How do I decorate my home with an elderly person? What are the characteristics of the decoration design for the elderly? What should we pay attention to in some decoration details? As the saying goes, if there is an old man in a family, if there is a treasure, we must pay special attention to the living environment of the elderly, so as to provide the elderly with a comfortable and safe living environment.
Before decoration, the safety and comfort of the elderly must be considered in the design. It is necessary to add some safety protection measures in the design. During construction, some decoration details must also be considered in many aspects. Then, for the elderly What are the decoration designs? Let’s take a look with me next.
Color is important
To create a family atmosphere suitable for the elderly, color matching is very important. For the house where the elderly live, it is best to use warm colors as the main color scheme, and choose soft, simple and quiet tones such as beige, coffee, and log colors.
At the same time, it is best not to use the following colors:
① Too cold colors
Cool colors make people feel empty and cold, which can easily make the elderly feel lonely. Moreover, cool colors may change the body temperature due to visual stimulation, and the elderly are very sensitive to temperature, and it is not easy to feel warm in cool color spaces.
② Excessive jumping of bright colors
Jumping or bright colors may be uncomfortable for the elderly, and large areas of bright colors are too stimulating and lack a sense of tranquility.
Accessible Design
The elderly have inconvenient legs and feet, and some elderly people who need to use wheelchairs should plan to use barrier-free surfaces in the early stage of home decoration. Avoid the use of threshold stones to reduce the indoor ground level difference.
Anti-skid is the top priority in the design of the elderly room. When decorating, you should choose ground materials with good anti-skid properties, such as wooden floors, carpets, quartz floor tiles, and floor tiles with strong friction. Anti-slip measures in the bathroom should also be taken into consideration, such as adding anti-slip mats to increase friction or using diatom mud mats to absorb moisture and water.
Install handrails in corridors and corners. The material and color of the handrails will not cut the overall home style, but this is not the point. The convenience of parents walking at home is the top priority. If a cylindrical handrail is installed, according to the data survey, the diameter of the handrail most suitable for the elderly to grasp is 35mm. The width of the passage should be convenient for the elderly to move, and the width of the passage for the elderly who need a wheelchair should be more than 800mm.
The furniture should not be placed too densely, leave a spacious passage, make the space more fluid, and leave enough space for the elderly to move.
