The study was conducted by Fuelfor, a design consultancy specialising in healthcare, and offers seven universal concepts and 24 design principles to improve end of life care in Singapore.
As Feulfor conducted their review, they identified key issues and areas for improvement including:
- hospices are isolated from society
- hospice spaces are not designed to support palliative care practices
- hospices can only perform sub-optimally in constrained conditions
- patients need support to have their voices heard
- decision-making is highly stressful for patients and families
- palliative care teams need to be cared for.
“Today’s hospices were built for yesterday,” said Mr Lee Poh Wah, CEO of Lien Foundation. “Hospices suffer a poor image and are misunderstood. They deserve better understanding from society and fresh insights to meet rising care expectations.”
Access the report and read a press release on the website of the Lien foundation.
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