Do you have experience with nursing homes/residential long-term care in Ireland? Consider completing our online consultation form!
TrinityHaus (TCD) project: Planning and design for quality of life and resilience in residential long-term care settings for older people, is funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and aims to provide research findings and recommendations related to the buildings and outdoor spaces (the built environment) associated with residential long-term care settings for older people (often referred to as nursing homes) in Ireland.
This project focuses on the design of buildings and outdoor spaces in residential long-term care settings for older people. In many cases, this aspect of long-term care does not get enough attention. Yet the built environment, including the overall site, buildings, gardens, rooms, furniture and fittings, all play a critical role in the quality of life of residents. The built environment also influences staff wellbeing and how the setting is experienced by family members and other visitors. In this regard, this project examines how the built environment can help improve quality of life, enhance infection control, and support greater overall resilience into the future.
As such, we are asking members of the public with experience of nursing homes in Ireland, either as a resident, family member of a resident, or as a visitor or staff member, as well as professional/experts in the area of residential long-term care, to share their experience and opinions on residential long-term care by way of an online consultation form.
If you are interested in participating, please follow this link to complete the online consultation form: Online Consultation Form
Findings from this research will be used to inform a new set of planning and design guidelines for new settings and the adaptation and retrofit of existing settings.
For more information on this project and our similar research, please visit the TrinityHaus website.
Project funded by the Health Research Board (HRB)
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