Comfort and Equality
Making a positive first impression is central to setting the tone for a good patient experience and recent research suggests, not surprisingly, that comfort is a key factor in a patient’s seat selection. For many patients, the need for personal space is essential for their mental and emotional comfort, and providing seating that can help patients define their personal space is important. For example, chairs with wide armrests can help to establish spatial boundaries as well as help the patient get up from the chair. It’s a simple but significant design feature that can help a patient feel less anxious and more secure.
Family visits, on the other hand, call for different configurations of seating to create the sense of a safe and private space for the family unit as a whole. Specialist bariatric seating such as the Arvada is also proving increasingly popular for those patients who need a little extra space to feel comfortable. The Equala range in particular, has been designed with equality and inclusiveness in mind.
Based on Ocura’s six key principles, each piece of furniture is easy to use, ergonomically designed, economical when looking at life cycle value, and environmentally friendly in design. With optimal patient flow in mind, each item of furniture is also efficient in using floor space and is founded on the principles of equality for all.