Strengths:
-Shorter hospital stay for the patient
-Gaining the feeling of home even when not surrounded by family and friends
-Having an escape space within a depressing environment
-Healing with supportive methods besides medical pills
Weaknesses:
-Can be provocative and achieve the opposite effect and make people more anxious if they have a specific disorder/illness
–Are there enough rooms in existing hospital environments? This could reduce space in wards for personal time e.g. towards end of life, patients on machines
-Patients may not feel motivated and too weak to engage in space
Opportunities:
-Integrating this idea around Europe and internationally
-Working with charities and partners to make it a worldwide project – collective
-Can work well on social media platforms to encourage community engagement
Threats:
Existing arts programs such as Imperial Health Charity:
- https://www.imperialcharity.org.uk/arts
- https://www.imperialcharity.org.uk/about-us
- This concept may already exist with traditional methods such as arts & crafts