as stressors to patient and staff. •State the impact of nature views has on staff in relation to stress and response readiness. •Discuss the importance of view in relation to other stressors.