Paediatric Community: Healing Environment Conducive Enough?

Healing environment can be simply described as the overall environment (physical and non-physical) created to aid the recovery or healing process. This research is to identify the impact of the physical setting and healing process of hospitalized children, their families and related community. Preliminary studies were conducted and interested argument on how and what are the factors that contributes to the healthcare environment? The methodology for data collection involved site visits, personal observations and photograph documentation, the use of NHS (2008) evaluation toolkits for healthcare buildings – the AEDET Evolution and ASPECT. However, lacking were considerations for pediatric ergonomics and the utilization of audio therapies.