- 學位論文
高齡者使用衣櫃之不便因素探究-以潤福高齡者住宅衣櫃使用為例
A Study on Difficulities in Using Closet for the Elderly-A Case Study on the Closet of Ruentfu Elder House
摘要
我國已正式邁向高齡化社會，65歲以上的老年人明顯增加，表示高齡社會所面臨之問題，將接踵產生。有關於高齡者居家生活調查顯示，老年人最希望改善居家臥室生活環境，然而臥室衣櫃使用往往被忽視了，高齡者往往沿用年輕時之衣櫃，或採購衣櫃現成品，甚至請設計師訂做，但是隨著年齡增長，身體各部位逐漸退化，造成衣櫃使用上不方便也不適用。所以探討高齡者衣櫃使用上不便因素，提出改善之衣櫃設計建議，讓高齡者使用時更方便、更適用為本研究的重點。 本研究首先蒐集文獻資料，其次以訪談、實地觀察和問卷等方法，瞭解國內高齡者使用衣櫃之現況和使用行為，再藉由實驗找出使用上不便因素，提出結論與改善建議。 調查發現：1.女性和男性高齡者，因身高的差異與年齡差異，導致適合的吊衣桿高度設定不同，研究發現吊衣桿在1602-1730mm之間是最容易拿取的高度。2. 衣櫃隔板最容易拿取的高度在962-1666mm之間。3. 衣櫃抽屜最容易使用的高度在抽屜上緣450-834mm之間。4.把手五金宜選長型握柄方便抓握、圓順造形避免稜角、選用易視別把手、木質把手使用上較金屬製品舒服溫馨。
並列摘要
The over-65-year-old population is rapidly growing in Taiwan. As the numbers increase, many problems occurred. According to a survey, many elders would like to improve the living environment of their bedrooms. One will find that the use of closet in the bedroom is often ignored. Most elders often use the closet they bought when they were young, ready-made products or custom-made ones by designers. However, as they grow older, their body movements are not as clever as they were young. They will find some difficulitiy when they are using closet. Thus, looking into difficulity factors and proposing ideas to improve the closet design to let our elders can use the closet in a more proper and convenient way are the main focus of this study. Through literature review, observation, interview, questionnaire, and visiting their residences, it enables the researcher to find out the present status and behavior for the elderly when using closet.Furthermore, through various experiments, the inconvenient factors for the elderly when using closet can be identified and then led to a conclusion so that improvement can be proposed. The findings include: 1. For female and male elders, the differences in height and age can lead to different settings of the height for coat hangers. It is found that the easiest height to take cloth is from 1062 to 1730mm 2. For shelves in the closet, the most desirable height for elders is from 1666 to 992mm. 3. The heights for drawers (top) are from 834 to 450mm. 4. As for handles, it is suggested to use rectangular shape with rounded edges, which is easy to grip. In addition, handles with different colors are easy for the elderly to tell from one and other and wooden handles are more comfortable than metal ones in terms of material.