Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15)
Subtitle of conference publication:
User-Dentred Design - Design of Socio-Technical Systems
Series title:
ICED
Series volume:
9
Organizer (entity):
The Design Society
Conference title:
International Conference on Engineering Design (20., 2015, Mailand)
Venue:
Milan
Year of conference:
2015
Date of conference beginning:
27.07.2015
Date of conference ending:
30.07.2015
Year:
2015
Pages from - to:
57-64
Language:
Englisch
Subject:
User Centred Design; Requirements; Design For X (DfX)
Abstract:
Technology can be tremendously helpful in assisting the elderly to lead an independent lifestyle. However, using a deficit-oriented approach to characterizing these user groups can stigmatize them and adversely affect their ability to conserve their competencies. Hence, this article advocates an alternative approach to characterizing elderly user groups, which emphasizes their competencies and takes their general life situation as well as context-specific performance motivation into account. It is embedded in a support hierarchy, which reflects medical and cognitive-psychological research findings and allows for the derivation of specific development guidelines. The approach is illustrated with a modular concept of mobility support. «
Technology can be tremendously helpful in assisting the elderly to lead an independent lifestyle. However, using a deficit-oriented approach to characterizing these user groups can stigmatize them and adversely affect their ability to conserve their competencies. Hence, this article advocates an alternative approach to characterizing elderly user groups, which emphasizes their competencies and takes their general life situation as well as context-specific performance motivation into account. It... »
ISBN:
978-1-904670-72-8
Department:
Fakultät für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
Institute:
LRT 3 - Institut für Technische Produktentwicklung