Store It Safe!

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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 theyre 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-)