This document provides information about a community service initiative at Ti-Ratana Welfare Society located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It describes the current site and issues observed, specifically at the women's shelter home. The proposal is to design a portable and demountable exercise chair using recycled materials like wood pallets and steel pipes. The chair would encourage light exercise and social interaction among the elderly residents to address issues like lack of motivation and communication. The objective is to promote health and well-being for the older community in a sustainable and low-cost manner.
1. TI- RATANA WELFARE SOCIETY
COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE
Chong Chin Pin
Erica Chin Ching
Loong Bo Lin
Liew Min Yee
Michelle Siaw Wi Wee
Tan Jingwei
Tay Jing Heng
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2. SITE LOCATION
LOCATION : LOT 16106, JALAN 13B, SALAK SOUTH
BARU, 57100, DESA PETALING, KUALA LUMPUR
MALAYSIA.
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3. SITE ANALYSISTi- Ratana located at the hill
side of Desa Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
There is the only narrow pathway that
leads to Ti-Ratana Area. It is composed
of the main Ti-Ratana Welfare Society,
old folks shelter, orphanage shelter,
child care center, local restaurant
as well as a few residences nearby.
The area has a small group of community
that volunteered for Ti-Ratana society
for several community activities.
Besides, the upcoming construction
of a 5 storey building are designated
to occupy 92-96 old folks separately
for a more comfort environment.
Meanwhile, community clinic
located next to men shelter provides
free medication for the community.
SITE ANALYSIS
WOMEN SHELTER HOME
5 STOREY CONSTRUCTION SITE
ORPHANAGE & MEN
SHELTER HOME
MAIN OFFICE & CHILD CARE
CENTER
4. For our community service, we aimed to provide help for the needs of Ti-Ratana
old folks. Both female and male shelter home are separated by gender. We went to both shelter
home and we tried to have a conversation with them. Most of the old folks are very friendly and
they are willing to talk to us about their living. After communicating and interacting with old folks,
we decided to focus on women shelter home as it has a bigger issues to tackle with.
1. Location
Women shelter home is located at the lower ground floor of 4 storey building. The environment is dull and
enclosed if compared to men shelter home which provides a open space living area.
2 Living style
All the aunty we met at women's shelter home are very friendly. but we
noticed majority of them very are lack of motivation which they only prefer to lay
on bed for whole day.
5. SITE ISSUES
LOW HYGIENE RECYCLE AREA UNORGANISED RECYCLE ITEMS
FLAMMABLE MATERIALS PUT TOGETHER
WITH GAS CYLINDERS
UNSIGHTLY DAMAGED FENCE
LACK OF EXERCISE
LACK OF COMMUNICATION
7. With increasing age for the old folks, the emphasis of exercise should switch
gradually from bone loading to muscle loading in order to improve parameters
of muscle function such as strength and coordination. We introduce ‘Ti- CHAIR’
for seating and exercising using elastic stretch band pulling to promote gentle
Isometric strengthening of back extensors and shoulder girdle muscles for old
people in Ti-Ratana welfare society. There are many suitable exercises can be
done using our designed chair such as Carl Dawson’s Chair Yoga and
stretching elastic band.
8. The objective of our planning is to build a
demountable and portable mechanism that
contains the following components :
1. To build an old folks friendly exercising
furniture to encourage them to carry out
simple exercise in order to prevent
Alzheimer’s disease and Osteoporosis.
2. To build a space with some chairs to allow
the old folks to sit together and
communicate with each other.
3. To use eco-friendly recycle materials not
only to save our construction cost but also
save our planet.
4. To help old folks to kill their boredom and
cultivate their interaction between each
other.
Old folks are more likely to lay on their bed whole
day without interaction.
Cultivate an interest to communicate while
exercising ( interaction)
Inviting friends to sit on the chair, interacting
& exercising with each other
Promoting communication and
interaction to kill their boredom
OBJECTIVES
9. MATERIALS
STEEL PIPES
The steel pipes act as the skeletal
structure of the chair. Steel pipes are
light and easy to transfer. Besides,
they are also easy to be ensemble and
dismounted.
WOOD PALLETS
Wood pallets act as the main material for the
chair structure. Wood pallets are reusable,
and recyclable, they are environmental
friendly.
FLAT STRETCH EXERCISE BAND
The stretch bands allow the old folks to
carry out light and simple exercises. They
are easy to understand by the old folks
and easy to be used.
10. ADVANTAGES
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
Reduces waste with the use of
the recyclable material.
HUMAN INTERACTION
Make physical activity an
enjoyable social occasion.
ENCOURAGE LIGHT EXERCISE
Helps the elderly stay healthy,
energetic, and independent.
EASILY ASSEMBLE / DISASSEMBLE
Can be break down and set up in
minutes.
LOW MAINTENANCE COST
Efficient way to reduce materials’
consumption.
