Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities
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Title
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.).
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Citation
“Universal Design in Healthcare Facilities,” Disability Inclusivity in Medicine: Representations, Policies, Environment, and Technologies, accessed April 5, 2025, https://mail.dhd752groupproject.digital.uic.edu/items/show/29.