Bathroom Design for Assisted Showering That Improves the Quality of Life of the Elderly

Kuboshima, Yukiko; McIntosh, Jacqueline; Thomas, Geoffrey

doi:10.18848/2576-5310/cgp/v08i03/69-89

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“…They have more chances to fall on the floor. These results were consistent with the previous study that found the danger of toilet or bathroom was falling [4,10,11,12,13]. The muscle strength in the upper and lower limbs of the elderly was degenerating, visual impairment, physical weakness, motion and sensory function decreases affected their balance ability [13,14].…”

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“…Therefore, the need for their safety is more serious [3]. The bathroom safety considerations for the elderly should include the floor, shower enclosure, space for dressing, drying, undressing, removing or replacing clothes, chairs to sit on, hand grips to hold onto, space for walker frame, fixture [4,5] bathroom tiles, handrail, alarm bell, ventilation, light and other related facilities [6,7,8]. Good toilet design can improves the quality of life of the elderly [4].…”

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“…The bathroom safety considerations for the elderly should include the floor, shower enclosure, space for dressing, drying, undressing, removing or replacing clothes, chairs to sit on, hand grips to hold onto, space for walker frame, fixture [4,5] bathroom tiles, handrail, alarm bell, ventilation, light and other related facilities [6,7,8]. Good toilet design can improves the quality of life of the elderly [4]. Therefore, in order to achieve good health of the elderly, to increase safety for the elderly to use the bathrooms, to reduce injuries and deaths of the elderly, the researchers conducted a study of health risks and safety assessments of the bathrooms for the elderly to use as proper guidelines and suggest effective improvements.…”

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Health Risks and Safety Assessments of the Bathrooms for the Elderly in Phatthalung Province, Southern Thailand

Songkhla¹,

Decharat²,

Inraksa³

2022

Advances in Health Sciences Research

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The number of elderly people in Thailand has been increasing continuously. Using the toilets is a daily necessity for them. The aim of this study is to assess the elderly's toilets on health risks and safety. There were 278 respondents in this study which was carried out as an exploratory and descriptive study by investigating 278 bathrooms in Pa Phayom Sub-District, Phatthalung Province, Southern Thailand. The result revealed the risk hazard areas in the house for the elderly were bathrooms (202 respondents or 72.66%). The elderlies have experienced an accident in the bathrooms (42 respondents or 15.11%). Besides, the overall bathroom safety of elderly was acceptable. There were some items whose levels were unacceptable and poor such as insufficient toilet paper to use, no shower seat/chair, no backrest for the elderly who cannot sit on their own, no flush toilet, no handrails on the wall for support, no signal or alarm/call for helpers and narrow door. Hence, the government or health authority needs to educate the elderly or helpers to be more aware of health risks and safety measures of using the bathrooms among the elderly, to promote using the bathrooms which are safe or appropriate for their health and to support some facilities which help them to improve their bathrooms including specific emergency equipment in the toilet. These measures will assist in reducing the negative health effects and increasing safety among the elderly.

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