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Design work was done for the interior of an assisted bathroom in a sheltered housing complex for older people in England. The study included initial research with potential users, the design work and an evaluation of the design outcomes with actual users. An analysis is presented of the extent to which the outcomes of the design work contributed to the enhancement of well-being of users. Conclusions are drawn on a useful approach to the design of assistive environments. Firstly, an integrative perspective should be adopted that considers various stakeholder needs and integrates them in a desirable overall impression. Secondly, designers should regard assistive technology from the users' perspective, including a critical view on it. And thirdly, designers should take what can be observed from users as a point of departure, and then project their own ideas of what is desirable over that situation, towards proposals that go beyond what already exists.
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