With an intimidating number of choices in the marketplace, the people who are tasked with purchasing furniture for healthcare environments can often be left feeling overwhelmed. As with many decisions, one typically chooses the path of least resistance and purchases what is readily available and for the lowest cost. While this strategy may appear to work well in the short-term, it fails to account for whether these choices offer the best long-term investment. 

Topics: Health Care Furniture, Interior Design Advice of Group Living Facilities, Contract Furniture, Behavioral Healthcare Furniture, group living furniture, heavy use furniture, Furniture Tips, Health Care

Replacing furniture is expensive. When you run a health care organization that orders group living furniture in bulk, replacing furniture can be even more unpleasant. Your furniture is an investment, so you want to make sure you get the right heavy duty furniture that will look great and stay strong through years of use.

Topics: Tough Stuff, Furniture For Incontinence, Behavioral Healthcare Furniture, Fabric/Upholstered Furniture for Contract, Contract Furniture & Fabric: Making it Last, heavy use furniture, heavy duty furniture

The events of the last few weeks related to COVID-19 are creating pressure on healthcare providers of all sorts. Health & human services, behavioral healthcare, addiction recovery, and shelter providers will undoubtedly experience an increased need for programming as our country deals with the ongoing public health crisis. Our nation’s most vulnerable; including those at risk of hunger, at risk of losing housing and at risk of mental health or behavioral health emergency will be turning to providers already overwhelmed by demand.

Topics: Bunkbeds, Health Care Furniture, durable furniture, Extreme-Use Furniture, Behavioral Healthcare Furniture, heavy use furniture, Healthcare mattresses, Furniture for shelters, ligature-Resistant Furniture

Perhaps the most heartbreaking and tragic situation that can take place in a treatment center is patient suicide. And while it is just not possible to prevent every attempt at self-harm, progress toward minimizing these acts is being made. One important factor in the fight against self-harm is to use ligature-resistant furniture.

Topics: Health Care Furniture, anti-contraband furniture, Behavioral Healthcare Furniture, heavy use furniture, heavy duty furniture, high-Risk Environments, ligature-Resistant Furniture, safe furniture

Dining areas are always full of activity in group living environments. They’re the main hubs of social interaction while also providing a functional space for meals and special occasions. It’s wonderful to see so much energy contained in a single room.

Topics: Dining Tables, Health Care Furniture, durable furniture, Behavioral Healthcare Furniture, group living furniture, heavy use furniture