แนวทางการออกแบบ และปรับปรุง ที่อยู่อาศัย สำหรับผู้ป่วยโรคพาร์กินสันกรณีศึกษา ชมรมเพื่อนพาร์กินสัน โรงพยาบาลจุฬาลงกรณ์ / ณัฐ จิระอมรนิมิต = Design guidelines and improvement of housing for parkinson's patients case studies of Parkinson's Friends Club King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital / Nuth Jiraamonnimit
With today’s aging population, it is more important than ever to understand Parkinson’s disease, which typically occurs in people over the age of 60 years old. Nowadays, less than 8% of the people with Parkinsonism are under 40 years old; Parkinson’s disease is [WU1] a disease that is of concern to our older population. An important aspect of the care of Parkinson’s patients involves the study and design of appropriate housing that meets their needs, improves their quality of life, and helps them to live independently.Suitable housing can improve both physical and mental health of Parkinson’s patients and enhance their social activities as well.The results of this research Showed that, because Parkinson’s patients have difficulty walking, and suffer from slowness of movement due to central nervous system damage, they frequently suffer accidents in their houses. It was found that 73% of such accidents occur in the bed room, 40% on footpaths, and 33% in the living room.. Not all Parkinson’s patients suffer accidents in the home; those who do not have accident due to symptoms of the disease are considered to be in stage 2 or 2.5 (in a 5-stage scale). It should be obvious that, in the later stages of Parkinson’s, family members and patients have to be very careful to minimize the risk of household accidents.The following case study results are on housing development with patients diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Taking into account are five major factors: 1) It is vital that the floor layout is levelled 2) An area should be accessible to allow patients to maneuver their body, allowing patients to easily walk from point A to B 3) Straight walkway designs are to be implemented to minimize the risks of accidents to patients 4) The use of sliding doors with additional handrails should strongly be considered to assist patients in simply accessing a vicinity 5) Walkway designs are to be at 1.2 m in length, with handrails or built-in furniture to allow patients to support themselves while walking.
