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What are the skills of furniture selection for the elderly
As the saying goes, 'there is an old man at home, if there is a treasure'. Who has no old man? One day, parents will grow old too. It's right to take good care of their parents for their children. At present, there are many household products in the furniture market. There are children's furniture specially designed for children, but there is a lack of furniture designed for the elderly. This makes many children have no way to purchase furniture for their parents. This article will introduce some skills for the elderly to purchase furniture
Elderly furniture purchasing skills:
1. Furniture materials should be environmentally friendly and light
With the growth of age, the body resistance of the elderly will slowly decline, and the body resistance of the elderly is poor, so we should choose environmentally friendly materials for furniture. Generally speaking, natural wood, bamboo, rattan and other materials are relatively environmentally friendly, which is conducive to the health of the elderly. In addition, the furniture made of these materials is light and convenient for the elderly to move the furniture.
2. Furniture color should be elegant and natural
Many people subconsciously think that the old people like the furniture with dark colors and ancient patterns, but now they are not so conservative. They also like the furniture with beautiful colors and novel styles, but the low purity, low brightness, harmony, unity and fresh and elegant colors can create a quiet, comfortable and elegant life atmosphere for the old people, so In the selection of elderly furniture, it is more appropriate to choose the new and elegant natural color.
3. Furniture should have backrest and handrail
The chairs and stools used by the elderly are best equipped with backrests, which can hold the spine of the human body, maintain the balance of muscle strength and reduce fatigue. At the same time, old people's legs and feet are not easy, furniture with handrails can reduce the risk of falling, and handrails can also bring the elderly a sense of security.
4. Furniture design should be smooth
Children's furniture should be smooth, which means that children are easy to move and run around for fear of being hurt. The furniture of the elderly should also be smooth. It is inconvenient for the elderly to walk when they are old, and their physical coordination is reduced. It is inevitable that there will be collision. The smooth design of the elderly's furniture can reduce the injury, and it can also bring the elderly a sense of security psychologically.
5. Furniture should be suitable in height
Most of the elderly are inconvenient in legs and feet, and it's not good to climb and bow, so the furniture of the elderly should be suitable in height, and some higher cabinets or drawer furniture lower than the knee are not suitable for the elderly.
6. Furniture should be soft and hard
Generally, the furniture of the elderly should not be too soft, such as the leather sofa and fabric sofa that will sink when people sit on them. These sofas are not suitable for the elderly. These sofas will make the elderly with inconvenient legs and feet more difficult to stand up. Too soft mattress is also not suitable for the use of the elderly, there is often a misunderstanding that the soft bed is more comfortable, the elderly will be more comfortable when lying down, in fact, not necessarily, these beds have poor air permeability, long-term sleep, will make people's spine arc, the symptoms of strain increase, waist pain, for the elderly, the bed with a hard mattress or a hard mattress thickened mattress is better.