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Aside from the reverence of cemeteries and funeral homes, healthcare facilities are spaces where the reality of death coexists with the vitality of life. Regardless of culture or background, every person has to interact with the certainty of mortality, but not all of society is provided with rituals and spaces that adequately allow one to grieve. In the case of patients and family members who experience palliative and hospice care, the grieving process tends to begin long before the person has passed; changes in physical and mental state are a foreshadowing to an end that is hard to accept overnight. As staff and family support the patient, and each other, it is necessary for palliative and hospice facilities to support the healing and comfort of all the users involved in end-of-life care, not only through their function, but most importantly by creating psychologically-supportive environments that strive to not contribute to the existing stressors of their circumstances.
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Publication Date
5-15-2022
Language
English
Keywords
Architecture;Design;Healthcare;Hospice;Palliative;Healthcare Design
Disciplines
Architecture | Interior Architecture
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2510 KB
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Recommended Citation
Fernandez, Gabrielle, "Hospitable Healthcare Design: Bridging Hospitality and Palliative and End-of-Life Care" (2022). Hospitality Design Graduate Student Capstones. 52.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/arch_grad_capstones/52
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