The average age of a patient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre is 57 years old, and each one manages up to 11 medications daily.
The Centre, a clinic at the QEII hospital, helps patients recover from physical and neurological injuries. Their Self-Medication Program (SMP) teaches a select group of patients how to manage their medications outside of the hospital with the help of printed materials and staff.
Students from NSCAD's Design Studio class. Photo by Ginger Yu.
Interdisciplinary Design instructors Roberta Schultz and John deWolf worked with Nova Scotia Health (NS Health) to identify the centre as the focus for their Design Studio class, directing a dozen NSCAD students to improve the existing materials and create new ones for the Self-Medication Program.
