Posts Tagged ‘Durable Furniture’
Can Metal Furniture Help Prevent Contraband in High-Risk Facilities?
Maintaining security is paramount in high-risk facilities like healthcare, psychiatric institutions, and detention centers. The challenge of controlling contraband, which includes illicit drugs, weapons, and unauthorized communication devices, remains a persistent issue. These items pose significant risks to the staff and residents of these environments, necessitating stringent measures to prevent their entry and distribution. One…
Read MoreWhich Affordable Conference Room Furniture is Best for a Human Service Program?
Imagine walking into a conference room where every chair, table, and decor has been thoughtfully chosen to look good and foster comfort and functionality. The environment can significantly influence outcomes in human service programs, where discussions often delve into sensitive and crucial topics. The right conference room furniture is not just about aesthetics; it promotes…
Read MoreWholesale Furniture Buying Guide for Behavioral Healthcare Facilities
In behavioral healthcare and human service programs, the significance of a conducive physical environment cannot be overstated. It plays a pivotal role in facilitating recovery, ensuring comfort, and promoting a sense of safety for both patients and staff. The furniture that populates these spaces is central to this environment – a seemingly mundane aspect that…
Read MoreBest Bunk Beds of 2024 for Behavioral Healthcare Facilities
The demand for durable, efficient, and space-saving furniture has significantly increased in the evolving behavioral healthcare landscape, particularly in adopting bunk beds. The year 2024 marks a new era in bunk bed design, tailored specifically to meet the unique challenges of these facilities. Bunk beds have become more than just a way to save space;…
Read MoreHomeless Shelter Furniture: More Than Just a Necessity
The environment of a homeless shelter plays a crucial role in providing solace and safety to its residents. Central to creating such an environment is the selection of appropriate furniture. Furniture in these settings must meet specific criteria that go beyond aesthetics; it needs to be durable, functional, and comfortable, and sanitary, all while supporting…
Read MoreWe Make Product Selection More Manageable
Every product buyer wants to be able to choose from many options. But facing numerous choices without the proper guidance to navigate them can prove as frustrating as having no alternatives at all. So as we at Furniture Concepts continue to diversify our product lines to meet our clients’ varying needs, we pledge to remain…
Read MoreOur Redesigned Bunk Bed Sets the Bar on Safety
In all service organizations, both within and outside of health care, safety remains the foundation of all efforts to ensure a high-quality customer experience. Without a safe environment, no other improvements will matter. And without reliable data to drive the improvement, you’re leaving your best quality-control efforts to chance.We at Furniture Concepts set out to…
Read MoreCare Settings Prove Essential to Patient Engagement
The term “patient engagement” attained buzzword status in the healthcare field some time ago. These days, companies tout technology as the main vehicle for keeping patients engaged, both within and outside a treatment facility. Care providers have email boxes inundated with vendor pitches to prove it.But the setting of care remains as important a tool…
Read MoreCompassionate Care Requires Careful Choice of Words
Compassionate Care Requires Careful Choice of WordsWords matter, and nowhere is this more true than in the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. Calls have grown stronger for eliminating the use of terms that can discourage people in need from pursuing treatment. We at Furniture Concepts pledge to avoid the use of stigmatizing…
Read MoreDeliver the Right Message to Your Visitors
Over the past two years, many patient care sites strengthened their visitation policies out of necessity, taking care to protect residents from virus exposure. Most of these policies remain in place, making it easier to check in visitors and to monitor their whereabouts. But are facilities also paying attention to the other signals they might…
Read MoreEfficient Design Creates an Attractive Workplace
Long before “The Great Resignation” became part of our national lingo, healthcare organizations were struggling to attract and retain a high-quality workforce. According to a 2020 report from Nursing Solutions, Inc., the typical health facility saw a staggering turnover of nearly 90% of its staff between 2015 and 2019. There is no sign that this…
Read MoreResidential Spaces Can Convey a Sense of Community
Patients in recovery from illness value the feeling of belonging to a community with shared experiences. The importance of community has driven many recent trends in healthcare, including the emergence of peer support as an essential component of many health disciplines. We at Furniture Concepts have these same ideas in mind when designing living spaces…
Read MoreComfortable Meeting Spaces Promote Patient Recovery
If we ever needed a reminder that we are social beings who thrive on connection, the past year’s events gave us unmistakable proof. As staggering as the effect of social isolation has been on all of us, we can’t forget the toll it has taken on those who were already facing serious health challenges. Leaders…
Read MoreA Shift in Perspective: Seeing Furniture Choices as an Investment Decision
With an intimidating number of choices in the marketplace, the people who are tasked with purchasing furniture for healthcare environments can often be left feeling overwhelmed. As with many decisions, one typically chooses the path of least resistance and purchases what is readily available and for the lowest cost. While this strategy may appear to work well…
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