In the lower end the house belonged to a row of houses for senior persons. All of the interviewed persons have an active life style, despite some severe physical limitations. These were back pain, stiff knees and hips. Most of the people undertake some work in voluntary organisations, have some gardening and go often cycling or walking. De status of the bathrooms varied between more than 15 years unchanged to renewed a couple of years ago.
All bathrooms have a shower, which varies from stand-alone to integrated in the bath.
However, not all persons make use of the shower. A few persons wash themselves at the washbasin daily and take a bath weekly. All bathrooms have one or sometimes two washbasins. Not all bathrooms have a toilet. The number of handgrips is very limited and if present on the wrong place.