Osona Mental Health and Benito Urban Join Forces to Improve Therapeutic Spaces
The collaboration, part of the Vadecor seal, installs new outdoor furniture and plans a therapeutic kitchen to enhance user well-being.
By Pere Roca Soler
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Osona Mental Health and Benito Urban have joined forces to humanize care environments and improve user experience through the installation of new outdoor furniture and the development of a therapeutic kitchen.
The collaboration, under the Vadecor seal, aims to foster commitment from the region's business and social fabric towards improving well-being and humanizing care spaces. This alliance between Osona Mental Health and Benito Urban seeks to make environments more welcoming, functional, and adapted to therapeutic needs.
As a first phase, new outdoor furniture has been installed at the Day Hospital for Adults and Child-Adolescent Mental Health, as well as on the terrace of the Mental Health inpatient unit. Outdoor spaces integrated with nature are considered valuable therapeutic resources that promote emotional well-being, behavioral regulation, and socialization, reducing the feeling of confinement.
The installed furniture includes OSLO benches, DELTA XXI benches, PICNIC tables, and a PINGPONG table, transforming the courtyard into a more welcoming environment for outdoor activities and social interaction.
The collaboration will continue with the creation of a new therapeutic kitchen, designed to work on personal autonomy, healthy eating habits, social skills, and teamwork, facilitating the transfer of these learnings to users' daily lives.
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"This new urban furniture will bring a very significant direct benefit to the well-being of people requiring admission to the hospital's Mental Health units. The humanization of spaces, making them welcoming and conveying comfort, allows for a more pleasant and satisfactory hospital stay, promoting rapid patient recovery."
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"At BENITO URBAN, we understand that urban furniture not only decorates but has a direct impact on people's health and well-being. Collaborating with Osona Mental Health allows us to apply our knowledge in space design to an environment where ergonomics, safety, and socialization are vital for patient recovery."
The alliance is part of the Vadecor seal, an initiative that provides identity and visibility to joint projects with companies and organizations in the territory to ensure health and well-being.
To collaborate on humanization initiatives or other causes in the region, Cercle SiS, CHV-FHSC, offers the web platform cerclesis.cat/colabora.