Evaluation of the houses of the physical disabled people

8 SUMMARY EVALUATION OF THE HOUSES OF THE PHYSICAL DISABLED PEOPLE Mehmet ÖZKESKİN P.T. Because of the lack of rehabilitation centers and the lack of organizations for the disabled people, they have to be served at home mostly. The architectural barriers can be a big problem for the disabled people and they can effect the independency of activities of daily living of them. And as a result of a house like this their low physical capacity is getting worser and (hey became more dependent to their home and family. Our study has been planned in order to evaluate the architectural structures of the house of the disabled person according to Turkish Standards Institute standards and to suggest modifications if it is needed The individuals who had been included to the study were the disabled people who were using wheelchair or crutch as a result of a orthopedic or neurological problem and all were the members of the Orthopedic Disabled Education and Job Center. The evaluation of the house has been evaluated according to the Turkish Standards Institute standards and the Barthel Index has been used to evaluate the independency level of the activities of daily living the disabled people. After the evaluation of the houses of the disabled people it has been seen that architectural structure of the houses weren't matching with the standards of Turkish Standards Institute. It has been seen that there weren't any elevators in any house and the building entrance, inner door, stair, kitchen, bedroom, living room weren't appropriate according to the standards, and it has been seen that the using area of the toilets and the bathrooms were insufficient the windows and the corridor were in half standard. Key Words: Disabled People, Architectural Barriers, Rehabilitation. iC v" '