Live capture: Quiet sleep sanctuary
- Organizations
- Hospitals and healthcare
Care resilience
on the hospital front line
The people who care for others deserve care first. It starts in the staff rest room and extends to families and to pre-sleep sessions at the bedside, adding one more option to whole-person care.
What changes after adoption
- Back to steady after a night shiftStaff have a set time to recover, plus pre-sleep sessions
- A place for families to restFamily members on long bedside stays can rest inside the hospital
- One more option in whole-person carePre-sleep relaxation at the bedside, planned by the medical team
Three needs for rest in hospitals
For how psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics use it, see Psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics.
Shifts and night shifts
Nurses work under heavy loads and rotating shifts for long periods, and often find it hard to fall asleep after a night shift.
Rest space
Staff rest rooms are mostly used for meals and short breaks. There is little space, and no time set aside, for actually relaxing.
Family members at the bedside
Family members who stay with a patient for a long time become worn out, and the hospital offers them few places to take a break.
Three stages, starting with the staff rest room
Start with rest for healthcare staff. Any use involving inpatients is led by the medical team.
- Staff rest roomHealthcare and other hospital staff use it freely during breaks, and night-shift staff can use pre-sleep sessions on their phones. The need is clearest here, which makes it the natural first place to start.
- Family rest areaFamily members staying with patients use it in the family lounge, with a nurse or volunteer helping them start.
- Pre-sleep relaxation on the wardOne option for relaxing before sleep, for inpatients the medical team considers suitable.
How hospitals and clinics use it
| Setting | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Staff rest room | Personal relaxation space | During longer breaks or after a shift; 35 to 90 minutes per session |
| Unit relaxation sessions | Group relaxation room | Regular sessions for each unit, arranged by nursing management or the occupational safety office |
| After night shifts | Personal relaxation space | A Zleep pre-sleep journey in the staff lounge before leaving the hospital |
| Family lounge | Personal relaxation space | A break during the time spent at a relative's bedside |
| Clinic waiting area | Personal relaxation space | A relaxation journey while waiting to be seen |
Setup and who can view records
| Healthcare staff and employees | Families and inpatients | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | Nursing management, occupational safety office | The department heads and head nurses concerned |
| On site | Users start sessions themselves | Nurses or volunteers help |
| Space | Rest rooms, on-call rooms | Family lounges; wards |
| Who sees records | The employee; nursing management sees anonymized group statistics (Report templates) | The user; the medical team's viewing permissions are designed together with the hospital |
| Report use | Reference for staff health promotion measures and the hospital's sustainability report (Report templates) | Feedback on use |
Data are stored in Taiwan with backups in several locations; security details can be discussed against the hospital's IT and information security rules.
Evaluating effects and research projects
Any use meant to evaluate effects is run as a hospital-led research project and reviewed by an institutional review board (IRB). The results belong to the hospital.
Who does what in a hospital
Mandala Hub takes on
- Relaxation sessions and pre-sleep sessions for healthcare and other hospital staff
- Relaxation in family rest areas
- Anonymized group reports for staff health promotion
- Data collaboration for hospital research projects
The medical team focuses on
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Care decisions for inpatients
- Interpreting each person's health
Mandala Hub looks after rest and relaxation, and medical expertise stays with the medical team.
Questions from hospitals
Is Mandala Hub a medical device? Does it need a license?
It is not a medical device. Mandala Hub is a relaxation and well-being system and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Policy and compliance
Who should be assessed before using it?
People with dissociative experiences, schizophrenia, delirium, severe depression, recent serious trauma or another psychiatric condition should first be assessed by a psychiatrist or psychologist. Assessment before use
Can measurement data go into medical records?
Measurement data are observational indicators of the relaxation session, and the records belong to the user. The hospital decides whether to add them to medical records.
Start with one rest room
Start with a demo session in one unit's rest room. Once staff have tried it themselves, decide how to roll it out.