CAMA BED CHAIR

CAMA BED CHAIR
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CAMA BED CHAIR

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Introduction
The document explores the healing power of touch, highlighting its critical role in patient care and well-being. It introduces the Cama Bed Chair, designed to enhance physical contact between patients, loved ones, and caregivers, thereby promoting comfort and interaction.
Healing Touch and Its Importance
Touch is a fundamental aspect of communication and health, present from the womb to the end of life. Despite its benefits, Western medicine often prioritizes technology over touch. The document advocates for the integration of touch into healing environments.
Research and Studies
Numerous studies underscore the therapeutic benefits of touch. For example, massage therapy has been shown to improve weight gain in infants, stabilize glucose levels in diabetic children, and enhance lung function in asthmatic children. Additionally, touch boosts immune responses in cancer and HIV patients and aids in addiction treatment.
Touch in Healthcare Settings
The document critiques the minimal-touch approach in Western medicine, especially in neonatal care. It highlights a shift towards encouraging parental involvement and skin-to-skin contact in neonatal units, benefiting both infants and parents.
Challenges and Cultural Barriers
Touch-deprivation is common in Western cultures, exacerbated by technology and infection fears. The document calls for balancing technology with human touch, suggesting that simple gestures like a pat on the back can significantly impact patient outcomes.
Designing for Touch
Healthcare environments should be designed to encourage physical contact, considering the positive impact of social support on healing. The document suggests that integrating touch into healthcare design can transform healing spaces.
Conclusion
The document concludes by emphasizing the need to reintegrate touch into healthcare practices, balancing technological advancements with the fundamental human need for physical contact.
Research on Touch
Several studies are cited, highlighting the importance of touch in healthcare settings. Key findings include the critical role of touch in patient recovery, providing hope and strengthening the will to live. Research by Field et al. (1986) and Fisher and Gallant (1990) demonstrate the positive effects of touch on preterm neonates and hospitalized patients, respectively.
Cama Bed Chair Specifications
The Cama Bed Chair is designed for healthcare environments with features such as a 3-position recline, height adjustability, wood arm caps, crumb space, and mobility with locking casters.
Construction and Load Ratings
The chair features a solid steel base with a molded polyester cover, heavy-duty swivel locking casters with a 150 lbs load rating each, and is rated for 350 lbs dynamic loads. Stability tests include a 250 lbs dynamic load drop test performed for 20,000 cycles.
Company Background
Rosalyn Cama - CAMA, Inc.
Rosalyn Cama is the President and Principal Interior Designer of CAMA, Inc., a health design studio focused on evidence-based design to improve indoor life quality.
IOA - A Family Owned Company
The Delmestri family has been manufacturing furniture since 1933, focusing on healthcare furniture since moving to the United States in 1978. IOA has received several awards for its innovative designs.
Conclusion
The document emphasizes the significance of touch in healthcare and provides detailed specifications of the Cama Bed Chair, showcasing its suitability for healthcare environments.
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HEALING TOUCH CAMA BED CHAIR

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HEALING TOUCH CAMA BED CHAIR A collection that harnesses the healing power of touch, promoting physi cal contact between pati ents, loved ones, and caregivers. The Cama Bed Chair is a height-adjustabl e, three-posi tion recl iner to support close and comfortable interactions at the bedside.

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A compassionate caress, a pat on the back, a warm embrace, or 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 the many therapeutic benefits associated with touch, Western medicine has been slow to harness its healing powers. live in a touch-deprived culture and unsurprisingly place more faith in machines to heal than hands. Come explore this amazing sense organ and consider its vast potential in transforming healing spaces... LULLABY...

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The Touch Research Institute conducted over 100 studies on the benefits of touch therapies. invest ig ate t h e im p a c t o f to u c h o n in fa n t weig h t g a in a n d t h e s ig n if ic a n t res u lt s J ohnson & J oh n s on ’s for m e r C h ai r man less disease. in t h e h ea lin g p ower o f to u c h , F ield h a s s in ce b u ilt a n en t ire c a reer ex p lo r in g Despite a larg e b od y of re s e arch i n TE TE A TE TE Patient and family sit facing o ne ano ther. An ideal po sitio n during perio ds o f wakef

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parents improves the health suffering from a range of disorders including diabetes, f ro m fa m ily m em b er s , a c t u a lly love b ein g to im p rove s leep, red u ce o u t b u r st s in s c h o o l, a n d im p rove relat io n s h ip s w it h t h eir tea c h er s . St u d ies invo lv in g a d u lt s s h ow s ig n if ic a n t h ea lt h b en ef it s a s well. M a ss a g ed c a n cer a n d H I V p at ien t s received a b o o st to EY E-TO -EY E Im p roves com m uni c ati on, a l l owi ng p ati ents, fa m i l y, a nd c a reg i vers to si t at the sa m e l e

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Massaged cancer and HIV patients received a boost to their immune systems with an increase of natural killer cells, the immune system’s front line the course of a n hour. d i ners resp ond ed p osi ti vel y a b out the ho spital a nd i ts p ersonnel .” 1 4 a resea rc her at the Uni versity o f Miami Resea rc h shows that wi th the excep ti on b a l a nce b etween tec hnol og y and healing a n d relat ively d is ea s e- f ree life. B lu e b a c krub a s sta nd a rd hosp i tal pro cedure O a kl a nd , Ca l i forni a of fers this insight, “ We j ust have to m a ke sure that in the study explor i...

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back from a doctor may boost survival rates of patients with complex diseases. insignificant act of tou ch may act u al l y have a profo u n d i mp act on h e al i n g . One on the back f rom a d octor may b oost survival rate s of p at i e n t s wi t h comp l ex These days, the fear of spreading infection particular cas e i n wh i ch a man wi t h a drug resista n t i n fe ct i on was p l ace d i n with routine p at i e n t exam s .

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providing them with hope and strengthening their will to live. m ed i c a l record s, a l l d i scoura g e touc h. l oved ones, p ati ents a nd c a reg i vers, a nd With an ever -i n cre as i n g b od y of re s e arch satisfaction, h e al t h care p rovi d e r s g o to great lengths to accom m od ate t h e n e e d s B ur ke, J. ( 1993 , Fall) . Touc h and we llne ss. Touc hp oint s N ewsle t te r 1: 3 . F ie ld , T.M. ( 2 001) . Touc h, Camb r id g e : The MI T Pre ss. F ie ld , T.M., Sc hanb e rg , S., Sc af id i, F., B owe r, C., Ve g a- L ahr, N ., G arc ia, R., N yst rom, J., and Kuhn, C....

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TECHNICAL SPECS 3 Position Recline Crumb Space Height Adjustable Easily Mobile Wood Arm Caps Locking Casters CAMA BED CHAIR 27”w x 34/63”d x 45”h seat height: 18/21” arm height: 24” CONSTRUCTION LOAD RATINGS AND TESTS Solid steel base with molded polyester cover and heavy duty swivel locking casters with 150 lbs load rating each. Heavy Duty 500 Newton Pneumatic cylinder welded to the base and connected to heavy gauge welded steel top plate and chassis. Steel seat frame with sinuous springs and high resiliency exile foam cushion. The Cama Bed Chair has undergone a battery of rigorous testing...

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ROSALYN CAMA - CAMA, INC. Rosalyn Cama is President and Principal Interior Designer of CAMA, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut. CAMA is a health design studio that has spearheaded the evidence-based design movement. CAMA’s mission focuses on how we can design a better LIFE INDOORS where we all can thrive and flourish. www.camainc.com IOA - A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY The Delmestri family has manufactured furniture for three generations. The company was founded in Udine, Northern Italy in 1933 and was known as a leading manufacturer of contemporary seating designs. In 1978, Dario Delmestri moved the company...

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