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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 696.182
• Soggetto topico: People with disabilities - Services for; Restrooms for people with disabilities; Older people - Services for; Toilets
• Altri autori: MolenbroekJohan F. M MantasJ (John) BruinRenate de
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A friendly rest room
• ISBN: 6613289752; 1-283-28975-X; 9786613289759; 1-60750-752-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163542603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Assistive technology research series ; ; v. 27.