Research On Design Of Bathroom Products Foraged People Based On Universal Design Concept

With the development of social economy and the continuous improvement of living standards,China's aging process is accelerating.At present,the elderly in our country still take home care of the aged mainly.With the growth of age,the physiological function of the aged gradually declines.However,at present,domestic products do not fully take into account the special needs of the aged.Most products are only suitable for the young and middle aged,and the lives and needs of the aged should receive more attention.Between bathroom is the place that old people uses relatively frequent,the obstacle of bodily function washed bath behavior to old people caused serious effect.At present,there are few sanitary ware products designed for the elderly in China,and the universal sanitary ware products that meet the needs of several generations of family members are even less available.Universal design take care as the core,the objective is to provide a fair for all conditions of use,advocating without discrimination,equal opportunity and respect for individual rights,universal product that defend bath can improve the ability to care for the elderly life,reduce the burden of the family and society at the same time,generalized design is able to cope with the social aging population structure to provide appropriate solutions.Elderly people are the largest beneficiaries of universal design.Universal design to a great extent can solve the shortcomings and limitations of barrier-free design,to examine the current problems of sanitary products with a broader perspective,and propose solutions.This study takes the aging population in China as the background and the elderly people living in the home for the aged as the research object,aiming at providing universal bathroom products for the elderly people and their families.The focus of this paper is to improve the universality of home bathroom products so that the elderly can use sanitary products more safely and conveniently.This research guided by the principle of universal design,comparison and analysis of domestic and foreign research present situation and existing product that defend bath,combining the theory of ergonomics,design psychology and other related knowledge,and through the questionnaire investigation and interview with users practice,in-depth analysis of the psychological and physiological characteristics of older users and existing product that defend bath the problems existing in the design and use,analyzes the results of the study conclude that the general design principles and countermeasures for the bathroom products,improve product commonality rather than design special "articles",in the general design concept under the guidance of bathroom product design,The product is best used by users of all ages and abilities.Let the old people can take care of self-esteem safely wash bath,make old people can safe,convenient,comfortable spend old age life.