scholarly journals Universal Safety Design (USD) and Sustainability: Comparison of Guidelines between Universal Design (UD) and USD

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4413
Author(s):  
Seung-Yeon Baek ◽  
Byung-Yong Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Universal Design ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Design For All ◽  
Safety Design ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Socially Vulnerable Groups

Universal Design (UD) has contributed to enhancing the quality of life through design for all. This study aims to compare the users’ subjective scores for UD guidelines and Universal Safety Design (USD) guidelines. A questionnaire survey was performed to get information on the 165 users’ subjective scores for design guidelines implementing UD or USD. Results show that USD guidelines have extensibility in fairness, flexible work, and sustainability perspectives. UD guidelines show a low correlation coefficient with sustainability guideline of USD. In the results of the regression analysis, the guidelines of USD reflect the design concept of UD. Additionally, USD guidelines increase the design concept of sustainability. USD guidelines are expected to contribute to creating comfortable and safe environments for the disabled, the elderly, foreigners, and socially vulnerable groups. Additionally, it is expected to address discrimination at work.

scholarly journals Bioética y calidad de atención en adolescentes atendidas en ginecología de hospitales públicos

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel Sánchez Rodríguez ◽  
Milton Espinoza Lucas ◽  
Miladis Placencia López
Keyword(s):  
Health Personnel ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Los Grupos

Los grupos vulnerables del país son: adultos mayores, embarazadas, discapacitados y otros no adolescentes,  razonable por su grado de riesgo , una de las etapas biológicas trascendental es la adolescencia, la fisiología cambia y las definiciones de personalidad se encuentran en proceso .Entonces constituye una etapa vulnerable si no existen condiciones adecuadas de orientación sexual y provisión de condiciones que permitan reconocer riesgos y aplicar estrategias destinadas a disminuir   detrimentos en su calidad de vida. Los niveles de atención del sistema de salud ecuatoriano ameritan un personal de salud laborando en   instituciones aplicando   principios bioéticos en la atención a usuarios, el  estudio plantea como objetivo determinar si el personal de enfermería   aplica principios bioéticos   en la   atención   a   adolescentes atendidas del área ginecológica del hospital básico  Jipijapa , se realizó una encuesta a adolescentes y entrevista al personal de salud , se evaluó el nivel de satisfacción de servicios , se identificó los principales dilemas bioéticos que las enfermeras  enfrentan en sus actividades y se estableció la no existencia protocolos en caso de suscitarse dilemas  bioéticos. Los resultados mostraron que el personal de enfermería conoce misión ,visión de los servicios que presta, existen buenas relaciones interpersonales, sin embargo no manejan protocolos al presentarse problemas bioéticos , existe respeto al paciente y familiares .Las adolescentes consideran que las enfermeras no brindan trato individualizado, ni humanístico en algunos casos a pesar satisfacer sus necesidades inmediatas en gran medida y consideran que deben tener capacitaciones para mejorar el trato a pacientes. Palabras clave: cuidados a adolescentes, principios bioéticos, protocolos de atención    Bioethics and quality of care in gynecology adolescents treated in public hospitals Abstract  Vulnerable groups in the country are: the elderly, pregnant women, the disabled and others not teenagers, reasonable by their degree of risk, one of the crucial biological stages of adolescence, physiology changes and the definitions of personality are in .then process is a vulnerable stage if there  are  no  adequate  conditions of  sexual  orientation  and  providing conditions that  allow recognize risks and implement strategies to reduce detriment to their quality of life. The levels of health care system merit Ecuadorian health personnel working in institutions applying bioethical principles in the customer first, the study therefore seeks to determine whether nurses bioethical principles applied in the care of adolescents met the gynecological area Jipijapa basic hospital, a survey was conducted to teenagers and interview health personnel, the level of service satisfaction was evaluated, the principal bioethical dilemmas identified that nurses face in their activities and nonexistence was established protocols should arise bioethical dilemmas. The results showed that the nurses called mission, vision of the services provided, there are good relationships, but no protocols to handle bioethical problems occur, there is respect for patients and relatives .The teens believe that nurses do not provide individualized treatment nor humanistic in some cases even their immediate needs greatly and they believe they should have training to improve the treatment of patients.  Key words: Adolescent care, bioethical principles , care protocols

The Application of Universal Design in the Elderly Electric Scooters Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 241-244
Author(s):  
Duan Shu Song
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Population ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Electric Scooter ◽  
Space Saving ◽  
The Status

This paper investigated the status of the elderly population as well as the elderly market potential in china, and analyzed the importance of universal design on elderly electric scooters. We designed an elderly electric scooter under the guidance of universal design concept and ergonomics. Its wheelchair styling is a breakthrough which distinguishes it from the traditional electric scooter. The new scooter is safer, more fashionable and space-saving. We expect that the universal electric scooter can benefit the elderly and make the whole society concentrate on the old group.

scholarly journals Use it or Lose it!

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Qiannan Li
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Disabled Elderly ◽  
The Disabled

<p>In the foreseeable future, the elderly will make up a significant proportion of New Zealand’s population. The relationship between ageing and disability means the disabled population is expected to increase as the population ages. Physical disabilities especially mobility impairments have adverse impacts on the life experience of elderly people. The outdoor environment contributes to the physical and mental health of ageing people and can provide the opportunities to enhance their quality of life. This thesis explores the concept of a rehabilitative landscape design at Kenepuru Community Hospital. The design aims to improve and maintain mobility during the ageing process, and potentially provide feedback which will motivate the ageing to continue a healthy lifestyle. The thesis concludes that the “disabled” elderly and their community gain a better life experience while reconnecting with a strategically designed outdoor environment.</p>

scholarly journals Vulnerabilities of Employment Levels in Contemporary Society of Romania

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Diana Elena Şerb ◽  
Camelia Cicioc
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Employment Level ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Roma People ◽  
The Individual

Abstract The employment level vulnerability - a subject of interest to specialists, and also lately there is an increasing attention of European organizations in this regard by means of directives and regulations .Vulnerable groups are groups without support. The main groups with a higher risk of being affected by some form of exclusion from the labor market are young people, women, the disabled, the elderly, roma people, rural population. In our country one of the characteristics of democracy is that men and women are equal in rights. Young people are exposed to an endogenous risk that reflects their inexperience and also to exogenous risks related to the fields they’re frequently working in. The purpose of this article is to show that the forms of vulnerability generate economic and social imbalances in both the individual and the country. The working hypothesis of this article is that young people and women are the groups most exposed to vulnerability, and this also influences the employment levels.

scholarly journals Research on the Design of the General Hospital Wayfinding and Signage System based on the Universal Design Concept - A Case Study of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

2020 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 02058
Author(s):  
Xinbo Shen ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Lei Yu
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Hospital Service ◽  
Dense Population ◽  
Signage System

With the continuous improvement of the medical level in China, the quality of hospital service and the environment have attracted people’s attention. The hospital is a place with relatively dense population, and the general hospital consists of a number of departments with complicated procedures and staggered routes. In order to improve the efficiency of medical treatment, stabilize the mood of patients, and respond to the call of establishing a human-oriented hospital, it is particularly important to design a reasonable and comprehensive hospital wayfinding and signage system. In this paper, the universal design concept and principles which are more suitable for everyone are applied to the hospital wayfinding and signage system. Through the field investigation of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, the author analyzes the problems and sums up the design criteria which are suitable for the hospital wayfinding and signage system.

scholarly journals Review of evolution of the public long-term care insurance (LTCI) system in different countries: influence and challenge

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linhong Chen ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Xiaocang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disabled Elderly ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Long Term Care Insurance ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The growing demand for LTC (Long-term care) services for disabled elderly has become a daunting task for countries worldwide, especially China, where population aging is particularly severe. According to CSY (China Statistical Yearbook,2019), the elderly aged 65 or above has reached 167 million in 2018, and the number of disabled elderly is as high as 54%. Germany and other countries have alleviated the crisis by promoting the public LTCI (Long-Term Care Insurance) system since the 1990s, while China’s public LTCI system formal pilot only started in 2016. Therefore, the development of the public LTCI system has gradually become a hot topic for scholars in various countries, including China. Methods This review has been systematically sorted the existing related literature to discuss the development of public LTCI (Long-Term Care Insurance)system form four aspects, namely, the comparison of public LTCI systems in different countries, the influence of public LTCI, challenge of public LTCI, and the relationship between public LTCI and private LTCI. We searched some databases including Web of Science Core Collection, Medline, SCOPUS, EBSCO, EMBASE, ProQuest and PubMed from January 2008 to September 2020. The quality of 38 quantitative and 21 qualitative articles was evaluated using the CASP(Critical Appraisal Skills Programme) critical evaluation checklist. Results The review systematically examines the development of public LTCI system from four aspects, namely, the comparison of public LTCI systems in different countries, the influence of public LTCI, the challenge of public LTCI, and the relationship between public LTCI and private LTCI. For example, LTCI has a positive effect on the health and life quality of the disabled elderly. However, the role of LTCI in alleviating the financial burden on families with the disabled elderly may be limited. Conclusion Some policy implications on the future development of China’s LTCI system can be obtained. For example, the government should fully consider the constraints such as price rise, the elderly disability rate, and the substantial economic burden. It also can strengthen the effective combination of public LTCI and private LTCI. It does not only help to expand the space for its theoretical research but also to learn the experiences in the practice of the LTCI system in various countries around the world. It will significantly help the smooth development and further promote the in-depth reform of the LTCI system in China.

scholarly journals The Influence of Information Acceptance on Information Use Performance in the Case of Vulnerable Classes

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 474
Author(s):  
Soonduck Yoo ◽  
Jong-Sun Park
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Information Use ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information Acceptance

This study analyzed the effect of information acceptance on the information use performance for the vulnerable groups. The sample group was classified into general public group and vulnerable groups residing in Korea, and the vulnerable groups were divided into the disabled, the low - income group, the elderly group and the farmers. The characteristics of the vulnerable groups were selected by the competence level, use motive, and use attitudes and the correlation between each factor and use utilization was analyzed. In all groups, the use motive and the use attitude showed a strong positive correlation with the use performance of .682. In particular, the information use attitude and the information use performance were closely related. The correlation between the use attitude and use performance of the vulnerable groups were investigated in the order of lower grade (.695), farmers & fishermen (.688), elderly (.674), and disabled (.672). In conclusion, this study shows that if use attitude is high, use performance is high. Therefore, in order to expand the acceptance of information on vulnerable groups, various programs that can increase the use attitude of information should be introduced. Through this, it was found that the vulnera-ble groups could induce the use attitude of information and the satisfaction of the use performance, and ultimately the digital information divide could be reduced by improving the information acceptance of the vulnerable groups. This study has limitations in securing various contents of inquiry based on questionnaire survey. It is necessary to analyze various factors besides factors selected as environmental fac-tors of information acceptance as characteristics of vulnerable groups.

Why Study Sustainable Livelihood and Poverty Reduction?

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Development Goals

This introductory chapter utilizes a framework of inquiry on why people are poor based on sustainable livelihood and poverty reduction. A livelihood is sustainable when it copes with and can recover from stress and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for the next generation. This book examines the core issues, namely (1) the links between sustainable rural livelihoods and why people are poor; (2) the multilateral policy contexts of poverty; (3) poverty reduction within the context of globalizing world economy; (4) the economic and moral interdependence of humans and nature; and (5) the assessment of poverty among vulnerable groups, for instance, the elderly, the young, the ill, and the disabled. The themes of this volume orbit around characteristics and challenges of sustainable development, marginalization, social empowerment, social development theory, and poverty reduction strategies advocated by the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals worldwide.

Nutritional status and determinants of malnutrition in institutionalized elderly people, provisional data

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Gabriela Soric ◽  
◽  
Felicia Lupascu-Volentir ◽  
Ana Popescu ◽  
Elena Cosciug ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Geriatric Evaluation ◽  
Vulnerable Elderly

Nutrition is an important factor for health, physical and cognitive function, vitality, quality of life and longevity. Elderly people oft en have low food intake, induced by multifactorial causes, as a result, malnutrition is an independent risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality, regardless of the underlying pathologies (chronic organ failure, cognitive impairment, cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes etc.) including overweight or obese subjects.The prevalence of malnutrition varies from 4% to 10% in the elderly population from the community, from 15% to 38% for institutionalized elderly people and from 30% to 70% for hospitalized ones. The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional status of institutionalized elderly people and establish correlations between the determinants of malnutrition and fragility syndrome.Th e epidemiological study is part of the project 20.80009.8007.25 “Fragility: diagnosis and prophylaxis in relation to medicopsychosocial problems of the vulnerable elderly”, included 50 patients institutionalized in the Republican Asylum for the Disabled and Retired in Chisinau.All persons were examined by the complex geriatric evaluation, approved by the order of the Ministry of Health no. 619 of 07.09.2010. According to the results, both malnutrition and the risk of malnutrition were high in institutionalized elderly people.Among the determinants of malnutrition, the highest association had the number of concomitant diseases, decreased functionality of the elderly, the presence of depression syndrome and cognitive disorders. At the same time, the malnutrition syndrome correlated with the fragility criteria but also with the degree of severity of frailty of the institutionalized elderly people.

Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Elderly: Evidence From Chi Linh Town, Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 84S-93S ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thanh Huong ◽  
Le Thi Hai Ha ◽  
Truong Quang Tien
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

As Vietnam confronts with the challenge of an aging population, the importance of quality of life for elderly people becomes apparent. This article aims to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its correlates for the elderly, using a cross-sectional study design. A total of 1599 adults, aged 60 years and older, were drawn from the 2016 baseline survey of Chi Linh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHILILAB HDSS), which incorporated the EQ-5D, to measure HRQoL. Data were analyzed using multivariate linear regression analyses. The EQ-5D index of the elderly was found to be 0.871 (95% confidence interval = 0.862-0.880). After controlling for covariates, there were statistically significant associations between lower HRQoL and older age (≥80 years), lower education, no pension, chronic disease(s), and health insurance schemes targeting poor/near poor/priority groups. Current and future policies for improving HRQoL in old age should be extended to cover the most vulnerable groups.

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