Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
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Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#2No shit Sherlock!
You know what makes patients feel better too? Super large rooms with a lot of light, and designer furniture. Add quality meals and perhaps people will feel ok in hospitals...
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#3I'm curious if this applies to doctor offices too. In Japan, doctor offices are very barebones: small, cramped, and only has enough space for the doctor and one patient.
Since Japan has national health care, they spend the minimum amount necessary to keep these offices operational. So there is no art, no big spaces, no "nice to have" things.
If a patient only spends 15-30 minutes in that environment, will it really impact their stress, anxiety and pain?
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#4No shit Sherlock! You know what makes patients feel better too? Super large rooms with a lot of light, and designer furniture. Add quality meals and perhaps people will feel ok in hospitals...
There are superbeneficial (US-IRS) tax laws that let corps shelter money in fine art. Tax advantage is the prime reason you see fine art hanging in office hallways....
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#5Having spent many months of my life in hospital rooms, even just a brightly colored paint job really makes things feel better. A lot of older hospitals have very sterile, bland colors on the floors and walls that would make even a healthy happy human feel depressed.
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#6No shit Sherlock! You know what makes patients feel better too? Super large rooms with a lot of light, and designer furniture. Add quality meals and perhaps people will feel ok in hospitals...
Quality meals ... when my dad had his heart surgery his first solid meal was a low quality, high-fat hamburger on a plain white bun (no tomato or lettuce, just ketchup), salad with enough ranch dressing for 4 salads and a plastic container with peaches soaked in syrup (ie. HFCS). I was horrified.
I mentioned it to his cardiologist who, to his credit, went on a rant about how the food seems to be especially chosen to sabotage any work he does.
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#7I'm curious if this applies to doctor offices too. In Japan, doctor offices are very barebones: small, cramped, and only has enough space for the doctor and one patient. Since Japan has national health care, they spend the minimum amount necessary to keep these offices operational. So there is no art, no big spaces, no "nice to have" things. If a patient only spends 15-30 minutes in that environment, will it really i…
> they spend the minimum amount necessary
They could make a policy change to accept art donations (of paintings, posters, etc), and put them up on the walls. I imagine a lot of people would be happy to donate art for the public good.
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#8No shit Sherlock! You know what makes patients feel better too? Super large rooms with a lot of light, and designer furniture. Add quality meals and perhaps people will feel ok in hospitals...
There are superbeneficial (US-IRS) tax laws that let corps shelter money in fine art. Tax advantage is the prime reason you see fine art hanging in office hallways....
That doesn't remove the actual benefit for people either.
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#9No shit Sherlock! You know what makes patients feel better too? Super large rooms with a lot of light, and designer furniture. Add quality meals and perhaps people will feel ok in hospitals...
Hospitals will have all of those things the moment people are willing to pay for them. Some hospitals have those now - for the sort of hospitals that predominantly serve patients with excellent insurance for high margin activities or who are paying cash. Eg, top tier specialty surgical centers and dedicated cancer centers.
Most patients can’t afford their meds, or any type of hospital stay. They’re not paying a premium for extra square footage and art on the walls.
Re: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain
#10Having spent many months of my life in hospital rooms, even just a brightly colored paint job really makes things feel better. A lot of older hospitals have very sterile, bland colors on the floors and walls that would make even a healthy happy human feel depressed.
Reason for that though: it's easier to see blood and other fluids on a bland / white wall. Since fluids are a common way for infectious diseases to spread, they need to be cleaned thoroughly and completely.
Source: wife is a nurse in the ER.