Personal possessions of nursing home residents can contribute to their sense of home. This study investigated which of the personal belongings were considered most important, and if these items indeed contributed to a sense of home. A qualitative research was conducted with 27 nursing home residents. …

Introduction: Communication is an essential part of nursing care. While conversations with patients mainly take place in patient rooms, the ward corridor is often used for communication between staff members and sometimes visiting family. As many patients suffer from hearing loss due to biological ageing, …

Purpose – In many organizations, a major part of the daily activities is perceived as concentrated work (53% in this study). Hence, a lack of privacy at the workplace may be considered as a serious environmental stressor. Activity-based work environments usually provide non-assigned private rooms, to …

Assistive Technology: Building Bridges (pp. 415-422). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, No. 217)

The article aims to find predictors of study success from a teacher’s perspective that relate to the built environment. The research is based on a national online survey among 1752 teachers at 18 Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. Multivariate data analyses were used to test the hypothesis that …

Het product is een handreiking op de website van de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, waarmee (kleine) plaatselijke gemeenten zelf aan de slag kunnen om samenwerking met andere gemeenten vorm te geven. Deze samenwerking is in veel gevallen noodzakelijk, vanwege krimp in het aantal leden en vergrijzing. …

Het fundamentele inzicht dat het Jodendom van wezenlijk belang en van blijvende betekenis is voor christenen, werd op 28 oktober 1965 plechtig verwoord door het Tweede Vaticaans Concilie (1962-1965) in de ‘Verklaring over de Joden’. De bisschoppen van de Nederlandse rooms - katholieke Kerkprovincie hebben …

There is an increasing call in society for the improvement of well-being for nursing home residents and the support of care professionals through a wide array of architectural and technological solutions that are available in modern nursing homes. This study investigated which of these solutions are …

Given that it is essential for hotels to understand how guests experience hospitality, hotel managers need more concrete and tangible insights into this issue to improve their service. Quantitative research on experience of the physical environment and employee contact has shown that the comfort of hotel …

In recent years, the effects of the physical environment on the healing process and well-being have proved to be increasingly relevant for patients and their families (PF) as well as for healthcare staff. The discussions focus on traditional and institutionally designed healthcare facilities (HCF) relative …