Arya Dinesh
Hunter New England Mental Health Service, Hunter New England Local Health Network, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2011 Apr;19(2):163-7. doi: 10.3109/10398562.2011.562506.
The aim of this paper is to explore important considerations when planning an acute mental health inpatient unit.
Planning a mental health acute inpatient facility should be about more than just building a beautiful, fabulous facility. A novel architectural design, fancy gadgets, safe tapware, new lounge suites, good light and air circulation are all incredibly important and good architects and designers can inform us about new developments in architecture and design that we must incorporate in our design plans. However, to design a facility that is right for tomorrow, it is also important to spend time trying to understand what happens in the facility and how the new facility is going to make things different and better. Planning of a health facility should be about creating an environment that is not only pleasant, comfortable and safe but also one that would enable and facilitate better care. It is important to map processes before rather than after building a facility, so that this process mapping can inform design and we do not keep falling into the trap of building a beautiful new facility but losing the opportunity to make care better.
本文旨在探讨规划急性精神科住院单元时的重要考量因素。
规划一个急性精神科住院设施不应仅仅着眼于建造一个美观、令人赞叹的设施。新颖的建筑设计、新奇的设备、安全的水龙头、新的休息区套房、良好的采光和空气流通都极其重要，优秀的建筑师和设计师能够向我们介绍建筑和设计方面的新进展，而我们必须将这些纳入设计规划中。然而，要设计出适合未来的设施，花时间去了解设施内发生的情况以及新设施将如何使情况变得不同且更好也很重要。健康设施的规划应该是创造一个不仅宜人、舒适且安全，而且能促进更好护理的环境。在建造设施之前而非之后绘制流程很重要，这样流程绘制才能为设计提供参考，使我们不会一直陷入建造一个漂亮的新设施却失去改善护理机会的陷阱。
