Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Seats"
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image: | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats3.png|thumb|left|200px|Stone seat]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats2.png|thumb|left|200px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats2.png|thumb|left|200px|Wooden stool or chair]] |
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| + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats1.png|thumb|left|270px|Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes]] | ||
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Stone seat | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Stone seat''' |
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* Locally available materials (e.g. stones, concrete slab) | * Locally available materials (e.g. stones, concrete slab) | ||
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|Low | |Low | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Wooden stool or chair | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Wooden stool or chair''' |
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Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications | Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications | ||
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|Medium | |Medium | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes''' |
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* Soft seat is comfortable to sit | * Soft seat is comfortable to sit | ||
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===Acknowledgements=== | ===Acknowledgements=== | ||
| − | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid. | + | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid and WEDC. |
| + | [[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:28, 31 January 2015
| Suitable for: bathers with difficulty standing to bathe, e.g. poor balance, mobility difficulties, stiffness, heavily pregnant, high fever. |
| Construction | Advantages | Disadvantages | Improvements / variations | Cost / labour |
| Stone seat |
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Low |
| Wooden stool or chair |
Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications |
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Medium |
| Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes |
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Wood frame instead of metal |
Medium |
Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
