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“Everything looks the same”: wayfinding behaviour and experiences of stroke inpatients in rehabilitation clinics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022
Purpose To examine stroke inpatients’ real-life wayfinding behaviour and how the built environment of rehabilitation clinics might influence their behaviour and experiences. Methods Stroke inpatients in seven rehabilitation clinics were observed (n = 70),
Maja Kevdzija
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Exploring an absent presence: Wayfinding as an embodied sociocultural experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Wayfinding has often been seen as being about the quickest or shortest possible route between two points (Hölscher et al 2011; Tam 2011; Haque et al 2006).
Symonds, Paul   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Wayfinding Whilst Driving, Age and Cognitive Functioning

open access: yesJournal of Road Safety, 2023
Older drivers are more likely to have difficulty wayfinding in unfamiliar areas than younger people. The present study investigated the role of cognitive functioning and age on wayfinding difficulties and driving performance whilst driving in unfamiliar ...
Kelly Jane Bryden   +3 more
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Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments: Design and Through-life Management [PDF]

open access: yes
Complex products, such as buildings and other infrastructure, should aim to provide value to the customer over all stages of the product life-cycle. This paper considers some of the challenges associated with maximising customer value when designing ...
Rooke, Clementinah Ndhlovu   +2 more
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Wayfinding Signage Considerations in International Airports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Airports are complex spaces that exist primarily for the purpose of allowing significant numbers of people to fly from and into, a specific location. In these spaces, wayfinding is an important process, given that these people need to be moved in a time ...
Symonds, Paul, Paul Symonds
core   +1 more source

Visibility matters during wayfinding in the vertical

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Visibility is the degree to which different parts of the environment can be observed from a given vantage point. In the absence of previous familiarity or signage, the visibility of key elements in a multilevel environment (e.g., the entrance, exit, or ...
Michal Gath-Morad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wayfinding : a simple concept, a complex process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Wayfinding is the process of finding your way to a destination in a familiar or unfamiliar setting using any cues given by the environment. Due to its ubiquity in everyday life, wayfinding appears on the surface to be a simply characterised and ...
Kleinschmidt, Tristan   +8 more
core   +1 more source

THE WAYFINDING IN HEALTHCARE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

open access: yesErgodesign & HCI, 2018
The article presents the wayfinding from basic theoretical concepts and complementary studies, the increasing interest in wayfinding in Brazil and general data of the thesis with the theme color-information in the wayfinding of healthcare buid ...
Márcia Moreira Rangel   +1 more
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Pacific Wayfinding Educational Leadership Through Tautai o le Moana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
‘Tautai o le Moana’/Wayfinders of the Ocean (TolM) is a partnership between the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Pasifika Principals Association.
Jacobs, Mary   +4 more
core   +1 more source

An Experiment in Wayfinding in a Subway Station Based on Eye Tracker Analytical Techniques for Universal and Age-Friendly Design

open access: yesBuildings
The complexity of subway station space can impact the efficiency of passenger navigation. The subway spatial environment is a key factor affecting indoor wayfinding for pedestrians; however, the research framework that examines how various environment ...
Shuxiang Wei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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