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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163542603321

Titolo

A friendly rest room [[electronic resource] ] : developing toilets of the future for disabled and elderly people / / edited by Johan F.M. Molenbroek, John Mantas and Renate de Bruin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2011

ISBN

6613289752

1-283-28975-X

9786613289759

1-60750-752-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Assistive technology research series, , 1383-813X ; ; v. 27

Altri autori (Persone)

MolenbroekJohan F. M

MantasJ (John)

BruinRenate de

Disciplina

696.182

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Services for

Restrooms for people with disabilities

Older people - Services for

Toilets

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. General, organizational and developmental issues -- section 2. The friendly rest room project -- section 3. FRR case studies and user tests -- section 4. Aspects of human-product interaction in the toilet environment -- section 5. Design for improved toilet environments.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the topic of toilet design, but instead of focusing on the typical able bodied user, it takes the various needs and limited abilities of older and/or disabled people as its starting point (human centered design). This follows the principles of 'Inclusive Design': designs taking into account the needs of the most challenged, will also have benefits for the healthy. For the most part, this book is a spin-off of an EU-funded research and development project called the 'Friendly Rest Room for Elderly People' (FFR), which ran from 2001 to 2005.



During that period a consortium of