What Should Be Paid Attention to When Design the Elderly Room

If there are elderly people living in the home, more research should be done before decoration to minimize the potential safety hazard of the house. Every detail should be taken into account, including a handrail, a switch position and the soft and hard of the sofa.

Security aspect

1. Install waterproof handrails on the walls next to closestool and shower room to prevent slipping and ensure safety for the elderly.

Some elderly people are not convenient to take a bath standing up, and can save energy by installing seats along the wall in the shower area. However, Bai Yi's small editor suggested not to use the bathtub. In addition, the bathroom should remember to lay anti-skid pads.  And when the old man bathes, even if someone is accompanying him, don't close the bathroom doors and windows tightly. A gap should be left to keep the air flowing.

2. When designing the elderly room, try to reduce the obstacles for the elderly to walk.  Less angular and unnecessary protrusions, so as not to hurt the elderly who have inconvenience in legs and feet.

3. The elderly room must pay attention to the use of non-slip bricks to protect the elderly from slipping and falling.

4. Door handles and drawer handles should adopt circular arc shapes and will not be scratched.  Bathroom door, toilet doors should be opened outward. If someone in the room faints and falls to the ground, opening outward can save a lot of time.

Design aspect

1. The room color of the old man's room should adopt a gentle and soft color system. Simple color can make the old man feel more calm and comfortable.

2. The light in the old man's room should not be dim, because the old man's eyesight is not very good, so it should be softer and not too dazzling.

3. The decoration of the old house should not be too much. Apart from increasing the difficulty of cleaning, more importantly, it is easy to bring potential safety hazards.  In addition, the Baiyi family small editor suggested that the furniture in the old man's bedroom should be against the wall as far as possible, and the location should not be changed frequently.

4. The doors and windows of the old people's room have good sound insulation effect and are not affected by the outside world, so that they can be more conducive to sleep.

5. In the decoration of old people's houses or homes, some low-rise furniture should be selected as far as possible to facilitate the old people to take things.  Similarly, the sofa should not be too soft, otherwise the elderly will not be able to get up.

In addition to installing night lights in the old people's room, lights can also be installed in the corridor from the bedroom to the toilet. The light switch in the toilet should preferably have night vision function, or select a switch with light control and sound control function to facilitate use at night.