| AUTHOR'S NOTE
This design manual has been prepared primarily for two reasons. Firstly, for hospice planning groups, to assist in the initial planning phase and to help in the understanding of the requirements for a hospice building and the way these function. Secondly, for architects, to provide a research based study of the design problems and requirements of a hospice building to assist their efforts in designing an efficient, well planned hospice building. For this reason several topics have been included, of which the architect will already have knowledge. Their inclusion is to supply information to laypersons on a hospice building committee. Also due to nature of the manual I have had to repeat information where it falls in several areas. The research for this guide was accomplished in part by visiting almost 50 in-patient hospices around the United States and in the United Kingdom. |
After touring a facility talks were held with one or more of the following – nursing staff, administrative staff, patients and their families, and the buildings’ architect.
I would like to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy schedule to spend time talking about hospice design and function and letting me tour their facilities. All the assistance has been extremely valuable. I would especially like to thank Michal Galazka and the Hospice Education Institute for their support with the project. Thanks also to Tom Mullinax AIA for his invaluble assistance. Timothy Moorhouse
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