Home Features and Assistive Technology for the Home-Bound Elderly in a Thai Suburban Community by Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health

Table 4

Home environment of the home-bound elderly ().

Items	(%)
Outside the home
Poor features
No ramp for a wheelchair	66 (100.00)
Uneven/cracked area of ground around the home	10 (15.16)
Good features
No holes or muddy ground around the home	56 (84.85)
Inside the home
Poor features
Width of the door being smaller than 90 cm.	66 (100.00)
High door threshold	64 (96.97)
Tall stair steps	63 (95.45)
No bedside rails	63 (95.45)
Inappropriate height of the toilet pan	61 (92.42)
Door step being higher than 2 cm.	51 (77.27)
Stairs on the staircase being higher than 15 cm.	36 (54.55)
Good features
Low level floors inside the home	66 (100.00)
Nonslippery floors	62 (93.94)
Adequate lighting	60 (90.91)
No obstacles in the walkway	49 (74.24)
Grab bars in the bathroom	35 (53.03)