Effectiveness Audit Accessibilities for Senior Citizen Comfortability

EFFECTIVENESS AUDIT ACCESSIBILITIES FOR SENIOR CITIZEN COMFORTABILITY ( A CASE STUDY OF THE HERITAGE RESIDENCES AND HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN MALAYSIA )Abs footpathionMissing in affectionate environment will curtail eldd and handicapped respective(prenominal) to bask their life ( Tan, 2008 ) . someone with disablements ( PWDs ) will restrict by the physical barriers in a edifice. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze ways to fracture the arcdegree of accessibility in edifices for the old and handicapped community in the built environment, particularly in infirmary and retirement Centre. This paper tends to place the degree of handiness in infirmary and abodes edifices in Selangor, Malaysia. This aspect comprises literature reappraisal, informations aggregation, observations and table research to research on how to accomplish friendly and comfy entree for all t of age(predicate) particularly corned and handicapped. This spate tends to make full the spread of the old reexamin e on the handiness of antique citizen and disables. The findings will let the edifice supplier to upgrade bing installations in order to suit friendly built environment for the aged and handicapped people. Findingss revealed that failings found argon caused by hapless fig, deficiency of policies and edict every bit good as limited guidelines. Final portion of this paper provides some recommendation in proposed guidelines in regard to the individual with disablements ( PWDs ) needs.Keywords Accessibility, Person with disablements ( PWDs ) , Built environment1. IntroductionMalaysia is a developing state with a creation of 29.62 million in yr 2013. Out of this 29.62 million, 1.56 million 2.75 million argon those aged and people with disablements ( PWDs ) . Although the population of Malaysia is considered younger than others developed states, nevertheless the ageing population is change magnitude twelvemonth to twelvemonth resulted from birthrate diminution. It is proven from the Statisticss of Malaysia that ageing population is increasing about 5 % each twelvemonth. Harmonizing to a old survey, it is estimated that the population of ageing and aged will increase to 15 % of the state population in the twelvemonth 2030. Health attention and residences edifices take on particular significance as the rapid increasing of ageing and disabled in our society is widely recognized today. As the aged and handicapped population grows, it is progressively of import to happen a more(prenominal) efficient service for this group. This survey can be a guideline for architecture, developer every bit good as authorities bureau in regression the act and ordinance in reinforced environment. This survey highlighted that accessible design must do edifices more approaching and easier for come ining and utilizing. In concurrence to this, an accessible design must incorporate with the inside and exterior of edifice elements. In other words, an accessible design should able s upply a high degree of safety life and should let people to execute their day-to-day life and activity more freely. Last, accessible design must incorporate with a edifice s map, layout every bit good as signifier. This seminar paper will discourse about the effectivity and process to carry on entree canvas for handicapped comfy. The concluding aim of this authorship is to measure and happen another attack to supply a pleasant entree analyse. In order to supply accessible environment for ageing and aged, it is of import to witness assorted group of individual with disablements. Basically individual with disablements can be divided into four major(ip) classs which are orthopedic, centripetal, cognitive and multiple.OrthopaedicThis class is the people who are enduring orthopedic disablements such as locomotor disablements.SensoryThis group of individual with disablements refers to people with centripetal disablements in footings of either hearing or ocular. However, this group of p eople normally come in both which mean they will endure both.cognitivePeoples in this group refer to them who are enduring mental illness such as victimisation or acquisition disablements.MultipleMultiple refer to those who are enduring with the combination of orthopedic, centripetal and/or cognitive disablements.2. ELDERLYttriumAND PERSON WITH DISABILITY ( PWDs )Elderly or senior citizens refer to those who are at age of higher than mean life span of homo. However, there is no formal boundary age for aged and senior citizens. It is vary from each state on how the state defined the boundary for aged and senior citizens. In Malaysia, elderly or senior citizens are those who are in age of 60 old ages old and above while individual with disablements are those who are enduring job in term of orthopedic, centripetal, cognitive every bit good as combination of these three. In order to cherish the individual with disablements, Malaysia authorities has introduced Persons with Disabilities Act ( PWDA ) in 2008. In the twelvemonth 2006, around two hundred 1000s of handicapped people have been registered under the Department of Social Welfare Malaysia ( DSW ) .Graph 1 Population of Elderly and alter Person in Malaysia and Australia in 2009 base Wellness National Data 2009 Institute of Gerontology, UPMGraph 2 Aging Populations in Malaysia from 1970 to 2020 line of descent Department of Statistics, Malaysia3. CodeOFPRACTICEON ACCESSFOR DISABLED Peoples DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTSIn order to protect individual with disablements, Malaysia authorities has introduced Malaysia Standards on Disabled Person ( MS ) in 2002 and a more new-fangled and powerful one which is Persons with Disabilities Act ( PWDA ) in 2008. Malaysia Standards on Disabled Person ( MS ) in 2002 is concentrating on supplying comfort environment and installations for handicapped individual in Malaysia. However, this is merely a criterion only if non Acts of the Apostless, hence some garbage to f ollow the guidelines or the Standards. Therefore in 2008, Malaysia authorities introduced the Persons with Disabilities Act ( PWDA ) . demote of this act has written that those who did non obey or follow the act will be all discipline and gaol. There are fundamentally five elements to be considered in planing infirmary and abode edifices which areObstructions auspicate 1 Obstructions get-go Sciverse ScienceDirectStreet furniture date 2 Idea dimension of tabular array that fits wheelchair usersBeginning Sciverse ScienceDirectCurb inclinesFigure 3 Design of Curb inclinesBeginning Sciverse ScienceDirectParkingFigure 5 Dedicated parking tonss design for the individual with disablementsBeginning Sciverse ScienceDirect4. REVIEW OF EFFECTIVENESS AUDIT ACCESSIBILITIESHospital Sungai coarse ( HSL )Figure 6 Hospital Sungai LongBeginning HSL web page at hypertext transfer protocol //hospitalsungailong.com/web/contact-us/location-map.htmlHospital Sungai Long is set at Pt 21147, Persiaran SL 1, Bandar Sungai Long, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. This edifice consists of 6 radicals with 60 beds available. This infirmary began its process in 2012. An entree audit was performed in April 2014 for bing edifice and installations. Based on the observation and findings, this infirmary is non so accessible for aged and PWDs.Figure 7 Parking tonss of HSLBeginning Case survey of HSL, Kajang ( 2014 )This is the lone parking batch next to the important entryway provided by Hospital Sungai Long which consists of non more than 10 tonss. In concurrence to this, there are 4 parking tonss provided for physicians and specializers staffs of Hospital Sungai Long. In fact they didnt provide any parking tonss for aged and handicapped individual that should approach the chief entryway. It will take a long distance for aged to travel through the chief entryway. Besides that, there are no pronounced parking infinites crosswise the site for those who are registered under individual with disa blements ( a valid spine ) . In order to function outing this job, Hospital Sungai Long should supply parking tonss for aged and disabled that near chief entryway and painted in different colour from other tonss.Figure 8 Main entryway of HSLBeginning Case survey of HSL, Kajang ( 2014 )The figure shows the chief entryway of Hospital Sungai Long. Hospital Sungai Long is utilizing manual operation door and it is hard undertaking for aged and disabled to open the door particularly those utilizing wheelchairs. Other than that, it whitethorn make some uncertainness for aged and individual with disablement such as autumn polish to floor and others. Therefore, it is recommended that Hospital Sungai Long should utilize automatic door for easy usage of aged and handicapped individual although it incurred a higher cost.Figure 9 Nerve pathway of HSLBeginning Case survey of HSL, Kajang ( 2014 )The tract provided from Hospital Sungai Long is excessively slanted. The tract has exceeded the Malay an Standard MS 1184 2002 which is non more than 112. It is hard for aged and individual with disablements to acquire usage of it. Therefore, Hospital Sungai Long should supply a tract of gradient non more than 112.Figure 10 Toilet in HSLBeginning Case survey of HSL, Kajang ( 2014 )This is the figure of lavatory provided in Hospital Sungai Long. The lavatory is good equipped with inveighing that easy accessible for the aged and handicapped individual. However, the country is excessively little. The country is a spot narrow for wheelchairs users. Besides that, there is no haptic surface installed. The installing of haptic surface is to avoid those uncertainnesss such as autumn on floor and others. As a decision, Hospital Sungai Long should better installations provided for aged and individual with disablements by lucubrate the size of lavatory and put in haptic surface.Figure 11 Lift installed in HSLBeginning Case survey of HSL, Kajang ( 2014 )The figure shows the lift installed in H ospital Sungai Long. Overall, the lift is user friendly. For illustration, the button is 1200mm from the floor degree and it is easy accessible for wheelchairs users. However, there is no haptic warning surface installed in figurehead of the lift. Therefore, it is recommended that Hospital Sungai Long should supply tactile warning surface for vision impaired and a larger lift that able to suit more wheelchair users.