Comfort Rooms In Mental Health

A comfort room is furnished with items that are physically comfortable and pleasing to the senses in order to provide a sanctuary from stress.

Comfort rooms in mental health. The use of the multisensory room and sensory based approaches demonstrated clear benefit to the majority of consumers in reducing self reported levels of distress champagne sayer 2003. A comfort room is a designated space that is designed in a way that is calming to the senses and where the user can experience visual auditory olfactory and tactile stimuli. In addition 92 9 of the clients who used these rooms.

Comfort rooms are just such places. Designed to be a sanctuary for clients during their most tumultuous times comfort rooms provide an alternative to restraints. A comfort room is furnished with items that are physically comfortable and pleasing to the senses in order to provide a sanctuary from stress.

State mental health systems across the united states report reduction and actual elimination of the use of seclusion and restraint national executive training institute neti 2003 therapeutic exchanges occurring in these rooms were effective in reducing maladaptive behaviors hutchinson haggar 1991. The use of comfort rooms is one such approach. Studies have demonstrated that multisensory or comfort rooms contribute to higher consumer.

Comfort rooms may include sensory items days decreased by 54 over the course of the year of implementation 2003. The reduction of seclusion and restraint is a national patient safety focus in psychiatric settings.