JPH0819574A - Bath facility for handicapped person or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a bathing facility for bathing a handicapped person who cannot take a bath by himself while reducing the burden to a helper. CONSTITUTION:A bathing facility for bathing a handicapped person together with a wheel chair, is composed of a bathtub, a slope 4 downward inclined toward the bathtub and sidewall parts for guiding the wheel chair on which the handicapped person is sitting, and a helper passage 6 laid along the slope one side of the latter. The handicapped person is led to the bathtub along the slope 4 together with the wheel chair.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing facility for a physically handicapped person, a bedridden elderly person or the like for bathing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Persons with physical disabilities, especially those with impaired walking ability and bedridden elderly people (hereinafter simply referred to as persons with disabilities) cannot take a bath by themselves, and take a shower if only cleaning the body. Although it is possible to maintain a certain degree of cleanliness by wiping it with a cleaning agent, there is still a strong desire to soak in hot water in the bathtub.

However, in order to bathe a disabled person who cannot take a bathing action by himself / herself in the bathtub, it is necessary for one or two caregivers to assist and wash the body from the bathtub. There is.

[0004]

However, in order to allow a disabled person to take a bath in the bathtub, the caregiver must also enter the bathtub, so that the caregiver becomes tired by bathing 3 to 4 disabled persons. As a result, the burden on the caregiver becomes extremely large.

[0005] In addition to bathing, the person with a disability is not free to exercise his / her body as well, and the work is not easy, and the number of times the person with a disability is bathed is inevitably reduced. It was difficult to provide sufficient nursing care, and it was difficult to give satisfaction to people with disabilities.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathing facility for a disabled person or the like, which enables a disabled person who cannot take a bath by himself / herself to take a bath with peace of mind and to remarkably reduce the burden on a caregiver. .

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a bathtub, and a slope having a side wall portion which is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the bathtub and which guides the progress of a wheelchair on which a disabled person sits. A caregiver passage having a dry structure provided on one side of the slope is provided so that a person with a disability can take a bath together with the wheelchair through the slope.

Further, the bathtub is formed in a semicircular shape, and a slope having a side wall portion on the outer peripheral side of the bathtub for guiding the progress of a wheelchair for a disabled person is provided, and a caregiver passage having a dry structure is provided along the slope. , One end of the slope communicates with the floor surface of the washing room, and the other end communicates with the floor surface of the dressing room at the same level, and the middle region of the slope has a water depth as a bathtub,
A person who can take a bath by himself / herself can freely enter and leave the washing room and the bathtub, and the bathing is completed while moving the disabled person together with the wheelchair from one end of the slope to the other end.

[0009]

[Function] In order to bathe a disabled person, the disabled person should sit on a wheelchair, wash the unclean part of the body, and then guide the wheelchair to the slope. In the meantime, the depth of water gradually increases, and you can put the shoulders of the disabled into hot water. After taking a bath for a predetermined time, guide the wheelchair to the slope, and gradually pull up along the slope to lead to the washing room or dressing room to wash the body or wipe the wet body to put on clothes and finish the bath. During this time, the disabled person is still sitting in a wheelchair, and the caregiver can take a bathing assistance work while wearing clothes in a caregiver passage that is not wet with hot water.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a layout of an embodiment of a bathing facility for persons with disabilities according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a sectional shape taken along line AA of FIG.

In this embodiment, a bathtub 2 having a predetermined depth is provided in a building 1, and a slope connecting the bathtub 2 with a space such as a washing room 3 (general bathroom) provided adjacent to the bathtub 2 4 is formed along the wall surface 1 a of the building 1. The slope 4 has a width that allows a wheelchair 5 (described later) to pass through, and the entrance 4a connected to the washing place 3 is at the same level as the floor surface of the washing place 3 and the bathtub 2
The side has a gentle downward slope toward the bathtub 2 so that it is at the same level as the bottom surface of the bathtub 2. Both sides of the slope 4 have wall surfaces 4b, 4b for guiding them so that they will not meander when the wheelchair is moving.

A caregiver passage 6 is provided along the slope 4 between the slope 4 and the bathtub 2. This caregiver passage 6 is surrounded by a peripheral wall 7 having a height higher than the water depth of the bathtub 2 and has a dry structure in which hot water does not enter. The deep portions of the bathtub 2 and the slope 4 are shown in FIG. A plurality of water passages 8 that cross below the caregiver passage 6,
It is connected by 8.

Handrails 9, 9 are provided on the upper portions of the walls 4b, 4b of the slope 4 and are used as handrails for rehabilitation of bathers using a wheelchair and those who can bathe without using a wheelchair. Further, in the bathtub 2, an appropriate number of slides 10, 10, ... For placing a handicapped person on a wheelchair and holding it by hand are installed.

A stairway 11 and a handrail 12 are provided between the washing room 3 and the bathtub 2 so that a patient who can take a bath by himself can enter the bathtub 2. In FIG. 1, 13 is a shower facility, 14 is a washbasin, 15 is a dressing room, 16 is a clothes rack,
Reference numeral 17 indicates an entrance / exit from outside.

The wheelchair 5 used in the bathing facility is
As shown in FIG. 3, a side view, FIG. 4 is a front view, and FIG. 5 is a plan view, a chair frame 20 is provided with a seat portion 21 and a backrest 2.
2, a loop-shaped armrest 23, etc. are provided, and a pair of left and right wheels 24, 24 (casters) with brakes are attached to the lower portion of the frame 20 at the lower front portion of the frame 20. 25 is mounted in a horizontal position so that it can be raised and lowered freely in a used state and a stored state in a vertical position, and is supported by a protrusion (not shown) protruding from the frame 20 during use.

Further, on both left and right sides of the frame 20, there are provided annular guides 26, 26, which are partially separated, from the arms 27, 2.
The guides 26, 26 are provided to project laterally by
Is fitted to guide rails 28, 28 (one of which is enlarged and shown in FIG. 6) made of pipes installed on opposite side surfaces of the wall portions 4b, 4b of the slope 4, and the wheelchair 5 meanders. It is designed to proceed smoothly without any problems.

The seat portion 21 has a notch 29 formed from the front end to the back side, and the person with a disability cleans the unclean portion (glutes etc.) of the body while sitting on the seat portion 21 before entering the bathtub 2. It has a structure that allows it. In addition, 30 is a stainless steel tow ring used when pulling up the wheelchair 5 along the slope 4 with a rope, 31 is a wheelchair 5 by a helper.
Is a handle for pushing.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a modified example of the guide of the wheelchair 5. The guide wheels 32, 32 project horizontally in the lower portions on the left and right sides of the frame 20 and are rotatable in the horizontal plane.
The guide wheels 32, 32 are provided on the wall portion 4 of the slope 4.
By making contact with the inner side surfaces of b and 4b, it is possible to proceed smoothly without meandering.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

A handicapped person is seated on the wheelchair 5 and carried to the dressing room 15 by a caregiver. After undressing, the unclean part of the disabled person is washed in the washing room 3. Then wheelchair 5 and slope 4
The guide rails 26, 26 on both sides thereof to engage the guide rails 28, 28, and the caregiver enters the care room passage 6 from the washing room 3 and adjusts the movement of the wheelchair 5 from the care room passage 6. While making progress. While advancing on the slope 4, the water depth gradually increases and reaches the bathtub 2. At this time, when the bathtub 2 is large or when it is put in a position where the caregiver cannot reach, a rope is attached to the tow ring 30 of the wheelchair 5,
This rope is held by another caregiver through the slope 4, or is pulled by a winch provided, and when pulling up from the bathtub 2, the rope is pulled so that the wheelchair 5 is pulled up.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the layout of another embodiment of the present invention. The bathtub 2 has a semicircular shape, and the slope 4, the caregiver passage 6, and the bathtub 2 are arranged in this order on the outer peripheral portion thereof. , A straight part of the semi-circular bathtub 2, a washing area 3 and a dressing area 15
Are arranged adjacent to each other.

The slope 4 has a width corresponding to the width of the wheelchair 5 as in the above-mentioned embodiment, and the parts connected to the washroom 3 side and the dressing room 15 are at the same level as these floor surfaces, and the intermediate area is The depth of the hot water reaches the shoulders of the disabled person sitting on the wheelchair 5. The bathtub 2 and the deep portion of the slope 4 are communicated with each other by water passages 8, 8 ... Which pass under the caregiver passage 6, so that the slope 4 is always filled with hot water.

In the case of this embodiment, the body is washed in the washing area 3 and then the wheelchair 5 is guided to the slope 4, and while descending the slope 4, the water depth increases and the bathing state is reached. It leads to the slope 4 on the end side, wipes the body at the dressing room 15, and puts on clothes.

Since the other structural parts are common to those of the embodiment of FIG. 1, only the same reference numerals are given, but the bathtub 2 of this embodiment does not include a wheelchair, but only persons who can bathe by themselves.

Further, FIG. 9 shows a quadrant of the semicircular bath 2 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, and the respective configurations are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. The form of the bathtub 2, the washing room 3, and the setting method of the dressing room 15 can be appropriately selected depending on the size and shape of the site of the building 1.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the wheelchair can be put in the hot water through the slope while the disabled person is sitting on the wheelchair, and the caregiver at that time is in the caregiver passage to assist. Since the caregiver does not need to soak in the hot water, the disabled person can take a bath in a comfortable position, while the caregiver does not enter the hot water, so the caregiver can help with the clothes on. The degree of fatigue of can be remarkably reduced. Further, the slope, bathtub, and caregiver passage can have a layout suitable for the size and shape of the site where the bathing facility is constructed, and can be easily implemented as an auxiliary facility for a hospital or welfare facility. In addition to using the slope as an access path for bathing wheelchairs,
In the case of a patient who can easily grasp and walk, it can be used as a passage for rehabilitation that gradually takes a bath while walking while grasping by a handrail, and it is possible to expand the range of utilization.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a bathing facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an example of a wheelchair used for bathing.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a wheelchair.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the wheelchair.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a guide rail of bathing equipment.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing another example of the wheelchair.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of bathing equipment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the bathing facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Bathtub 3 Washing place 4 Slope 5 Wheelchair 6 Caregiver passage 21 Seat 22 Backrest 26 Guide 29 Notch 32 Guide wheel

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub, a slope having a side wall portion which is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the bathtub and guides the progress of a wheelchair on which a handicapped person sits, and assistance of a dry structure provided on one side of the slope along the slope. A bathing facility for persons with disabilities, including a passage for persons with disabilities so that persons with disabilities can bathe together with a wheelchair through the slope. 2. A space such as a general bathroom / washing room is provided near the entrance side of the slope, and the entrance end of the slope is at the same level as the floor surface of the space so that those who can take their own bath can freely enter and leave the bathtub. Bathing facilities for persons with disabilities according to Item 1. 3. A bathtub having a semicircular shape, a slope provided on the outer peripheral side of the bathtub and having a side wall portion for guiding the progress of a wheelchair on which a disabled person sits, and an assistant of a dry structure provided along the slope. A passage, one end of the slope communicates with the floor of the washing room, the other end communicates with the floor of the dressing room at the same level, the middle region of the slope has a depth of water as a bath, and the washing room and the bath A bathing facility for persons with disabilities, wherein persons who can bathe by themselves can freely enter and leave and complete bathing while moving the person with a wheelchair from one end of the slope to the other end. 4. A bathing facility for persons with disabilities according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the wheelchair in which the disabled person sits down to take a bath has a rope for preventing the wheelchair from running and pulling it up.