Moving freely is one of the most important and fundamental activities in leading everyday life. So, when walking becomes troublesome by aging, a certain technological solution must be needed. So, we developed new personal mobility device which elderly person rides on and move by pedaling similar to bicycle. The new personal mobility device has four wheels and is equipped with electric power assist system. Our conviction that the new personal mobility we developed is useful for persons of advanced age was confirmed on the basis of utility evaluation and measurement of load in operating the new personal mobility.

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In this paper, we proposed solutions for the elderly with visual disabilities to perform independent living problems. It is conducted three surveys, an investigation into the aging of visual impaired, interviews related to anxiety retirement, the acceptance of persons with visual disabilities in nursing homes. To identify detrimental factors, focus group and individual interview research were adopted in a study on 8 persons with disabilities and also questionnaire research was adopted in a study on special elderly nursing homes and pay nursing homes. The investigation revealed that needs and consideration items to receptive for elderly persons with visual disabilities who need light care were extracted as a) equipment of facility, b) community life, c) understanding of visual disabilities. In addition, we proposed four issue and examples of solutions, "corresponding service of facility," "Introduction of technology for community life," "mutual understanding visual disabilities and elderly," "needs for support in a community."

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Although there are many studies on guide dogs for the persons who are blind, there have been few or no studies and literature on toilet for guide dogs. The authors conducted a questionnaire survey on the Japan Guide-dog Association about presently used methods for treating and disposing of dog feces and urine and demands for dog toilets to understand presently available facilities and the surrounding environment, location, access and other data of dog toilet aiming to use the data for toilet construction. Toilet for guide dogs was found to be highly demanded especially at public institutions. Many respondents demanded for dog toilet to be constructed by public lavatories and be equipped with washstands for washing hands, garbage boxes, voice guides and stands for placing their belongings rather than independent toilets for guide dogs, which may attract too much attention.

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