Healing Environment in Paediatric Wards: From Research to Practice

Best practices was created to helps designers in the creation of more conducive healing environment in paediatric wards. This is benefited to designers in creating spaces not only base on their assumptions. The evaluation focuses the newer paediatric wards in the Klang Valley area. Case study is the strategy involved 3 paediatric wards. Personal on-site observation and evaluation, questionnaires, and documentations are the selected methods. This paper revealed that best practices suggested were not fully implemented. Therefore, it is best for all bodies related to should be made aware of their obligations for a better quality environment in paediatric wards.