store it safe! the elegant safety group nick briggs, meg desko, erica solway
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Store It Safe!
The Elegant Safety Group
Nick Briggs, Meg Desko, Erica Solway
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Point of view
A recently retired couple desires an affordable means of support that is
functional and attractive.
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Insights
• The bathroom is a dangerous place for older adults
• People need support in bathroom for balance and strength• Supportive devices are
unattractive and uninviting
• Storage in the bathroom very useful and usually limited
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Initial prototype
• The automated bathroom (like a luxury car)
• Problems:• Too complicated• Scope of idea too big• Too many moving parts• Too big a change
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Observations and Interviews• Talked with younger
people with disabilities and learned about universal design
• Learned what is currently available
• Older adults had very positive or very negative reactions
• People are using things they’re not supposed to for support
• Marian and Family• Molly and Jeremy• Benton Medical• Home Depot and Ikea• Lytton Gardens• Avenidas• Menorah Park
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Safety and storage are important bathroom concerns
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Store it Safe: Current prototype
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Store it Safe: Current prototype
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Some options for customization
• Color• Size (height and
width)• Material• Cabinet type
• Shelving• Type of support bars• Accessories• Lighting
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Future prototyping
• Building a usable model
• Building in real support arms for adult use
• Experience prototype of purchasing, installation, and use
• Developing a nice scale model• Photos and our model not enough…
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Picture
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Further considerations
• Make the unit out of corrosion-proof material
• Make sure they can fit existing bathrooms
• Mounting the arms and cabinet
• Cost ($$$$$$)
• Meeting the needs of people of different sizes (height and weight)
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Other possibilities for making the bathroom a safer place
• Non-slip floors
• Narrower walkers
• All sorts of shower stuff
• Toilet seat height
• Proper bathroom ergonomics
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Thank you!• John Tang (our faithful coach)• Marian and her family• Elna and Arna• Molly and Jeremy Hale• Lytton Gardens, Avenidas, Menorah
Park• Our teaching staff, coaches, and
classmates:-)