light will only flow from the sides of this light and VERY minimal light will flter through the tiny ‘flowery’ holes. An elderly individual in a hospital would more likely become incredibly frustrated witht this lamp as they fiddled with it to get enough light to read a book or knitt a garment. The elderly are generally ’stuck in their ways’ and want the comfort of familiarity, not a funky new lamp design with irretating light output.

Looks cool, but is far from solving any problem, or retaining the basic function of a lamp.

You’re probly stuck on thewood, but i say try a different material…possibly a tranlucent film mimicking wood grain….or something along those lines.