Futurecare

Health care in the developed world is in the throws of radical change. Primary health care is having to become more cost effective, large scale hospitals may become a thing of the past and the increasing needs of a growing population will need to be catered for. These are just a few of the issues. Health and care planners, together with architects and designers, need to ensure that what they plan for today will not be redundant in the near future. This book looks at development and design needs across the whole range of health and care facilities. Preface; Acknowledgements; Looking back; Healthcare reform and change; The impact of technology; Primary care; Community care in the United Kingdom; Outcomes in the environment - long term care; Senior day care; Life care - looking back today, future programming; Close care and assisted living; Long-term care - a residential environment that is striving to be a home; Nursing Home 2000; Dementia care; The in-patient hospice - theory and case study; Sub acute care; Acute care; Patient-focused design; The healing environment; Re-using existing buildings; Towards a conclusion; Additional Reading; Directory of Contributors; Index "The...18 Chapters...are easy to read, thoughtful and thought provoking. There is breadth of vision shown by all contributors."

"Healthcare reform, day surgery and long-term care are among areas discussed, with reference to change. A future model of 'a seamless continuum of care, void of walls and barriers' is predicted, and the scope, efficiency and quality of operation and services is examined"

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Martin S. Valins BA(Hons), DipArch., RIBA, a founding Director of Care Design Group, London, UK, is Director of Research at Reese Lower Patrick & Scott Architects Ltd, Pennsylvania, USA. Derek Salter DipArch. (Oxford), RIBA, is a founding Director of Care Design Group, London and Director of Salmon Speed Architects, London, UK. Identifying anticipated future healthcare needs and planning how to meet them is an ongoing challenge. Health and care planners, together with architects an designers, need to ensure that what they plan today will not be redundant in the near future. This book examines the key issues which provides must consider in accommodating health and care needs into the next century. Futurecare provides a clear insight for all those concerned in the development of health and care buildings and environments, and examines the core issues which are driving change.

Futurecare illustrates a wide range of important issues including healthcare reform and change, community care and consumer-focused design. It describes the origins of health and care facility planning and examines the influences which will shape future directions. Changes in the way health care is – and will be – delivered are considered, with chapters concentrating on the future care of our ageing population. Illustrated with photographic examples of assisted living programmes and long-term care residential development designs, this innovative text offers guidance for all those involved in the process of planning health and care environments.

Key features are:

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• Focuses on radically changing needs into the 21st century
  
• Examines how current issues will affect future health care provision
  
• Innovation in caring envionments for older people