You can help mold the minds of others and teach them to think through education; but you cannot change how someone feels so easily. Fear—Sadness—Loneliness affect how people act just as much as Strength—Happiness— Fulfillment does.
We find solace in our memories of happy times with friends and families — in our homes, on vacation, out in nature. So, it is only natural that when we find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation that the solicitation of such fond memories would help to keep our nerves at bay.
Perhaps the patient would feel more relaxed and dare to “day dream” while their important health procedure was being performed if they had something beautiful to look at and inspire them.
TeamPAR proudly services the senior care marketplace through both its PARflooring and PARsolutions product offerings. While walking a healthcare trade show in Chicago, I met Sky Factory for the first time. I was drawn to their product offerings because they speak to the person’s senses and psyche. Sky Factory engages both sight and sound in their offerings bringing uniqueness to a high functioning spaces. This unexpected element adds value to the patient or resident, perhaps unconsciously. For example, if an MRI test can be administered more calmly or an elderly person feels less depressed and wishes to become more involved in their senior living community because their environment lifts their spirits then we too can smile as the designer and facilitator of the commercial interior upgrades.
If an elderly person was living in a senior living environment and was unable to go outside daily, to sit and read in front of these “windows” while listening to the sound of the wind on the wild grasses and birds in the air would perhaps transport them and lift their spirits.
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