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By Della on Apr 13, 2010 |Home & Family
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Location of living room
According to the physiological and psychological characteristics, the living rooms for them require to be quiet, to have windows and sound insulation with sunlight, as well to have good ventilation. It is very necessary to keep air fresh.
Materials
The materials of walls, ceiling and floors should be nontoxic, odorless and natural in order to reduce the pollution caused by these materials. The color of walls should be mainly in egg white, pale pinkish purple and pale cream, and walls can be painted by water-based paint or latex paint sludge. In addition, warm roof can use good moisture gypsum board. Generally, lay the carpet on the ground to make foot fell better, and try to avoid the use of concrete floors, ceramic tile and plastic and other marble. What is more, solid wood floors together with environment-friendly paint can be applied, and pay attention to slippery ground to avoid falls as the elder moves slowly.
Furniture
Dark wood furniture should be chosen for house decorations in old living room, and no or less use of folding furniture as well oversized combined furniture. For the elder, the key point is to consider the furniture height and whether it is easy to open. Furniture styles are various, generally speaking, older people prefer solid modeling with dark color, while the older had better not select angular furniture.
Interior layout
The interior house layout of the room should comply with the characteristics and activities of the elder in order to facilitate their lives as possible as can. Indoor channel have to maintained patency, and the placing of indoor facilities is conductive to ventilation and natural lighting, as well coordination with the interior space. Too much furniture crowding the room may cause much inconvenience to the elderly and generate the sense of oppression. However, too little furniture may make people feel lonely, so it requires designers to have a good measurement. It is usually appropriate that furniture takes up 35-50% of the whole room space.
Color of the room
Since the gradual reduction of social activities for older people, combined with psychological changes, the interior color should be warm rather than cold. Older people will have a sense of warm and cheerful to eliminate the psychological isolation. As far as possible, put natural plants into their room to increase joyfulness of living.

Indoor lighting
Indoor lighting should be fixed on the roof or walls, and soft lighting is better than strong lighting, but make sure there are sufficient brightness. Power switch and socket should be located in the place where is convenient for older people to open, such as beside the door and window and bed. The wiring of electrical equipment requires to be simple and orderly, instead of being exposed.
Hanging ornaments
The bedroom of older people should not be too empty, and wall charts and other various accessories can add a lot of fun for the living room. In addition, meaningful staff that older people ever have used and some honors can be good house decorations.
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