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Personal care belongs to the daily activities of a normal human being.
Usually, the perso nal care activities are carried out in the bathroom. At older age some of the physical activities are more difficult to perform, because of decreasing sight, hearing, memory, balance coordination and strength in arms and legs. Just the bathroom is a place in the house of ageing people which is often felt dangerous at older age. In the Netherlands, the number of falls among elderly with a fatal accident, equals the total number of deaths in the traffic with all ages. Particularly older women end up in a hospital with severe fractures, from which they sometimes do not recover anymore.