Exploring Space Management Goals in Institutional Care Facilities in China
Joint Authors
Ning, Yan
Yuan, Jingfeng
Li, Lingzhi
Shao, Qiuhu
Zhang, Jiankun
Source
Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Space management has been widely examined in commercial facilities, educational facilities, and hospitals but not in China’s institutional care facilities.
Poor spatial arrangements, such as wasted space, dysfunctionality, and environment mismanagement, are increasing; in turn, the occupancy rate is decreasing due to residential dissatisfaction.
To address these problems, this paper’s objective is to explore the space management goals (SMGs) in institutional care facilities in China.
Systematic literature analysis was adopted to set SMGs’ principles, to identify nine theoretical SMGs, and to develop the conceptual model of SMGs for institutional care facilities.
A total of 19 intensive interviews were conducted with stakeholders in seven institutional care facilities to collect data for qualitative analysis.
The qualitative evidence was analyzed through open coding, axial coding, and selective coding.
As a result, six major categories as well as their interrelationships were put forward to visualize the path diagram for exploring SMGs in China’s institutional care facilities.
Furthermore, seven expected SMGs that were explored from qualitative evidence were confirmed as China’s SMGs in institutional care facilities by a validation test.
Finally, a gap analysis among theoretical SMGs and China’s SMGs provided recommendations for implementing space management in China’s institutional care facilities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Lingzhi& Yuan, Jingfeng& Ning, Yan& Shao, Qiuhu& Zhang, Jiankun. 2017. Exploring Space Management Goals in Institutional Care Facilities in China. Journal of Healthcare Engineering،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-15.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Lingzhi…[et al.]. Exploring Space Management Goals in Institutional Care Facilities in China. Journal of Healthcare Engineering No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-15.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Lingzhi& Yuan, Jingfeng& Ning, Yan& Shao, Qiuhu& Zhang, Jiankun. Exploring Space Management Goals in Institutional Care Facilities in China. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1181135
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1181135