Youth Hostel Schweinfurt

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• There is a general parking lot available. There are no marked parking spaces for people with disablities (distance to the entrance approx. 40 m).
• The path from the car park to the entrance is easy to walk and drive on 
• Access to the youth hostel is via a 400 cm long ramp with a 4% gradient. Alternatively two steps without handrail are available. The height of the threshold at the entrance door is 2 cm.
• The reception counter is 116 cm high. There is an alternative way of communication while sitting.
• The evaluated rooms and available to the guests are accessible at ground level.
• Doors and passageways are at least 90 cm wide (exceptions: public toilets for men and women).
• There are wheelchair accessible tables in the dining room.
•  There are no public toilets for people with disabilities. 
•  Two rooms are designed barrier-free.

Room 1

• The room is a shared room.
• The movement areas are: in front of essential furnishings (e.g. cupboards) 200 cm x 200 cm; to the left of the bed 200 cm x 200 cm; on the right side of the bed 200 cm x 200 cm.
• The bed is 40 cm high.

Bathroom

• The movement areas in the bathroom are:  in front of the sink 144 cm x 200 cm; in front of the WC 200 cm x 144 cm; to the left of the WC 170 cm x 71 cm; to the right of the WC 92 cm x 71 cm.
• There are folding grab bars to the left and right of the WC.
• The washbasin is accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of at least 30 cm.
• The mirror can be viewed while sitting or standing.

Shower

• The shower is accessible without steps. 
• The shower area is 150 cm x 150 cm.
• There are grab bars in the shower.
• There is a shower seat available.

Room 2:

• The movement areas are: in front of essential furnishings (e.g. cupboards) 200 cm x 200 cm; to the left of the bed 200 cm x 200 cm; to the right of the bed 200 cm x 200 cm.
• The bed is 40 cm high.

Bathroom

• The movement areas in the bathroom are:   in front of the sink 145 cm x 170 cm; in front of the WC 210 cm x 145 cm; to the left of the WC 93 cm x 70 cm; to the right of the WC 176 cm x 70 cm.
• There are folding grab bars to the left and right of the WC.

Shower

• The shower is accessible without steps. 
• The shower area is 150 cm x 150 cm.
• There are grab bars in the shower.
• A shower seat is available.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• Assistance dogs are allowed.
• The entrance is visually contrasted to the surroundings and can be recognized by a tactile change in the floor covering.
• The entrance door is a glass door without safety markings.
• Stairs do not have high-contrast step surfaces. Handrails are available.
• There are no obstacles, e.g. objects protruding into the path / room.
• Information is available in legible type, but not in Braille or prismatic type.
• All areas raised that are available to the guest are brightly lit and glare-free.
• Operating elements can be detected tactilely everywhere and are predominantly visually contrasting.
• Walkways are visually contrasted almost everywhere and marked with tactile markings or the walls can be used as orientation guidelines.
• There is no uninterrupted guidance system (e.g. ground indicators) available.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• There is no visual alarm in the building.
• An audio induction loop is not available.
• There are bright and glare-free tables in the dining room where there are no lamps standing or hanging to restrict the field of vision. 
• are no seating areas with low ambient noise.
• In the surveyed rooms 1 and 2 there is no freely available socket available near the bed.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• The name or logo of the facility is clearly recognizable from the outside.
• Business cards/brochures with the address and telephone number of the host are available at the reception desk.
• There is no information in easy language. Information is not displayed with pictograms or images.
• There is no menu with pictures available, the dishes are not presented visibly.
• There is no coloured or pictorial guidance system available.
• The objective of the path is within sight.