Design for Elderly and Disabled Environments:

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Design for Elderly and Disabled Environments
Kitchen Part 5 of 10

• Making homes more comfortable and accessible

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Content Bathrooms

• Common barriers
• Remodeled kitchen
• Sinks
• Ranges
• Cook tops
• Ventilation hoods
• Wall microwave ovens
• Refrigerators

• Cabinets/storage
• Flooring
• Countertops
• Additional changes

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Common Barriers

• Kitchen sink requires users to stand.
• Knob handles on cabinets and faucets limit usage.
• Controls for lights and fan on hood.
• Cooking appliance controls on rear of unit.
• Limited floor spacing for mobility aids.

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Common Barriers

• Freezer space is out of reach.
• Shelves in pantry are too deep and out of reach.
• Microwave in awkward location.
• Wall cabinets shelves are too high.
• Receptacle switch are too high.

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Remodeled Kitchen

• New receptacles switches at accessible
  locations.
• Rolling carts for storage space and accessibility.

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Remodeled Kitchen
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Sinks

• When replacing existing faucet handles, use lever
  or asymmetrical models.

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Sinks
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Sink

• Consider a model with shallow basin and drain
  located at the rear of the bowl.
• Consider adding a tub bend to move the pipe and
  trap.
• Consider fabricating a removable base cabinet.

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Ranges

• Easy-to-use front mounted controls eliminate
  reaching across burners.
• Self-cleaning model eliminates reaching to the
  rear of oven.

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Ranges
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Cook Tops

• Consider cook top models with staggered burners.
• Flush tops rather than raised burners can provide
  convenient use.

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Cook Tops
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Ventilation Hoods

• Controls for ventilation hood range cook top
  should be easy to use operate.
• Consider installing auxiliary controls.

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Wall Microwave Ovens

• Consider installing pull-out shelves.

Movement of pans
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Wall Microwave Ovens
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Wall Microwave Ovens

• Consider using new self cleaning wall ovens.
• Consider making the base cabinet removable for
  added knee space.

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Refrigerators

• Consider replacing an old refrigerator with a
  side-by-side model.
• Consider a model with a bottom freezer.
• Consider a model with an ice and water dispenser.
  
• Select a refrigerator with pull-out shelves
  trays.

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Refrigerators
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Cabinets/storage

• Consider loop handles that do not require
  twisting of the wrist.
• Consider using full extension drawer slides
• Consider revolving or extending semicircular
  shelves.
• Consider installing some banks of full extension
  drawers.

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Cabinets/storage

• Consider using pull-out or down shelves.
• Consider placing cabinets with the bottom shelf
  no more than 48 inches off the ground, which is
  accessible for more people.

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Countertops

• Consider mounting countertops at more than one
  level.

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Countertops
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Countertops

• Use adjustable counters that can be set for
  different heights.
• Consider contrasting edging on countertops.

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Additional Changes

• Use hanging racks
• Use rolling carts
• Install sliding, revolving, pull-down, and/or
  motorized shelves.
• Use knob adapters

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