Tall Pines Medical Center - Hualapai Nation by Emily Drennen Hatch

TALL PINES MEDICAL CENTER - HUALAPAI NATION

There is no deviation of mind and body; if one is afflicted both suffer… True health is found in harmony

Hualapai Nation, which translates to People of the Tall Pines, is a community that constantly grapples with a profound mental health crisis. Acts of physical abuse, drug use, and suicide grip the minds of many within the community. Furthermore, the lack of social support and outreach makes it difficult for locals to get preventative and rehabilitative care. Reconnecting people with social services and reviving the community will be critical to their future. The absence of these services and connections has led to a decline in sociability among residents, further contributing to the isolation and despair that plagues the community. Tall Pines Medical Center provides a variety of spaces for mind and body care of varying acuity, ensuring all behavioral health situations can be properly treated and prevented.

The demographic makeup of the local community is predominantly indigenous people, accounting for 90% of the population. This demographic composition contributes a unique layer of cultural concerns and sensitivities that must be accounted for when designing and implementing mental health initiatives. Providing spaces for flexible mental health care treatments will best suit the needs of the indigenous people, while providing proper services for rehabilitation and education. The goal is to empower individuals through education and provide them the services and tools they need to combat mental illness in their lives and in the lives of their neighbors. Unifying and educating the community will bring about a holistic change in wellness.

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This Critical Access Hospital hosts community, educational sessions, and behavioral health treatment options. Recognizing the diverse means and methods of mental healthcare across cultural and geographical spectrums; the hospital must offer a wide range of treatment options varying in severity. Therefore, providing group

help sessions, individual treatment options, and short-term inpatient care and rehabilitation will be crucial to meeting the needs of the community. Through these services, treatment options can be tailored uniquely to each and every individual because holistic health must be adaptable.

INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROOM 3 EMPATH ROOM 2 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OBSERVATION DECK 1

Reengaging the community through this public hospital is the only way to reverse the mental health trends in the region. By providing inspiring experiences, educational sessions, and events, the hospital can become the social hub of the community. In addition, strengthening social connections among neighbors and friends will drastically improve mental well-being. Through social efforts, the community will be able to curve the downward health trends of

the region. Preventing the need for medical intervention will be a much greater service to the users, rather than just having the ability to medicate them. Tall Pines must offer a greater service to the community that goes beyond the instantaneous care of patients; it must aim to reverse the mental health crisis, not simply treat it. Therefore, balancing the mind and body of each and every patient, care provider, and community member.

EMERGENCY - 7,650 SF 7 PATIENT EXAM ROOMS 2 TRAUMA BED ROOMS OUTPATIENT - 7,100 SF 16 PATIENT EXAM ROOMS 6 PHYSICIAN OFFICES PHYSICAL THERAPY - 2,450 SF 3 PHYSICAL EXAM ROOMS OPEN GYM AREA & WALKING TRACK PUBLIC AREA - 5,650 SF CAFETERIA & EVENT SPACE FOCUS GROUP & MEETING ROOMS ADMIN - 2,650 SF 3 PRIVATE OFFICES LARGE OPEN OFFICE AREA SURGERY - 7,000 SF 3 PRE POST OPERATION ROOMS 2 OPERATING ROOMS IMAGING - 3,800 SF IN-HOUSE MRI EQUIPMENT OUTPATIENT IMAGING SERVICES LAB & PHARM - 2,000 SF FLEXIBLE SPACES & STORAGE ADDITIONAL STORAGE & STAFF ROOMS INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL - 5,850 SF 7 BEHAVIORAL INPATIENT ROOMS LARGE COMMONS & NURSE STATION INPATIENT & LDRP - 16,250 SF 18 INPATIENT ROOMS CENTRAL CONCOURSE FOR BREAK OUT SPACE INPATIENT ROOM 4