Citation
(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Housing, Care and Support, Vol. 17 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/HCS-03-2014-001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Housing, Care and Support, Volume 17, Issue 1.
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for, Housing, Care and Support
“Well-being through design: transferability of design concepts for healthcare environments to ordinary community settings”
Will Boex and Sam Boex
Boex, Porthleven, UK
Purpose – The paper aims to explore current interest in the concept of well-being, and to trace, with examples, the growing use of design ideas in healthcare settings to reduce stress and maximise efficiency. Finally, it seeks to look at the relevance or
transferability of such design principles and approaches to opportunities to enhance well-being through design in community
settings.
Design/methodology/approach – The potential in this approach is illustrated with some examples of design approaches applied in healthcare, teasing out
the wider implications with ways to explore and arrange the patient journey, for example, or the “care pathway” for a vulnerable
adult into a care or support service for maximum benefit.
Findings – Thinking on enhancing well-being by design has been further advanced in applications in the health service, but a number
of design concepts and approaches seem to promise similar benefits in community settings where issues in managing the health
and well-being of vulnerable individuals are equally relevant.
Originality/value – Design principles may be especially useful in current efforts towards creating dementia-friendly homes and communities,
or “psychologically informed environments” in services for marginalized and excluded individuals.
Keywords Dementia-proofing, Designer task, Disadvantaged groups, Generalizability, Patient journey, Psychologically informed environment,
Social inclusion, Social welfare, Stress, Touch points
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14608791211268554
This article originally appeared in Volume 15 Number 3, 2012, Housing, Care and Support
The following article was selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"'More than the house': a Canadian perspective on housing stability"
Sonya L. Jakubec, Andreas Tomaszewski, Tracy Powell and Joseph Osuji
This article originally appeared in Volume 15 Number 3, 2012, Housing, Care and Support