An atmosphere of recovery
Dorita Hannah visits Klein Architects’ transformative Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit, Tiaho Mai, and discovers a new era in therapeutic design.
Source: architecturenow.co.nz
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Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning 'human-centred' vision for aged care into reality
The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these recommendations relate to the models of care and levels of staffing in homes. Put simply, in the architectural rabbit warrens that typify aged-care facilities, there can never be enough staff to manage every nook. Models of care are also difficult to change when the architecture is obsolete. Yet these difficulties aren’t detailed in the report. It barely mentions architecture. Only two of the 148 recommendations relate specifi...
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