Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities

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Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities

Description

Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities:

  • Promotes medical facility policy-making that considers the needs of everyone who uses the facility: clients and their families, service providers, and distributors
  • Promotes resource savings
  • Reduces potential risks and promotes a safe environment
  • Acknowledges human diversity
  • Makes service provision human-centered, ensuring safety, high quality, and respect for human dignity
  • Promotes an improvement in the health of clients and personnel
  • Offers solutions that can be modified and changed to meet different users’ needs and requirements.
  • Helps balance the needs of different people
  • Reduces professional burnout of medical personnel
  • Optimizes efforts and facilities the work of personnel
  • Improves safety and comfort of all

References:

Baida, L., & Ivanova, O. (2019). Universal Design in Healthcare Manual. (M. Konova, Trans.).

Citation

“Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities,” Disability Inclusivity in Medicine: Representations, Policies, Environment, and Technologies, accessed April 28, 2025, https://mail.dhd752groupproject.digital.uic.edu/items/show/29.

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