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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
Transactions ID Number: 52-464
Full Name: Mandya. Sannegowda. Nagananda
Position: Researcher
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Address: Block-II, Room No. 393 Centre for Biomedical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India.
Country: INDIA
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Title of the Paper: Ergonomically designed bathrooms for elderly people in India
Authors as they appear in the Paper: M. S. Nagananda1, Amit Sengupta2, J. Santhosh3, S. Anand4 S. M. K. Rehman5, A. M. Khan6, Priyarata. R7, Devidutt. G8, L. K. Das9
Email addresses of all the authors: "naga nanda" <nagan919@gmail.com>, "amit sengupta" <senguptaamit@hotmail.com>, "Dr (Ms) Jayashree Santhosh" <jayashree@cc.iitd.ac.in>, <snehanand.iitd@rediffmail.com>, "rahman smk" <rahman@cbme.iitd.ac.in>, "majeed Khan" <m_khannihfw@yahoo.com>, "priyabrata rautray" <priyabrata.rautray@gmail.com>, <devidutt.mdes08@gmail.com>, <lalit.bal@gmail.com>
Number of paper pages: 21
Abstract: A very high morbidity and mortality due to fractures as a result of fall is reported world over. Most of the falls are during toileting or bathing during which quite often cardiovascular syndrome (CVS), myocardial infarction (MI) occur leading to an emergency medical condition more so in vulnerable groups such as elderly or handicapped or pregnant mothers. Most people who find bathroom as a quite retreat, never, for a second, considers this room a dangerous place. A recent study showed that one of the single biggest gaps in most of the home safety plans was the bathroom; it is surrounded by water, slippery tiles and hard ceramic surfaces. The conditions of toilet-bathrooms need to be looked with systematic ergonomic design for the comfortable utility as well as to minimize the accidental falls and other mishaps. This paper is based on a study of elderly about fact in the toilet-bathrooms as well as its design based on responses of elderly people with or without!
disability. Results of the study may help raise the awareness level among general population, health care professionals and engineers to design friendly bathroom for the elderly people. The study demonstrated the efficacy of ergonomically designed newer architectural approaches in reducing the accidents and enhancing the comforts to the elderly bathing.
Keywords: Growth of elderly population, Health issues, Bathroom design, Bathing accidents.
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