Print Email Facebook Twitter Hand supports to assist toilet use among the elderly Title Hand supports to assist toilet use among the elderly Author Dekker, D. Buzink, S.N. Molenbroek, J.F.M. De Bruin, R. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Industrial Design Date 2005-07-09 Abstract Improving the toilet environment holds promises for increasing the quality of life for elderly and disabled persons. This is one of the goals of the Friendly Rest Room (FRR) project. The study described in this article explored the preference and use of supports in the toilet environment during the entire toilet ritual. An adjustable test frame was built with a toilet and three types of supports. Fourteen subjects were asked which positions they favoured for each support. After using all three supports they were asked which support they found most comfortable. In general, the preferred positions depended on personal preferences more than on dimensions of the body. It was concluded that there is a preference for vertical supports for sitting down and standing up. During toilet use the side supports were equally appreciated. Subject supporttoiletelderly To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d2a4a5ac-63c4-4818-8d6c-91018fee2cb5 Publisher Elsevier Source Applied Ergonomics, 38 (1), 2007, p. 109-118 (authors version) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2007 Dekker, D. ; Buzink, S.N. ; Molenbroek, J.F.M. ; De Bruin, R. Files PDF Dekker.pdf 332.97 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d2a4a5ac-63c4-4818-8d6c-91018fee2cb5/datastream/OBJ/view