Its effect on healing
If a picture is worth a thousand words, consider for a moment the worth of a compassionate caress, a warm embrace, or a firm handshake. Often overlooked, these everyday touches are fundamental to effective communication, the development of loving relationships, and our overall health and wellbeing.
The sense of touch develops in the womb and is believed to be the last sense to leave us. While numerous studies confirm many therapeutic benefits associated with touch including, reduced stress, improved sleep, improved memory, and improved pain management, Western medicine has been slow to harness its healing powers. Indeed, we live in a touch-deprived culture and unsurprisingly place more faith in medical machines to heal than hands, especially as we live in fear of spreading superbugs.
Join us as we explore this amazing sense organ which reminds us not to forget the human dimension of healing when designing medical spaces.
Speaker:
Rosalyn Cama, FASID, NCIDQ, EDAC, is President and Principal Interior Designer of CAMA and co-creator of the IOA CAMA Healing Touch Collection. Rosalyn has practiced health and wellness design for over 30 years. She served as ASID’s 24th President and is Chair Emeritus of the board for The Center for Health Design. Rosalyn authored Evidence-Based Healthcare Design and frequently lectures on Life Indoors – an evaluation of the best practices to create places of wellbeing that enable people to live happier, healthier lives indoors.
Event Sponsor:
IOA
