Offer Peace in the New Year:Ligature-Resistant Furniture
As the year winds down, you’re probably seeking out a few traditional moments of peace. Whether it’s holiday gatherings with family or annual reflections on your professional accomplishments, setting worries aside is a universally healing experience. When a patient arrives at your treatment center, consider how powerful it can be to offer loved ones the peace of…
Consider the Challenges of Transitional Housing
Reliable housing has become such a critical need in the United States that a growing number of hospital systems have taken up the cause. Providers from Sacramento to St. Louis to Cleveland are working hard to secure permanent and transitional housing for patients who have nowhere to go after inpatient visits—even if it means building…
Managing Risks: Caring for your Caregivers
Managing risk in a healthcare setting becomes a complex task, requiring organizations to consider both the overtly unsafe act and the hidden danger in the environment. Each facility will have its own risk profile based on the characteristics of its physical space, workforce, and populations served. This is why it’s so important to have access…
Do You Make These Common Furniture Buying Mistakes?
Buying furniture is not quite everybody’s “cup of tea.” Often, professionals whose primary responsibilities are patient care or administration face the task of buying furniture for their facility because their organization does not have a professional buyer. While the task is a daunting one, the good news is that there are many good resources available! There are…
Get Rid of Ugly Furniture Once and For All
ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR FACILITY’S TIRED OLD FURNITURE? It may be time to scrap the aging lounge and bedroom furniture and start fresh. So when you are ready to replace your facility’s furniture (or furnish a new facility) where do you start? Depending on the type of consumers, patients, or clients you serve you may…
Who Else Wants Metal Bedroom Furniture?
Metal beds, metal dressers and chests have hit the contract furniture industry with a bang! With a focus on cleanliness and durability, metal furniture has gained a place of prominence for facilities that focus on health care or housing. So what makes contract metal furniture such a winner? (844) 961-4100 Get Quote Now So how do…
The Power of Furniture Designed for Behavioral Healthcare
Practitioners of behavioral healthcare know that their patients are at a greater risk of suicide and self-harm than any other patient population. Safety is a primary concern of therapies used in any psychiatric facility. Behavioral healthcare furniture is important to managing risk appropriately to protect patients, visitors and staff. Furniture and components can be used…
The Power of the Right Upholstery Fabric
When selecting contract fabrics for upholstered furniture, there are many things to consider. Contract furniture is always “made to order” due to the enormous variety of furniture styles and fabric types, finishes, patterns and colors. The possible combinations that can be created imagining the endless number of furniture styles plus hundreds of thousands of upholstery fabric and its variables…
Why Crate Furniture is Still King
The combination of value and durability for furnishings is probably top of most facility manager’s wish list. When furnishing a new facility, or refurnishing an existing facility, a minimum expectation for furniture performance is a two year replacement cycle with the hope that pieces will last five years. Very few projects are funded for high-end design price…
The Power of a Good Bunk Bed
As new college students are getting ready to move into their dorms and campers are getting ready for their summer fun, demand for furniture for dorms & quarters and summer camps is at its seasonal high. Housing and camp directors are in the heat of last minute preparation for the expected masses. As heads are counted, the…