A friendly rest room developing toilets of the future for disabled and elderly people

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Weitere Verfasser: Molenbroek, Johan F. M. 1951- (HerausgeberIn), Mantas, John (HerausgeberIn), Bruin, Renate de (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Berlin ; Tokyo ; Washington, DC IOS Press [2011]
Schriftenreihe:Assistive technology research series volume 27
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  • 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