elderly housing decoration details not ignore
of whether to live as long as conditions allow, to growing old are the parents arranged a healthy, comfortable and safe room. Chung Yeung Festival eve, the reporter interviewed a number of professional interior designers, ask them from the design, to material selection, the furniture, many aspects of lighting design, color, noise processing, made more in line with the elderly physical and mental health needs decoration suggestions.
"60-year-old man from the beginning, there will obviously be some signs of aging, such as stooped, slow action than in the past, the reaction becomes slow, reduced color discrimination, perception of space decline." designer summed up.
With the development of society, the elderly home decoration design world is becoming a major issue, the special needs of the elderly are also more and more attention.
ground material, non-slip vital
interview, stressed that most designers is to prevent the elderly fall, non-slip surface decoration must choose good material, it is best to use hard wood flooring, carpet, quartz floor tile, uneven striped mosaic tiles and anti-slip material. Bedroom shop, Minibar paste pieces of mosaic, is the most ideal combination.
designer recommends elderly housing choice cork flooring. Cork flooring can gently adsorption feet, walking is not easy to slip, but also has a certain degree of flexibility, even if the elderly fall, can also stretch the floor cushion the impact force at the same time, noise can sound-absorbing cork flooring.
"easy splashing in the bathroom or the kitchen door, it is best to give the old man covered with non-slip mats." designer reminder. If the tile or wood floors accidentally sprinkled with water, become very slippery, a little piece of land pad probability of accidents can be reduced.
the furniture, leaving enough space
old room furniture, preferably in wood, avoid using iron furniture, and less angular; the head of the cabinet should not be too high, not less than knee drawer, put as much as possible against the wall put; more choices and considerable height desk furniture, easy to get up when the old man holding him; in the selection of furniture Shihai must pay attention to its stability, do not use mobile furniture, folding, with wheels and other highly functional furniture, easy to use when the accident occurred, harm the elderly; small seats placed in the foyer, to facilitate the elderly to sit his shoes.
the elderly, the smooth space that allows them to walk more convenient, so the elderly should not be complicated modeling room furniture, it should not be more simple and practical to give priority to the elderly to leave enough space.
elderly are generally required to urinate, they should be set in the bed near the door, convenient toilet. Bed to rigid or hard bed mattress thicker mattress as well, suffering from rheumatism, muscle strain, the elderly, osteoarthritis, soft bed to sleep harmful to health. Bed height to fit, easy on the bed, the slightest mistake will not sprain, hurt; bed linen to choose light warm, natural. Elderly bed best placed north-south direction, coincide with the Earth's magnetic field direction.
Because the elderly stay at home for a long time, so the family should consider setting enables the elderly to sit comfortably, rely on chairs and sofas, convenient for the elderly and set the items placed in the hands of a small coffee table or desktop, such settings It should be smooth, solid modeling based.
colors, presented in simple harmony
choice of color in the living room, the emphasis should be simple, soft and warm. Designers recommend, elegant wall colors available beige, pale orange and so replace the conventional white, these colors will make the elderly feel quiet and peaceful. Do not use red, orange, yellow and so easy to make people excited, exciting colors.
outgoing personality more optimistic for the elderly, but also the choice of purple, brown and other more warmer tones.
suitable pot with green plants is essential.
lighting arrangements, bright and easy to control
to light old room must not be too complicated, do not install lights, which would allow the elderly vertigo, but also easily lead to sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Strong chiaroscuro or color is too vivid colors of light is not suitable for the elderly, because it can easily lead to fluctuations in the elderly emotions.
for the elderly, the most important life easy in a place to have a light source door switch, otherwise easy to stumble into the room dark; bedside also has a switch, so you can always control the light source when the elderly night to urinate. To ensure the safety of older people urinate when the bedroom may also install a night light. Some elderly people like to read in bed, the bedside lamp should be slightly bright spot, it is best that is equipped with regulating switch may be required according to brighten or darken. Hallway, bathroom, kitchen, stairs, etc. must be designed with a night light bedside.
nostalgic, old furniture for new uses
experienced the vicissitudes of years old, there is a very strong multi nostalgia, like the calm dignified beauty. Home design, layout have components to sedate style.
designed home for the elderly, must handle the relationship with the new environment of old furniture, old furniture and the relationship with the new furniture. The elderly are often reluctant to throw away old furniture, thrift is a factor, even more important, these old furniture "possession" of many stories, past and disseminated to various odors. As a junior, to prevent the "old furniture" Check "new house", and give the parents a full set of new furniture change, filial piety seems, in fact, does not fit the old man's mind, even if bought new furniture is antique style, it is still emotional "lose" to the old man used to the old furniture. So, instead of abandoning the old belongings do not, as the designers cleverly conceived, they were properly and harmoniously integrated into the new home. Old nostalgic, antique furniture is not pregnant, but the former home, the former life, so that after selection, the art of handling some of the old furniture in the new living environment, a little warmth to the elderly want to read.
variety of soft furnishings that can help strengthen the environmental elegant style. For example, the choice of curtains jacquard cloth, brocade cloth, thick texture and elegant designs, may be embodied in the elderly mature and stable style wise, mature temperament.
good sound insulation, windows and doors often overhaul chair
elderly should try to arrange the room away from the living room and dining room, the decoration should pay attention to the doors and windows, soundproof walls, the elderly room from outside noise impact. Because the elderly generally weak constitutions, very sensitive to sound, neural increasingly decrepit old man, even a very small volume, they will feel uncomfortable.
designer also reminds old doors, windows, tables, chairs, beds should always overhaul, if shaken loose, prone to noise. For easy beep desks and chairs can be a thin sheet of rubber or other gasket nails in the feet. Walls can not be too smooth, no noise can cause a large echo.
balcony space, sun and import angry
many children are not old people like to keep around some plants and flowers, birds, bird bird, so try to give the elderly choose a balcony room, and do not take other purposes balcony , and to install a strong, medium height of the bench, so that the elderly placed potted flowers and caged birds. Seductive flowers, birds and sweet, physical and mental health benefits for the elderly.
handrails, multiple security and practical
many older people with reduced mobility, get up, sit down, bend over all the difficulties can be set up to facilitate the force rod handrail on the wall. Similarly, the need to use waterproof materials armrest apparatus in the bathtub rim, toilet and wash basin on both sides. These handrails for the elderly is very useful.
even be set 1 to 1.5 meter high handrail in the bedroom wall, so that the elderly to stand or sit down.
bathroom slippery, anti-slip anti-accident
moisture will cause the bathroom floor slippery bathroom floor be sure to choose non-slip material, small pieces of mosaic paving the bathroom floor more than any other non-slip material. In addition, a variety of commercially available non-slip pad is a good partner of life of the elderly, it can be placed in the bathroom door, the outside of the bathtub.
addition to the bath side, both sides of the toilet and wash basin fitted with arms, but also in the toilet flushing device automatic equipment, eliminating the old man turned around and wipe trouble.
elderly can not stand for a long time, can be set up along the wall of the safety seat in the shower area.
shower area and foyer rest facilities should be installed, with the rest to prepare for the old man suddenly dizzy.
installed alarm, distress signals promptly pass bedside
elderly side, the bathroom can set an alarm switch, located in the bell room and living room children, such as children living in different, can be connected with the fight for residential security systems . Old case of an accident, just gently press the switch, it can promptly transmit a distress signal.
wheelchair accessible, ground level is the key to ensure
wheelchair elderly action, indoor surface should avoid changes in the level threshold and step appears. Even if there are changes in the level of the ground, it should be a transition with a small slope. Due to the ability of all aspects of the elderly are likely to be degraded, ground shades of color, the elderly may lead to the ground level to make the wrong judgment, affect the normal walking, therefore, for insurance purposes, the ground color should be unified. The foyer, living room, bedroom, bathroom and other places to set some interval diameter and height 4 cm and 90 cm handrails to facilitate the elderly to walk.
door is preferable to use sliding door, the lower rail should be embedded in the ground to avoid the decoration elevation; swing should be noted that the handle side wall leaving about 50 cm space to wheelchair old door sideways. If you need to use a wheelchair indoors, in the 20-30 cm from the ground height range should be treated crash walls and corners.
kitchen cabinets if a double row type, two spacing should ensure rotation wheelchair. Taking into account the characteristics of the elderly height, cabinet table height 75-80 cm is appropriate. When considering the use of wheelchairs, the table is best not more than 75 cm to the bottom of the wall cabinet cabinet height of 1.2 meters to 1.4 meters is appropriate. For the convenience of the elderly in wheelchairs near the operating table, the lower part of the stove and sink should be left blank.
addition, in order to facilitate operation of the elderly, may be appropriate to increase the number of drawers, try to avoid the use of hydraulic shoring required greater force switch, wall cabinet can be appropriate to reduce the handle, cabinet handle due to increase.
beds designed to ensure good quality of sleep in the bedroom
design, the designer suggested that the elderly often poor sleep quality, and some elderly people often get up at night going to the toilet, to avoid affecting his wife to rest, can be considered sub bedroom bed design.
select switch, remote sensing convenience
elderly housing can be multi-use inductive switch, remote switch or dual-control switch. To avoid strong light on the old vision irritation, indoor should avoid highly reflective material, bedside lamps should be chosen adjustable switch.
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