Laundry room provided in care facility and work method in laundry room provided in care facility

Abstract

To provide a laundry room provided in a care facility and also to provide a washing work method in the laundry room provided in the care facility that allocates a full-time washing staff member to execute washing work in the laundry room.SOLUTION: A laundry room provided in a care facility according to the embodiment comprises: at least one business laundry machine; at least one business dryer; a dirt sink provided near the business washing machine; and a finishing work table provided near the business dryer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] An embodiment of the present invention relates to a laundry room provided in a nursing facility and a method of operating the laundry room provided in a nursing facility. [Background technology]

[0002] In care facilities (including medical facilities and nursing homes), facility staff (care staff and nursing staff) wash and dry the laundry of residents in their spare time between care or nursing duties. In most of these facilities, laundry is done using multiple regular household washing machines and then hung outside in the sun (to dry naturally). For example, in care facilities, residents are expected to take a bath once every two days, so in a facility with 50 residents, laundry for 25 people needs to be washed every day. To wash laundry for 25 people, multiple care staff members had to split up and run multiple household washing machines at full capacity.

[0003] Furthermore, when drying in the sun after washing, the laundry must be sorted so that it is clear whose laundry it is, making the drying process time-consuming. When drying is done with a domestic dryer, each resident's laundry is dried in a laundry net, so the laundry is dried in clumps. This means that it takes longer to dry than laundry that is separate, which inevitably results in higher electricity bills. Laundry that has been dried in a laundry net is wrinkled, so it needs to be folded.

[0004] Taking these circumstances into account, we estimated the labor costs for laundry work in a facility and found that it would cost more than 600,000 yen per month to do laundry for 50 residents. In addition, doing laundry for 50 people in a typical nursing care facility takes up about four hours of the time of three nursing care staff per day (a total of 3 x 4 = 12 hours). We have no choice but to say that the work environment has been reduced in the actual nursing care work. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-35500 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2003-290600 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] The problem that the invention aims to solve is to provide a laundry room provided in a nursing facility and an operation method for the laundry room provided in the nursing facility in which dedicated laundry staff are assigned to perform washing and drying work. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The laundry room provided in the nursing facility of the embodiment is characterized by having at least one commercial washing machine, at least one commercial dryer, a waste sink provided near the commercial washing machine, and a finishing workbench provided near the commercial dryer.

[0008] In addition, an embodiment of a method of operation in a laundry room provided in a nursing facility having at least one commercial washing machine, at least one commercial dryer, a waste sink provided near the commercial washing machine, and a finishing work bench provided near the commercial dryer, includes a step of using linked clothes pegs to which multiple clothes pegs are connected to clamp the laundry at least before the drying operation, and is characterized in that in this step, multiple linked clothes pegs of different colors or patterns are prepared, and the different linked clothes pegs are separated for each target resident to clamp the laundry. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first model of a laundry room provided in a nursing home according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second model of a laundry room provided in a nursing home according to an embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a third model of a laundry room provided in a nursing home according to an embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the shape of an open shelf to be attached to the upper wall surface of a finishing workbench, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view. [Diagram 5] FIG. 1(a) is a diagram showing the shape of a folding plate for laundry placed on a sorting worktable, and FIG. 1(b) is a sample of the folding plate. [Figure 6] 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of work processes in a laundry room. [Figure 7] (a) is a photograph showing an example of a laundry net in which laundry from residents was collected, and (b) is a photograph showing an example of a laundry net being placed in a commercial washing machine and laundry being washed. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a work ledger for inputting information on items to be washed in a laundry net collected from a PC or the like. [Figure 9] (a) is a photograph showing an example of laundry bound together by linked clothes pegs. (b) is a photograph showing an example of six people's worth of laundry being dried together in a medium-sized dryer. (c) is a photograph showing an example of linked clothes pegs after drying. [Figure 10] 1A is a diagram showing the overall structure of interlocking clothes pegs used in a dryer, and FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of the peg part. [Figure 11] 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of linked clothes pegs according to an embodiment are color-coded (displayed with shading). FIG. [Figure 12] 13A to 13C are diagrams showing other shapes of the branch connection portion of the linked clothes pegs used in the dryer according to the embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, some models of laundry rooms provided in a nursing home according to an embodiment will be described. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a first model of a laundry room provided in a nursing home according to an embodiment. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a second model of the laundry room. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a third model of the laundry room.

[0011] The laundry room in the nursing care facility will be equipped with a commercial washing machine (coin-operated) and a commercial dryer (coin-operated). For example, it is known that if one commercial washing machine with a capacity of 12 kg (small machine) and one commercial dryer with a capacity of 14 kg (medium-sized machine) are used, washing and drying the laundry of about six people can be completed in about 60 minutes. In this case, it is assumed that one person's laundry weighs about 1.3 to 1.5 kg. The laundry is assumed to break down into one pair of socks weighing 50 g, one pair of pants weighing 400 g, one pair of underwear weighing 80 g, one undershirt weighing 130 g, one face towel weighing 80 g, one bath towel weighing 300 g, one shirt weighing 200 g, and one set of pajamas weighing 400 to 500 g. As another example, 20 brand new bath towels were washed in a 12 kg capacity commercial washing machine (30 minutes). When they were dried in a 14 kg capacity commercial dryer while measuring their weight, they returned to the same weight as before washing in about 30 minutes, and it was verified that they were completely dry.

[0012] 1 shows laundry room 100 equipped with one commercial washing machine 110 with a capacity of 12 kg (small size) and two commercial dryers 120 with a capacity of 14 kg (medium size) (one two-tier type). With this configuration, one laundry staff member can finish the laundry for 25 people within five hours. In addition, in the laundry room 100, a futon refresher (also called a futon dedicated washing machine) 130 that can quickly dry futons is installed between the commercial washing machine 110 and the commercial dryer 120. The futon refresher 130 can deodorize and disinfect the futons with high-temperature steam, so residents can sleep in clean futons.

[0013] A waste sink 140 is installed near the commercial washing machine 110. People receiving care leave underwear stained with feces and other waste. By installing the waste sink 140 near the commercial washing machine 110, the waste can be removed before being put into the commercial washing machine 110, thereby improving work efficiency. In addition, a water tank (underground tank is omitted) that stores the amount of water required for the commercial washing machine 110 and a water supply pump 170 that supplies water from the water tank to the commercial washing machine 110 are also installed near the commercial washing machine 110.

[0014] A finishing worktable 150 is disposed near the door side of the commercial dryer 120. The finishing worktable 150 is, for example, 1800 mm wide, 800 mm long (depth), and 800 mm high. The finishing worktable 150 is used for finishing work (folding, etc.) of laundry that has been dried. Since the finishing worktable 150 is disposed near the door side of the commercial dryer 120, the moving distance is short (no need to transfer to a dolly), and finishing work of laundry that has been dried can be performed efficiently. In addition, an office desk 160 is disposed next to the finishing worktable 150. A PC such as a personal computer or tablet operated by a dedicated laundry staff member is provided on the office desk 160. The work results in the laundry room 100 can be input and future work schedules can be confirmed from the personal computer or tablet, so that washing and drying work can be performed efficiently in cooperation with the nursing care facility.

[0015] 2 shows laundry room 200 in which one commercial washing machine 210 with a capacity of 12 kg (small size), one commercial washing machine 220 with a capacity of 22 kg (medium size), one commercial dryer 230 with a capacity of 25 kg (large size), and one two-tier dryer 240 with a capacity of 14 kg (medium size) (or two commercial dryers with a capacity of 14 kg are also acceptable). In addition, in laundry room 200, as in FIG. 1, a futon refresher 250 capable of speed-drying futons is installed between commercial washing machine 220 and commercial dryer 230.

[0016] With this configuration, one laundry staff member can complete the laundry for 45 to 50 people in about 6 hours. Since the laundry staff member will be able to complete the work of washing, drying, and sorting the laundry (folding, etc.) in a 6-hour shift, the washing and drying work that previously took 12 hours can be completed in half the time. This also leads to cost reduction.

[0017] A waste sink 260 is installed near the commercial washing machines 210, 220. By installing the waste sink 260 near the commercial washing machines 210, 220, waste can be removed before being put into the commercial washing machines 210, 220, thereby improving work efficiency. In addition, a water tank that stores the amount of water required for the commercial washing machines 210, 220 and a water supply pump 270 that supplies water from the water tank to the commercial washing machines 210, 220 are also installed near the commercial washing machines 210, 220.

[0018] A finishing workbench 280 is disposed near the door side of the commercial dryers 230, 240. The finishing workbench 280 is used for folding laundry that has finished drying. Since the finishing workbench 280 is disposed near the commercial dryers 230, 240, the travel distance is short (no need to transfer to a cart), and finishing work can be performed efficiently. In addition, an office desk 290 equipped with a PC such as a personal computer or tablet is disposed next to the workbench 280. The PC or tablet can be used to input work results in the laundry room 200 and check future work schedules, so work can be performed efficiently in cooperation with the care facility.

[0019] 3 shows laundry room 300 in which two commercial washing machines 310 and 315 with a capacity of 12 kg (small size), two commercial washing machines 320 and 325 with a capacity of 22 kg (medium size), one commercial dryer 330 with a capacity of 25 kg (large size), and three two-tier dryers 340, 344, and 347 with a capacity of 14 kg (medium size) (or six commercial dryers with a capacity of 14 kg are also possible). In addition, in laundry room 300, as in FIG. 1, futon refresher 350 capable of speed-drying futons is installed between commercial washing machines 325 and commercial dryers 330.

[0020] A waste sink 360 is installed near the commercial washing machines 310, 315, 320, and 325. By installing the waste sink 360 near the commercial washing machines, waste can be removed before being put into the commercial washing machines, improving work efficiency. In addition, a water tank that stores the amount of water required for the commercial washing machines 310 to 325 and a water supply pump 370 that supplies water from the water tank to the commercial washing machines 310 to 325 are also installed near the commercial washing machines 310 to 325.

[0021] A finishing work table 380 is disposed near the door side of the commercial dryers 330-347. The finishing work table 380 is used for finishing work (folding, etc.) of laundry that has finished drying. Since the finishing work table 380 is disposed near the commercial dryers 330-347, the travel distance is short (no need to transfer to a dolly), and finishing work can be performed efficiently. A work table 385 may also be provided in the washing area.

[0022] Additionally, an open shelf 388 is positioned near the finishing work station 380 . 4 shows the shape of the open shelf 388 attached to the upper wall surface of the finishing workbench 380, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view. The open shelf 388 is, for example, 1800 mm wide, 800 mm long, and 400 mm deep, with 3 x 4 = 12 storage shelves. Each storage shelf of the open shelf 388 can store laundry that has been folded on the finishing workbench 380, sorted by resident (by linked clothespins sorted by color or pattern, as described below), in 12 shelves. The size of one shelf is, for example, 425 mm wide, 280 mm long, and 400 mm deep. The commercial dryer 330 with a capacity of 25 kg (large) can perform drying processing for a maximum of about 12 people in one operation, so this can be accommodated by the 12-stage open shelf 388. The empty space below the finishing workbench 380 may be used as a space for storing unused carts 389, etc.

[0023] 5(a) is a diagram showing the shape of a laundry folding plate 387 placed on the sorting worktable 380. FIG. 5(b) is a sample of the folding plate 387. Shirts and the like can be easily folded using the folding plate 387. The folding plate 387 can be made flat on the top surface of the sorting worktable 380 by making the top plate recessed.

[0024] Returning to FIG. 3, at the entrance to the building, there is a reception counter 390 that receives laundry from nearby nursing care facilities. Furthermore, near the reception counter 390, there is an office desk 395 equipped with a PC such as a personal computer or tablet. The PC or tablet can be used to input work results in the laundry room 300 and check future work schedules, allowing for efficient work in cooperation with nursing care staff at the nursing care facility.

[0025] The above-mentioned laundry room 300 is a model in which a plurality (a large number) of commercial washing machines and a plurality (a large number) of commercial dryers are installed, and laundry is received from a nearby care facility and the laundry is washed on behalf of the facility. For example, if 100 people's worth of laundry is washed per day, then in a month 3,050 people's worth of laundry will be washed, which can be handled by two dedicated laundry staff members. For example, if 150 people's worth of laundry is washed per day, then in a month 4,575 people's worth of laundry will be washed, which can be handled by three dedicated laundry staff. For example, if 200 people's worth of laundry is done per day, then in a month 6,100 people's worth of laundry will be done, which can be handled by four dedicated laundry staff.

[0026] The configuration of commercial washing machines and dryers in laundry room 300 shown in FIG. 3 can wash and dry laundry for 200 people per day. By commercializing laundry services, you can qualify for the "Business Restructuring Subsidy" and cover your initial costs. You can build a business that accepts laundry requests from nearby nursing care facilities, for example, at a low monthly fee of about 5,000 yen per person, and accepts laundry from residents of nearby nursing care facilities once every two days. In addition, in the case of a facility that also has a day service center, the laundry of day service users can be stored in the laundry room 300, and the laundry can be washed and dried while the user is using the facility, and returned to them when they return home.

[0027] Next, a method of operation carried out in the laundry rooms 100, 200, 300 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described. The laundry room operation method is characterized by the step of using multiple linked clothes pegs to clamp the laundry at least before the drying operation. In the clamping step, multiple linked clothes pegs with different colors or patterns are prepared, and the different linked clothes pegs are assigned to each resident to clamp the laundry.

[0028] FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the work process in laundry rooms 100, 200, and 300 (hereinafter, numbers will be omitted). First, for example, a care staff member collects laundry from residents of a care facility. At this time, laundry is collected for each resident in a laundry net (with a name tag attached) (S100 in FIG. 6). The collected laundry nets are transported to the laundry room on a cart or the like. A dedicated laundry staff member in the laundry room uses a PC on an office desk (160, 290, 395) to receive and input the laundry for each laundry net.

[0029] 7(a) is a photograph showing an example of the laundry net 400 in which laundry from residents is collected in a laundry room, and FIG. 7(b) is a photograph showing an example of the laundry net 400 being placed in a commercial washing machine and being washed. FIG. 8 shows an example of a work ledger 410 in which collected information on laundry items in the laundry net 400 is input from a PC. The work ledger 410 has input items such as the date of work, room number (or resident name), laundry list, and comments, so input can be done easily. The laundry staff inputs the number of items to be washed for each laundry net from a common laundry list prepared in advance by operating the △ or ▽ button (S110 in FIG. 6). If there is a new item name that is not on the laundry list 400, it can be freely added. It is also possible to create an individual laundry list for each resident in advance, read out the individual laundry list according to the input of the room number, and input the number for that day. This input information is stored from the PC to a server of the nursing facility, etc., and is used for management information such as daily work reports, monthly work reports, and monthly, semi-annual, and annual business results.

[0030] Next, the laundry staff puts the collected laundry net 400 into a commercial washing machine as shown in Fig. 7(b) and washes the laundry. For example, a small washing machine can wash six people's worth of laundry, and a medium-sized washing machine can wash twelve people's worth of laundry (S120 in Fig. 6).

[0031] When the laundry work is finished, the laundry is gathered into one net by clamping it with linked clothes pegs for each laundry net 400 (resident). Linked clothes pegs are a shape in which multiple clothes pegs are connected together as described later. FIG. 9(a) is a photograph showing an example of laundry items bundled together by linked clothes pegs 440. FIG. 9(b) is a photograph showing an example of six people's worth of laundry being dried together in a medium-sized dryer. FIG. 9(c) is a photograph showing an example of linked clothes pegs 440 after drying. In this way, one person's worth of laundry is placed directly into the laundry net 400 when washing, and when drying, it is removed from the laundry net 400 and dried in a form clipped by linked clothes pegs 440. The laundry items clipped to the linked clothes pegs 440 are, for example, placed for six people in a medium-sized dryer and dried, and placed for 12 people in a large dryer (S130 in FIG. 6).

[0032] By carrying out washing and drying in this way, one person's worth of laundry will not get scattered from washing to drying, and mix-ups can be prevented. In the case of a mix-up, it used to take a lot of time to find out whose laundry it was, so this can be significantly improved. Also, when drying laundry in the laundry net 400, the laundry dries in clumps, which makes finishing work more time-consuming, but when laundry is clipped with the linked clothespins 440, it dries in a separate state, so finishing work can be done quickly.

[0033] Next, the laundry staff performs finishing work (folding, etc.) on the dried laundry for each resident and stores it on the open shelf 388 (S140 in FIG. 6). At this time, they check that there is no mistake between the laundry in the work ledger 410 and the finished laundry (connected with connecting clothes pegs 440). Finally, for example, a care staff member delivers the washed and dried laundry from the open shelf 388 to each resident, and the work is completed (S150 in FIG. 6). In addition, if the laundry is collected without using the laundry net 400 (for example, collected in a paper bag or plastic bag), the laundry is clamped to the connected clothes pegs 440 during the washing process and washed.

[0034] Next, an embodiment of linked clothes pegs 440 shown in FIG. 9 will be described. 10(a) shows the overall configuration of linked clothes pegs 440. Also, FIG. 10(b) shows an enlarged view of the scissors section. Linked clothes pegs 440 are configured to have a base section 450, a plurality of branch connection sections 455, scissors sections 460, and the same number of ring sections 465 that connect the plurality of branch connection sections 455 and the same number of scissors sections 460.

[0035] When the basic part 450 is circular, it has a diameter of, for example, 100 mm. For example, 8 to 10 branch connection parts 455 are integrally formed with the basic part 450. The basic part 450 and the branch connection parts 455 are formed of a soft silicone resin. An attachment ring is formed at the tip of the branch connection part 455, and the scissors part 460 is connected to the attachment ring via the ring part 465. As shown in FIG. 10(b), the scissors part 460 has a structure (which may be a commercially available one) that pinches the laundry 500 with a spring. The scissors part 460 and the ring part 465 are formed of, for example, plastic. In addition, since the base part 450 and the branch connection part 455 are formed of a soft silicon resin, their shapes are not fixed. In other words, the shape of the base part 450 can be freely formed, such as to bundle the laundry.

[0036] FIG. 11 shows a diagram in which multiple connected clothes pegs 440a to 440f are color-coded. In FIG. 11, instead of color coding, distinction is made by shading. In FIG. 11, an example in which the basic part 450 is color-coded (shaded) into six colors is shown, but the number of colors can be arbitrary. For example, when a large dryer is used, it is possible to dry 12 people's worth of laundry at one time. Therefore, if 12 colors of connected clothes pegs 440 are prepared (and a comparison table of colors and names or room numbers of owners of laundry is also prepared), it becomes possible to identify whose laundry each belongs to. Note that not only the basic part 450 but also the branch connection part 455 may be color-coded. With multiple color-coded connected clothes pegs 440a to 440f, it is possible to prevent one person's laundry from becoming scattered and to prevent mistakes when handling laundry for a large number of people. Here, the linked clothes pegs 440a to 440f are color-coded, but the patterns of the linked clothes pegs 440a to 440f may be different for each of them.

[0037] FIG. 12 shows the shape of another embodiment of the branch connector 455. In FIG. 10, the branch connection portion 455 and the scissors portion 460 are indirectly attached using a ring portion 465, but in FIG. 12, the tip of the branch connection portion 455 is made into a clip shape, and the scissors portion 460 is directly attached.

[0038] That is, the branch connection part 455 is folded so that the scissors part 460 can be attached to the tip part of the branch connection part 455. The folded part 470 is structured to form a protrusion 475. Also, a notch 480 is formed in the horizontal part of the branch connection part 455 facing the protrusion 475 of the folded part 470. With this shape, the scissors part 460 can be directly attached by sandwiching the spring horizontal part 485 of the scissors part 460 inside the folded part 470 and inserting and fixing the protrusion 475 into the notch 480. It is also possible to form the protrusion 475 on the horizontal part of the branch connection part 455 and form the notch 480 on the folded part 470 facing it. For details of the above-mentioned linked clothes peg 440, please refer to Utility Model Registration No. 3242598.

[0039] As described above, according to the laundry room provided in the nursing care facility according to the embodiment, (1) By providing at least a small washing machine and at least a medium-sized dryer, laundry from residents of the nursing facility can be handled by dedicated staff. (2) For example, by arranging one small washing machine and two medium-sized dryers (one two-tier), one dedicated laundry staff member can finish washing 25 people's loads within five hours. (3) With one small washing machine, one medium-sized washing machine, one large dryer, and two medium-sized dryers (one two-tier), one dedicated laundry staff member can finish laundry for 45 to 50 people in approximately six hours. (4) Dedicated laundry staff will be able to complete the tasks of washing, drying, and sorting (folding, etc.) in a six-hour shift, meaning that the laundry work that previously took 12 hours can be completed in half the time (reducing costs). (5) By installing the waste sink near the commercial washing machine, waste can be removed before being put into the commercial washing machine, thereby improving work efficiency. (6) The finishing work table is located near the door side of the commercial dryer, so the travel distance is short (there is no need to transfer the laundry to a cart), and finishing work can be done efficiently on the laundry that has finished drying. (7) An open shelf is provided near the finishing worktable, so that laundry that has been folded or otherwise processed on the finishing worktable can be stored separately for each resident. (8) By using multiple interlocking clothespins of different colors or patterns, one person's laundry will not get scattered and it is possible to prevent mistakes when handling laundry for a large number of people.

[0040] The laundry room of the nursing care facility of the embodiment has at least one commercial washing machine 110, at least one commercial dryer 120, a waste sink 140 provided near the commercial washing machine, and a finishing work station 150 provided near the commercial dryer. This allows the laundry of the residents of the nursing care facility to be processed by dedicated staff.

[0041] In addition, the laundry room provided in the nursing care facility of the embodiment is configured to have one small commercial washing machine 110 and two medium-sized commercial dryers 120 or one two-tier medium-sized commercial dryer 120 when the number of residents of the nursing care facility is 25 or less. This allows one dedicated laundry staff member to finish laundry for 25 people within five hours.

[0042] In addition, the laundry room provided in the nursing facility of the embodiment, when the number of residents of the nursing facility is 50 or less, is configured with one small commercial washing machine 210 and one medium commercial washing machine 220, and two medium commercial drying machines or one two-tier medium commercial drying machine 240 and one large commercial drying machine 230. This allows one dedicated laundry staff member to finish laundry for 45 to 50 people in about 6 hours.

[0043] In addition, the laundry room provided in the nursing care facility of the embodiment is configured so that one dedicated staff member can handle the washing, drying, and finishing work using a commercial washing machine and a commercial dryer. This allows one dedicated staff member to handle the laundry from the residents of the nursing care facility.

[0044] The laundry room provided in the nursing care facility of the embodiment has a plurality of commercial washing machines (310-325), a plurality of commercial dryers (340-347), a waste sink 360 provided near the plurality of commercial washing machines, and a finishing work station 380 provided near the plurality of commercial dryers, and is configured to receive laundry from nearby nursing care facilities and perform laundry on their behalf. This allows a business to be built in which requests from nearby nursing care facilities are charged, and laundry can be received from residents of nearby nursing care facilities once every two days for a low fee of, for example, about 5,000 yen per person per month.

[0045] In the laundry room provided in the nursing care facility of the embodiment, an open shelf 388 is provided near the finishing work table (150, 280, 380) for storing laundry that has been finished on the finishing work table separately for each resident. As a result, since the open shelf is provided near the finishing work table, laundry that has been finished with folding work, etc. on the finishing work table can be stored separately for each resident.

[0046] The laundry room operation method in the nursing facility according to the embodiment has at least one commercial washing machine 110, at least one commercial dryer 120, a dirty sink 150 installed near the commercial washing machine 120, and a finishing work table 150 installed near the commercial dryer, and includes a step of using a linked clothespin 440 to which multiple clothespins are linked to clamp the laundry at least before the drying operation, in which multiple linked clothespins 440 with different colors or patterns are prepared, and the different linked clothespins are divided for each target resident to clamp the laundry. In this way, the multiple linked clothespins with different colors or patterns prevent one person's laundry from becoming scattered, and can prevent mistakes when handling laundry for a large number of people.

[0047] The embodiments of the present invention are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention and its equivalents described in the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0048] 100, 200, 300...Laundry rooms in nursing homes 110, 210, 220, 310, 315, 320, 325...Commercial washing machines 120, 230, 240, 340, 344, 347...Commercial dryer 150, 260, 360... Waste sink 150, 280, 380...Sorting workbench 160, 290, 395...Office desk, 387...Folding plate 388...Open shelf, 400...Laundry net 440, 440a-440f... Interlocking clothespins 450...Basic section, 455...Branch connection section 460...Scissor part, 465...Ring part, 500...Item to be washed

Claims

1. at least one commercial washing machine; at least one commercial dryer; A waste sink provided near the commercial washing machine; A finishing workbench provided near the commercial dryer; A laundry room provided in a nursing care facility, comprising:

2. If the number of residents in the nursing care facility is 25 or less, The commercial washing machine is one small machine, and the commercial dryer is two medium-sized machines or one two-tier medium-sized machine. A laundry room provided in a nursing care facility according to claim 1.

3. If the number of residents in the nursing care facility is 50 or less, The commercial washing machines are one small machine and one medium-sized machine, and the commercial dryers are two medium-sized machines or one two-tier medium-sized machine and one large machine. A laundry room provided in a nursing care facility according to claim 1.

4. 4. The laundry room provided in a nursing care facility according to claim 2 or 3, wherein washing, drying and finishing operations using the commercial washing machine and the commercial dryer are performed by one dedicated staff member.

5. Multiple commercial washing machines, Multiple commercial dryers, a waste sink disposed near the plurality of commercial washing machines; a finishing work station disposed near the plurality of commercial dryers; having A laundry room is provided in a nursing care facility, which receives laundry from nearby nursing care facilities and does the laundry on behalf of the residents.

6. A laundry room provided in a nursing facility as described in claim 1 or 5, characterized in that an open shelf is provided near the finishing work table to store laundry that has been finished on the finishing work table, separated for each resident.

7. 1. A method of operating a laundry room in a nursing home having at least one commercial washer, at least one commercial dryer, a waste sink located near the commercial washer, and a finishing work station located near the commercial dryer, comprising: The method includes a step of clamping the laundry at least before the drying operation using a plurality of connected clothes pegs, the step including: This method of operation in a laundry room provided in a care facility is characterized in that a plurality of linked clothes pegs of different colors or patterns are prepared, and the different linked clothes pegs are assigned to each target resident and used to clip the laundry.

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