Archive for the ‘Healthcare’ Category

Dec
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Filed Under (Healthcare) by Mike Andrew on 25-04-2007

Healthcare interiors whether within nursing homes, care homes or just waiting rooms should be carefully thought out and furnished.

Using a company that specialises in this very specific sector of interior design is a must. The healthcare industry is demanding and it is vitally important that the correct products are selected to suit your project needs be they Care Home, Nursing Home, Village, Hospice or Hospitals.

The interiors of nursing and care homes require a varied range of furnishings, interior design styles and thought. Nursing home furniture can come in the form of as small a detail as occasional tables right through to sofas, suites and beds.

A healthcare furniture specialist will have to create interiors, supply and fit the furniture in all the rooms of the nursing or care home facility. That will start with the reception through to dining areas, lounges and other communal areas, bedrooms, cleaning and laundry areas and even office and meetings rooms for staff and managers.

Creating the right interior in a care or nursing home is paramount both for the inhabitants and the staff. Fortunately there are some very forward thinking care and nursing homes being built and renovated across the country. Light, bright and airy are the orders of the day. Areas for specific patients such as dementia units providing purpose built care furniture and care home equipment specifically designed to aid dementia needs which include memory boxes and themed artwork.

The latest in care facility buildings are being created with a feel of a luxury hotel rather than a care home. These facilities have for example a series of suites each catering for a different type of resident through to apartment rooms and even executive wings with dedicated dementia and high dependency suites, all of which have a feel of luxury and more importantly, a feel of home through the clever use of healthcare furniture and equipment. It is these attributes that make for far better living spaces for patients and help prospective families and patients in choosing care home options.



Aug
16
Filed Under (Healthcare) by Mike Andrew on 25-04-2007

Wharrams are specialist suppliers of furniture, furnishings and equipment to the Healthcare industry.

Led by Chris Wharram who has a life time of experience in the furniture manufacturing business, Wharrams understand the complexities of furnishing and equipping that is required when commissioning new buildings for Healthcare use.

Wharrams use this experience in their design processes and are ever mindful and focused on the ever changing needs and desires of their target market.

Please visit www.wh-interiors.co.uk for more information about the range of Healthcare furniture, equipment and interiors provided by Wharrams.