Apparel fabrics suitable for the elderly

Author: Song Lidan

As the scale of the elderly population continues to grow, the living conditions of the elderly have become the focus of the society's attention. The body of the elderly (60 and above) appears aging. One of the most obvious performance is the change in the state of the skin. Human skin has an important role in protecting the body from external damage, metabolism, and regulating body temperature, and has sensory function. As the age increases, the skin of the human body begins to shrink, the skin becomes soft, thinner, relaxed, reduced elasticity, and decreased gloss. The sebaceous glands of the elderly have also shrunk, sebum secretion is significantly reduced compared to the young age, and the skin is easier to dry. Skin atrophy causes tissue and blood vessels in the leather to lack support, and it is easy to damage and bleed. The skin of the elderly will become more sensitive, and itching and other symptoms will occur after being stimulated by the outside world. The skin of the elderly's skin on the outside world will feel slower than the young adults, especially when the ability to deal with low temperature and high temperature will decrease significantly with age; The cold and warm time), the elderly are more vulnerable to accidental damage.

In terms of clothing, due to the small operating range of the elderly, in order to facilitate the penetration of the elderly, the clothing version of the elderly is generally relatively large, especially the neckline, sleeve, stalls and other parts. Comfortable and elastic fabric. In terms of living environment, because the elderly usually move slowly, the ability to escape and self -protection is weak, using fiber with flame retardant, such as flame retardant and glue fiber, for the bedrooms of the elderly, curtains, bedding, etc. , Can provide a safer living environment for the elderly.

In response to the skin characteristics and physiological characteristics of the elderly, the clothing of the elderly generally uses soft skin, good breathability, and smooth surface fabrics. Such fabrics can provide high wearing comfort. Cotton fabric has excellent skin care, breathability and hygroscopicity, and is the most commonly used fabric for the elderly with personal clothes. The linen fabric has excellent moisture absorption and sweats and natural bacteriostatic functions. Under the hot climate, it can not only provide a refreshing dress feeling for the elderly, but also have the effect of inhibitory and health care.

The warmth of wool fabrics and smooth feel are common in making warm sweaters, pants, hats and gloves for the elderly. The natural down and warm performance is strong. The down jackets made with ultra -fine polyester fabrics have a lighter weight and no sense of pressure. It is especially suitable for the elderly to wear in winter outdoor activities. Silk is rich in a variety of amino acids, and its chemical composition is close to the composition of protein composition of the surface layer of the human skin, so the skin of the silk fabric is excellent. At the same time, the silk fabric is excellent and bright. Target fabric. Regenerative cellulose fiber, such as Modal fiber, sticky glue fiber, has the outstanding characteristics of soft skin, good hygroscopic and breathability, and is also widely used in the production of underwear and T -shirts of the elderly.

Maintaining good health is one of the most concerned daily problems for the elderly. Costume fabrics with health effects have also attracted more and more attention from the elderly. At present, the health properties of clothing fabrics are generally manifested in bacteriostatic, warmth, and spontaneous heating. For example, silver ion fiber, seaweed fiber, chitin fiber and other bacteriostatic functions. The fabrics made of this type of fiber are used to produce elderly underwear and socks, which can create a cleaner and sanitary dressing experience for the elderly. Far -infrared fibers are added in chemical fiber (common polyester or nylon) that can absorb far red light outer rays that can absorb different wavelengths while also radiating far -infrared absorbers to keep them warm, promote human skin blood microcirculation and metabolism metabolism. Waiting for multiple functions, it has a positive effect on the health of the elderly. Graphene fiber is also a relatively popular health fiber, mainly manifested in bacteriostatic and far -infrared functions. At the same time, graphene fiber woven fabrics are comfortable and comfortable, suitable for underwear, medical care and other products. At present, there are still many gaps in the development and market applications of the elderly clothing fabrics in my country. As the whole society attaches great importance to the life of the elderly, there will be more health care types suitable for the needs of the elderly. The fabric appears.

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