Alfred

DESIGN Federico Boga Francesca Bruno Roberto Radaelli YEAR of THE PROJECT 2017

“The hospital principle itself must not revolve around the needs of the doctor but those of the patient.”

- Umberto Veronesi

The care and psycho-physical well-being in living environments. Design with a view to human-centered design, with attention to psycho-physical well-being, to those in need of care, for the elderly and Alzheimer’s patients. For the project we decided to operate in the hospital with the intent of finding design solutions that would improve the lives of elderly hospitalized patients. In particular, we decided to take care of people who are in a long-term situation with a low level of mobility and autonomy.

Necessity of external help

Sense of imprisonment

Long-term patient in a hospital context

Limited autonomy

A patient who is bedridden, in post-operative conditions and with mobility problems, may feel imprisoned. The autonomy is reduced considerably and the raised bed rails contribute to increase the sense of constriction and imprisonment.

“Being able to carry out some activities independently can make the stay more pleasant”

The proposed solution is to integrate an extendable table in the bedside system, in order to make the patient as autonomous as possible in carrying out the main activities. The sides have a satin finish in order to reduce the sense of imprisonment of the patient while maintaining privacy.

The legislation to be met to know the specific requirements for medical beds is: UNI CEI 60601-2-52: 2010. The standard applies to basic safety and essential services for medical beds for adults.

The materials that have been used must have certain characteristics: they must be antibacterial and water repellent, in order to have the IP67 Certification. The chosen materials are therefore the PC with satin finish for the sides, while ABS for the mobile table.

The movement of the table is integrated into the commands of the remote control that can be used by the patient and in the panel for doctors and nurses. The table can move longitudinally to the bed depending on the patient’s comfort.