A healing environment is one which makes us feel better, and feeling better is the key to getting better.
Studies clearly show that environmental factors such as lighting, colour, aroma, views, art, sound, texture and materials can have a powerful healing and therapeutic effect on patients. Staff also benefit from a healing environment.
Healing environments may lead to:
- faster patient recoveries
- reduced pain or less reliance on powerful analgesics
- greater patient satisfaction
- reduced stress levels among staff
- improved staff recruitment and retention
