和風低床型の電動ベッドおよび起立支援電動椅子

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In our country, the percentage of aging people in society has advanced rapidly over the last 30 years. Many elderly people desire to live in their own houses rather than to live in care houses. It is better for elderly people to use beds and chairs than to sit on the floor directly, because their legs become weak and it becomes hard for them to support their body. However, electric beds on the market are mainly designed for hospitals, and cannot be easily adapted to Japanese houses. Therefore, we have developed an electric bed harmonized with the Japanese-style room with tatami mats. Elderly people tend to sit for many hours everyday. Therefore sitting in a "chair" would be attractive to them, because it would be more comfortable than sitting on the floor in a traditional way. However, there are many elderly people who have difficulty in rising up from a chair. In order to overcome this difficulty, we have developed three types of electric chairs, from which the elderly could easily stand up. One is the wooden chair for use at a table and the other two are comfortable chairs suitable for living rooms which we have made, recycling used car seats. We expect that the use of the beds and chairs equipped with devices for supporting elderly people will bring them a more comfortable daily life.
香川県立保健医療大学の論文