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Towards safety and autonomy in the home bathroom: Identifying challenges, needs and gaps
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Ergonomics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5226-2091
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Ergonomics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7565-854X
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Ergonomics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0799-1735
2022 (English)In: Applied Ergonomics, ISSN 0003-6870, E-ISSN 1872-9126, Vol. 105, article id 103865Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This qualitative study aims to identify challenges, needs and gaps for home care bathroom tasks and gather information that will allow for user-centered, sustainable solutions for home care in the bathroom. Twenty-one interviews were carried out with participants with the perspective of client, health care worker or care orga-nization. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis and interpretive description. The findings identify important factors for enabling both independent living for clients and a sustainable work environment for the health care workers. They include adequate space, access to assistive devices and regular risk assessments to recognize changing needs. Enabling independent living is one strategy that can be used to manage the ongoing demographic change as well as the expected future labor shortage in the care sector. Changes can be made in the physical environment (the residential bathroom) in order to facilitate safer task performance for both the clients and the health care workers.

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Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 105, article id 103865
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Home care, Assistive devices, Injury prevention, Ageing in place, Independent living
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-317338DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103865ISI: 000844316100005PubMedID: 35961247Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85135719885OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-317338DiVA, id: diva2:1694407
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QC 20220909

Correction in: Applied Ergonomics, Volume106, Article Number, 103888DOI10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103888

Available from: 2022-09-09 Created: 2022-09-09 Last updated: 2022-11-15Bibliographically approved

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Stenberg Gleisner, Anna KlaraRose, LindaTrask, Catherine M.

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