Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi, cilt.6, ss.248-256, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
The elderly; the disturbances experienced in the use of some items and products in the interior require new arrangements in interior design. Some of these regulations should be made in toilet-bath products. These places, where they meet the basic needs of the elderly, are also places where they have a great deal of fall risk. Therefore, it is necessary that the restraint bars, closets, cabinets and seat designs used in the toilet-bathroom are suitable for the anthropometric measures of the elderly. In this study, some anthropometric measures used in the design of toiletbathroom equipment for elderly people were determined and the appropriateness of these measures for the elderly was evaluated. These anthropometric measures; height of legs, height of legs, length of legs of legs, length of legs of legs, height of legs, height of legs, height of legs of legs, height of legs of legs, width of legs of legs.
In the first period of the project named "Anthropometric Dimensions of the
Anatolian Elderly" (TUBITAK 115M548), a total of eleven sites were surveyed
and three data were collected. The data obtained from the individuals were
transferred to the anthropometric measure form and transferred to the computer
environment and loaded and evaluated on the SPSS 22.00 package program.
Taking into consideration the risk of injury to the elderly, toilets and bathrooms,
and the inability to use the products, ergonomic body measurements, providing
comfort and safety and reducing risk of accidents.