TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring liminality in the co-design of rehabilitation environments
T2 - The case of one acute stroke unit
AU - Donetto, Sara
AU - Jones, Fiona
AU - Clarke, David J.
AU - Cloud, Geoffrey C.
AU - Gombert-Waldron, Karolina
AU - Ruth, Harris
AU - Macdonald, Alastair
AU - McKevitt, Christopher
AU - Robert, Glenn
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme (Grant Reference Number: NIHR –HS&DR Programme (13–11/495 ). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - This paper describes an Experience-based Co-design (EBCD) project that aimed to increase patient activity within an acute stroke unit. We apply the concept of liminality to explore ways in which the EBCD process, a form of Participatory Action Research, may dilute or even dissolve social hierarchies and challenge assumptions about practices and constraints in this care setting, thereby opening up possibilities for transformation that enhances the therapeutic value of the space for patients and care providers alike. By occasioning a liminal phase of possibility for change, the work of one co-design group explored in detail here suggests that, in this process, the sociomaterial interactions involving patients, family members, staff, and the physical space are refashioned and re-inscribed in transformed ‘emplaced’ relationships of care.
AB - This paper describes an Experience-based Co-design (EBCD) project that aimed to increase patient activity within an acute stroke unit. We apply the concept of liminality to explore ways in which the EBCD process, a form of Participatory Action Research, may dilute or even dissolve social hierarchies and challenge assumptions about practices and constraints in this care setting, thereby opening up possibilities for transformation that enhances the therapeutic value of the space for patients and care providers alike. By occasioning a liminal phase of possibility for change, the work of one co-design group explored in detail here suggests that, in this process, the sociomaterial interactions involving patients, family members, staff, and the physical space are refashioned and re-inscribed in transformed ‘emplaced’ relationships of care.
KW - Experience-based Co-Design
KW - Liminality
KW - Stroke rehabilitation
KW - Therapeutic space
KW - Ward environment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85118777442
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102695
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102695
M3 - Article
C2 - 34768039
AN - SCOPUS:85118777442
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 72
JO - Health & Place
JF - Health & Place
M1 - 102695
ER -