By the end of the year, more than 2,000 households in Beijing will have completed the aging transformation and ＂personalized adaptation＂ to serve the elderly.

Before the end of this year, Beijing will complete more than 2,000 aging-adaptive renovation for elderly families in urban and rural areas with household registration of 60 years old and above. The reporter noted that the aging-adaptive transformation is to enable the elderly to obtain "personalized adaptation" aging-adaptive services through pre-evaluation and household design.

Specially customized dual-purpose bath stool

It is convenient for the elderly to bathe and clean.

"Aunt Korea’s home? We have brought you a bath stool. " At 10 o’clock in the morning, Li Deyi, a staff member in charge of the distribution of aging renovation facilities in Beixiaguan Street, Haidian District, moved a specially customized dual-purpose bath stool of "sitting and showering" into an old-fashioned residential building beside Dahuisi Road.

Aunt Han, who is over 80 years old, is bedridden because of illness, and it is difficult to go to the toilet and take a bath. Old people like Aunt Han are not alone in Haidian District. To this end, Haidian District has specially customized 1,000 sets of dual-purpose bath stools for "sitting and showering" according to the needs of the elderly after mapping the situation of the elderly in its jurisdiction. From August 7, it began to be delivered and installed one after another.

In front of the door, the staff member Li Deyi has assembled the bath stool in advance. "You see, the seat surface of this bath stool is two independent boards, which can be used as a waterproof and non-slip bath stool to sit on when taking a shower; The two boards can also be slid and disassembled to both sides respectively. After the boards are separated, they become toilets and can be used when going to the toilet. " In aunt Han’s living room, Li Deyi said while giving a live demonstration.

Different from ordinary toilets, the "toilet+shower" dual-purpose bath stool customized for the elderly in Haidian District has specially increased the width of the stool to 64 cm and the height of the stool to 54 cm. "This width and height, just can use the stool on the toilet. Some elderly people can also sit directly on the bath stool for cleaning if they accidentally get excrement on their bodies. " Li Deyi introduced the use of the bath stool to Aunt Han’s children.

Before there was a professional bath stool, Aunt Han could only sit on the toilet bought by her family for bathing. The family must first disassemble the toilet and transport it to a small bathroom, and then put the old man on the toilet. The toilet space in the old building is already narrow, so taking a bath is a "big project". "This bath stool can be placed in the toilet for a long time, which is convenient for bathing and cleaning the elderly." Aunt Han’s children signed the Service Agreement on the Use of Bath Assisting Equipment for the Elderly Family on the spot.

Hundreds of commodities can be dismantled and moved.

Old people can experience it before choosing it.

In a small exhibition hall in the back street of Dongcheng Art Museum, a line of glass display cases and booths are placed along the wall, and aging products such as upper limb rehabilitation trainers, walking crutches, low-level stoves suitable for wheelchairs, and smart toilets with automatic lid opening and closing are dazzling.

"This exhibition hall is mainly used by us to display various products suitable for aging, and it is also for the public to come to the interactive experience." Since 2017, Beijing Tuoxin Shengda Technology Co., Ltd., which has more than ten years of experience in barrier-free renovation, has begun to join the aging renovation project for the elderly in this city. At present, it has participated in aging renovation projects in Dongcheng, Haidian, Tongzhou, Changping, Shunyi, Yanqing and other districts. Feng Jian, director of the company’s product department, told reporters that hundreds of aging products in the exhibition hall can be roughly divided into three categories: renovation of building hardware, renovation of home decoration and adaptation of rehabilitation AIDS.

Talking about the original intention of setting up the exhibition center for aging-resistant products, Feng Jian explained that, just like many elderly people are uneasy about online shopping, many citizens always feel uneasy about using products they have never seen before before. "Many old people are willing to go to the exhibition hall to see the samples with their own eyes, and even the actual operation can be assured. Therefore, we specially designed such an exhibition center with hundreds of aging products to facilitate the elderly to experience at home. "

In fact, "adaptive aging transformation" is a new thing that has gradually developed in recent years. "The barrier-free renovation for disabled families and the aging renovation for elderly families, although there are overlaps and similarities, are also different". Feng Jian told reporters that most of the barrier-free renovations provided for families of disabled people are the hardware renovation of the home environment, and the main function is to make up for the physical deficiency and deficiency of disabled people, so "there are more fixed and permanent construction renovations". However, the aging renovation is mainly based on the installation of detachable and movable facilities and equipment and auxiliary devices. Even if construction is needed, most of them are simple decoration such as handrails, so as to minimize the damage to the decoration of normal rooms and avoid the excessive impact on the normal life of other members of the family due to "large-scale construction".

"Most of the aging products in the exhibition hall are facilities, AIDS and even rehabilitation." Feng Jian said. The reporter noticed that the products suitable for aging in the exhibition hall are indeed detachable and movable "temporary" facilities. Feng Jian said, for example, if an elderly person falls, he may be unable to walk temporarily and need a wheelchair. However, after a period of rehabilitation, the body function gradually recovered, and the wheelchair was no longer needed. Therefore, wheelchairs for the elderly usually choose a foldable and portable style. After a period of time, they will be folded and stored without taking up space.

Exclusive custom-made renovation for the aged

On-demand scheme for household assessment

Which aging products are most popular with the elderly? The reporter learned that folding wheelchair, walker, walker and other walking AIDS, bedsore pads and other nursing and rehabilitation products, as well as various handrails that can be installed in the bathroom, bedside and sofa, are most popular with elderly families.

However, if you want to carry out aging transformation, you don’t just send the products to the elderly, but you must go through a series of steps such as preliminary evaluation and household design before you can enter the stage of implementation transformation.

"Pre-evaluation and household design are very important." Feng Jian said, first of all, we should make a comprehensive assessment of the physical function of the elderly. After the assessment, communicate with the elderly to clarify their actual needs. Finally, according to the environmental conditions of different families, such as huxing and housing conditions, we should design the aging-adaptive renovation plan exclusively and individually.

Wheelchair design

For example, under normal circumstances, the width of the door should reach more than 80 cm to meet the normal traffic of the wheelchair. However, many old people live in old residential areas or small bungalows, and the doors of their rooms are too narrow, so wheelchairs of normal size often can’t pass through, so it is necessary to reduce the width of wheelchairs appropriately to adapt to the narrow indoor space. However, some elderly people are prone to gain weight when they are older, and ordinary wheelchairs are uncomfortable to sit in. If you want to choose a wheelchair with a wider chair surface, you need to customize the "wide wheelchair" specially.

Handrail installation

Some old people want to install handrails in front of the toilet, and some old people want to install handrails at the bedside. However, installing handrails must be "adapted to local conditions". "According to regulations, handrails must be installed on load-bearing walls. However, when we went to the residents’ homes for evaluation, we found that the wall where some residents wanted to install handrails was actually a thin two-layer board. " Feng Jian said, what should we do when there is a conflict between residents’ needs and the actual assessment plan? "We usually communicate and explain with the elderly and their families repeatedly, telling their families that the elderly sometimes use all their strength to pull the handrail. Occasionally, it may be no problem to pull it once or twice, but after a long time, if the wall is not strong, it is likely that the handrail will fall off the wall or the wall will be damaged during the pulling process. If you insist on installing handrails on non-bearing walls, it is really unsafe. "

In this case, residents will be replaced with aging products that are free of drilling and construction. For example, a "movable bedside handrail" can be used instead of a fixed handrail nailed to the wall. There is a fixed bottom plate under the "movable bedside armrest", which can be directly inserted under the bed, which can not only help to get up, but also play a certain role in preventing the elderly from falling off the bed when they accidentally turn over.

Ramp reconstruction

The elderly are in wheelchairs, but there is no barrier-free ramp in the community. Just a few steps down the stairs often become a "roadblock" for the elderly. Feng Jian said that during the on-the-spot evaluation, it was found that not all entrances and exits of residential areas were designed with barrier-free ramps. However, in many old residential areas, the steps downstairs are not wide. If they are all made into fixed barrier-free ramps, it may affect the passage of other residents. In this case, usually the service provider will recommend a detachable mobile barrier-free ramp for the elderly. This barrier-free ramp is just like Lego blocks, just need to be spliced together and put on the steps to use.

future

It is proposed to subsidize barrier-free renovation of living facilities.

This year, the project of "Adapting to Aging", which is highly concerned by the masses, was once again included in the list of 31 key tasks of "I do practical things for the masses" determined by the Municipal Social Work Committee and the Civil Affairs Bureau. Li Hongbing, member of the Municipal Social Work Committee, deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau and spokesperson, said that by the end of this year, more than 2,000 aging-adapted renovation projects will be completed for elderly families in urban and rural areas with household registration of 60 years old or above.

At the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Municipal People’s Congress held at the end of July, the Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Barrier-free Environment Construction (Draft) was reviewed for the second time, in which it was specially added that the district government can subsidize the disabled and elderly families who apply for barrier-free renovation of their living facilities in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Municipality. The reporter learned that the next step of the bill will continue to be reviewed.

(Original title: Bath stool, toilet, shower and dual-purpose bedside armrest can be moved. Customized products are more convenient to use.)

Source: Beijing Evening News | Reporter Zhang Nan

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