Why cleaner buildings are not enough if dignity is missing.
The opposite of Bedlam is dignity.
Institutional harm is not only dirty wards or chains. It is the loss of privacy, choice, voice and personhood.
A place can be modern and still dehumanising if the person has no meaningful control or respect.
Awareverse measures support by dignity, not by paperwork or presentation.
When looking at institutional dignity, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?