An aging society is approaching, and there is a shortage of special bathroom products for the elderly

'Every Double Ninth Festival, I will give my parents a gift. This year I want to buy some furniture suitable for the elderly for my mother, but I went to several stores in the Oriental Paris Furniture Plaza and did not find any special furniture for the elderly.' Ms. Chen complained.

Elderly homes refer to the types of homes designed specifically for the elderly, with functionality and appearance to meet the preferences of the elderly. Such as the lifting bed suitable for the living of the elderly, the cervical vertebra nursing bed, the seat-type bathtub made of non-slip materials (bathtub decoration renderings), etc.

According to relevant surveys, at present, China's elderly population over 60 accounts for 11.3% of China's total population, and my country has gradually entered an aging society. Children want to buy special furniture for the elderly that combines comfort and safety for their parents. However, after visiting many home furnishing stores in Xinyu, the reporter found that in Xinyu, it is indeed difficult to find homes where the elderly are the consumer group.

Large gap in the furniture market for the elderly

The reporter visited the Oriental Paris Home Furnishing Plaza and searched the huge stores and found that the large and small stores were not specifically designed for the elderly. s brand.

The reporter walked into a store specializing in the sale of mattresses (mattress decoration renderings) and asked whether there is a mattress suitable for elderly people. The clerk recommended a brand latex bed with a price of nearly 10,000 yuan. It claims that the mattress is especially popular with the elderly because of its softness and sleep aid.

It is understood that soft beds such as Simmons and box springs are not suitable for the elderly. They are especially unfavorable for the elderly suffering from lumbar muscle strain and bone hyperplasia, which often aggravate their pain.

In the Guangdong new home furnishing market, furniture for the elderly is also lacking. 'We don't have furniture specifically for the elderly. Some children come to buy furniture for their parents. Try to choose low beds, rounded corner cabinets, and harder mattresses that are more suitable for the elderly.' The relevant furniture sales staff said that they were full of dazzling arrays. The market for children's home furnishing brands is different. It has not been heard that Xinyu has home furnishing brands that meet the preferences of the elderly, and there is also a lack of functional furniture that can be used by the elderly.

Elderly sanitary products are rare

In the Guangdong New Building Materials Market, the reporter visited several sanitary ware brand stores. When asked if there were any sanitary wares for the elderly, the clerk immediately thought about it. Recommend the branded toilets sold in the store (toilet decoration renderings), 'Elderly people have inflexible legs and feet and cannot use squatting toilets. The toilet is a special bathroom product for the elderly.'

And when the reporter asked about the online sales When using a special non-slip material, a bathtub for the elderly with seats and armrests, many merchants said that they did not know much about it, and there was no recent sales record. Only one merchant said that if you need to, you can try to place an order with the manufacturer. 'If you need it, you have to pay a deposit first. The price of this bathtub is very high. I am afraid that it will be in my hand when the product arrives.'

An aging society calls for furniture for the elderly

Why does an aging society lack furniture for the elderly? According to relevant furniture salespersons, 'It is mainly related to the consumption concepts of the elderly, especially the elderly in Xinyu. They are all suffering. When they are old, they are reluctant to buy expensive furniture for themselves. Even if their children want to buy them, they will do everything possible to block them. From this perspective, businesses are not interested in tapping the elderly market.'

Before there is no special furniture for the elderly, the first choice for children to buy furniture for the elderly is safety and comfort. When buying a sofa (sofa decoration renderings), the seat should not be too low, otherwise it will be difficult to sit down and stand up. The chair used by the elderly (chair decoration renderings), preferably with a backrest, to support the human spine. The width of the backrest and the seat surface of the chair should also be moderate, otherwise the temperature of the feet will drop due to the obstruction of blood circulation after sitting for a long time. The bed of the elderly should not be too high to avoid inconvenience in getting in and out of the bed.