Storage is part of our life, our young people climb up and squat down to store things feel easy, but for older parents, it is very difficult. I have a friend's grandmother had such an accident, the old man stepped on a stool to go to the upper level of the closet to get clothes, the result of the fall, lying in bed for several days.
In China every day there are such things happen, especially in the hospital orthopedics so many are older people, so for the elderly storage design is very important!
Small, suitable for the elderly storage design should be the first of the elderly commonly used items and family members, caregivers commonly used items categorized to consider the elderly to take the items when the physical action, to ensure that the elderly commonly used items are prioritized to be placed in the easy to take and put the location, do not need to bend down, stand up, climb. If the items are too high or too short, or if they are not easy to reach, it is recommended to place the items that only family members and caregivers will use.
Smaller previously wrote a "the most beautiful but the sunset red, the elderly accessibility design is too important", but specifically talking about the elderly storage design, today I would like to subregional in-depth exploration of this piece.
Entrance area
Many friends home entrance area will generally do this entrance cabinet, the following is a shoe cabinet, used to change shoes, the center is an open plate, you can put some keys, bags and so on, above this is the hanging cabinets, you can put the seasonal shoes.
However, there are elderly people at home, I would recommend that my friends choose products with the following details.
The following rounded beveled edge design, simply do not be too thoughtful. Many friends will be worried about home children and the elderly walking and moving in case of bump what to do, with this rounded corner design, a large degree can avoid injury.
Or in the corners of the furniture to do some corner protection is also a very good way to deal with.
Considering that the elderly should not bend down to see the shoes under the cabinet, the lower part of the cabinet is left empty 250mm-300mm high, so that the elderly can easily see the shoes under the low cabinet. In the bottom side of the cabinet add LED light strip, illuminate the shoes placed underneath, can let the user clearly see the condition of the lower part of the cabinet.
Add a shoe bench, bench and shoe cabinet should be close to the arrangement, the height of the bench is usually about 450mm, the minimum length of a single bench should not be less than 400mm.
Kitchen area
A. Cabinet operating table
Counter on the market generally the counter suitable height for "height ÷ 2 + 5 ~ 10cm". If the countertop is low is easy to increase the load when bending over, the countertop is high will stand cooking easily produce shoulder fatigue pain and feeling. Therefore, it is recommended to do cabinet design according to the height of the elderly.
B. Hanging cabinet
Emphasis on the use of the central area, refers to the range of 600-1800mm from the ground, will be commonly used bowls and plates, spices and other items with high frequency of use are placed in this area, easy to see and take.
Hanging cabinet cabinet is too deep or too low easily caused by touching the head and line of sight blocking. It is recommended that the depth of the hanging cabinet to 280-350mm is appropriate, the height from the ground in about 1500mm. When set up in the middle of the cabinet, the bottom elevation of the hanging cabinet can be raised to 1550-1600mm, so that the height of the middle of the cabinet in the 350mm or so, to ensure that the middle of the region of the effective storage capacity.
C. Hardware and electrical
Small home kitchen cabinets are too high, want to take some cabinets in the dry goods, have to move a stool to the kitchen to stand on the stool to get, really good trouble, the key is dangerous, in case the stool is not stable on the fall. The young people feel trouble, not to mention the elderly?
So, the Cabinet Hanging Cabinet Editorial very much recommend the use of lifting class hardware, reduce the danger of improper balance when tiptoe (to avoid climbing high), storage should meet the hand easy to take the design.
Now very popular multi-angle pull-out faucet, this I also suggest that you can install a, whether it is washing pots and pans, fruits, or cleaning the sink, super convenient! Mom will never be tired of hygiene.
The above two points are hardware, I also want to talk about the dishwasher.
Moms and dads because of traditional ideas, always think dishwashers do not clean the bowl, but also special water, in fact, in foreign countries, dishwasher penetration rate has been more than 70%. I also proposed a dishwasher with my mom, but she still insisted on hand-washing, though, we can try to let them understand the function of the dishwasher, and experience it, so that they gradually accept the dishwasher.
In fact, dishwashers consume about the same amount of water as manual labor? Save your mom and dad's dishwashing time and let them go for a walk and dance more often, isn't it better?
Bedroom area
This area's storage design mostly focuses on the closet, desk and nightstand area.
Elderly people because squatting to get up is not convenient, in the design of the closet can be designed to hang the bottom of the area, partitions, folding area set up in the middle of the closet is convenient for the elderly to get clothes.
The lower part is suspended to minimize bending.
For example, the use of the following picture of the stretching clothes rod.
There is another important point of closet storage: avoid overhead storage.
Additionally, with a small point, there are elderly people at home, buy furniture, especially sofas, chairs, pay special attention to chairs or sofas to be stable, the seat height to the elderly upper body and thighs can be a vertical angle is appropriate, the seat if the surface is too deep, it is recommended to put the seat cushion to improve. In addition, there should be a chair back and armrests to assist the elderly to get up.
Well, on the sub-regional storage design for the elderly, I'm here today. Give mom and dad a restful and comfortable living environment, is our obligation as children, these designs reflect the sons and daughters of the heart, I hope this article can also be helpful to you.
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