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Title:An Analysis of The Problems of Wheelchairs in Special Nursing Homes for The Elderly
Author:Hideyuki Hirose (National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Research Institute)Takashi Kinose, (Tokyo Metropolitan College of Allied Medical Science)
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology,Vol.12, pp.365-368
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Hideyuki Hirose (National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Research Institute)
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Abstract:
In this paper, the authors explain the problems of standard type wheelchairs generally used in special nursing homes for the elderly. They raise five points to be considered when wheelchairs are given to the elderly. These five points are aging or diseases of the elderly, the decrease of their abilities to position themselves, their environments (including their helpers), how to use wheelchairs, and the lack of knowledge of the elderly. And the authors explain the reason why standard type wheelchairs are very popular. Then, they also mention four problems of standard type wheelchairs, i.e., their sizes and the angles of their backrests, their abilities to run, their mechanisms to be folded up, and their difficulties in transfer. They analyze the sizes of standard wheelchairs numerically. That is, they compare the sizes regulated by JIS, Japanese Industrial Standard with the measurements of human-body sizes. They explain the mechanical problem when they are folded up and that it causes bad postures. In that way, they provide a summary of the problems that might occur when standard type wheelchairs are given to the elderly.