Sustainable Development in the Concepts of Modern Bathrooms

Jaglarz, Anna

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

Songkhla¹,

Decharat²,

Inraksa³

2022

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“…Sustainable development should not be viewed as a fashion, necessity, and complication, but rather as an opportunity to anticipate and prepare for the future. The awareness of the need to respect and protect lasting values as well as the will to act in a sustainable way and to engage in practical, rational contribution to sustainable environmental development gives a sense of responsibility for the lives of future generations [10,11]. The ethics of responsibility of the German philosopher Hans Jonas is most often treated as consistent with the ethics of sustainable development.…”

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“…In architecture, as in other areas of our life, sustainable development is not only ecology, but also social, economic, psychological, and cultural factors that determine the health, safety, comfort, and social interaction of individual users. Sustainable development implies a holistic view of the ecological, economic, and social impact of technology and the material environment on humans and nature [10,11,13,14]. Designing ecological and sustainable architecture includes holistic, multi-directional activities ensuring optimal use conditions, including health, hygienic, and aesthetic conditions, with minimal interference in the natural environment and low consumption of natural resources.…”

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“…• introducing modularity, mobility, flexibility, transformability of individual elements of the facility [10,15,19,20],…”

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“…• the use of reusable materials [15,20,24], • the use of technologies that allow for the rational and economical use of natural resources [10,13,15,19], • using solutions that ensure the health, safety, and well-being of users [10,11,15,19,21,22],…”

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