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Adapted Products for
the elderly
- Costs
- Mid range quality and cost
- Use strong and visually
pleasing materials that are
cut accurately
- Keep costings below £100
- Price marker to ensure KISS
rule is kept
- Allows research for cheap
materials that achieve the
same effect
- Possible to go
higher with price
for the elderly
- The elderly are generally
wealthier and have more
expendable income
- Higher price entails higher quality
- Don't overstock
materials
- Leading to excessive cost for a
single product
- Can lead to
excessive material
waste and careless
manufacturing
- Don't over process the
materials you already
have
- Waste the materials you have and
having to order more
- Leads to excessive costs
- Materials
- Easily
machinable
for
a
smooth
and
comfortable
finish
- Relatively cheap
materials that still full-fill
their purpose
- Substitute materials for existing
materials already used in similar
products
- Try to keep
costings
below £50
for the
final
product/
prototype
- Hard/strong to withstand
wear and tear
- Use a mixture of
different materials
- Woods and metals
that are easily
machined to allow for
an accurate finish
- Possible use of
moulded materials
- Aestetics
- A simple
modernist
design
- Very little
ornamentation
involved
- How can you make a product sink
into the background?
- Any
aesthetic
features
made
accidentally
- Minimalist design
- Sleek and curved
- Design
driven on
function and
comfort
- Using plastics or woods with
single colours for a smooth
aestetic
- Safety
- Take minimal
effort to use to
avoid strain
- Have smooth
rounded edges to
avoid cuts
- Grips on the products to make sure it
doesn't slip and cause injury
- Be self
explanatory
to avoid
injury
through
misuse
- Sizing
- Have a product with
adaptable sizing
that can be changed
to match the user
- Telescopic products
- Anthropometrics/ ergonomics
- A handheld tool
- Adapted version of an existing tool
innovated into an easier to use
product
- Features
- Must take an
everyday part of
someone's life and
make it easier
- Ask the elderly to gain an idea
of recurring problems
- Decrease the amount of dexterity
and/ or strength required to
complete a task
- The product
should aim to
fix this issue
- Possibility of making a tool
to complete multiple tasks
- Home related multi-tool
that addresses
variousproblems
- Modular design
- Client/ user
- Elderly users providing help
completing simple daily
tasks
- The elderly often start to experience decrease in muscle
mass during old age decreasing grip strength used for
day to day activities
- Weaker muscles and decreased balance
increases likelihood of accidents and
decreases mobility also
- Some elderly people can
become forgetful in old age
and forget to feed pets or
take necessary pills
- What ages do
these changes
occur?
- Wide variety of age
related conditions to
account for
- Elderly Pet
- As they get older dogs back
legs become weaker a
product could be made to
cater for this
- Ergonomics
- The product
must be colour
coded and
simplistic to
make it self
explanitory
- Highlight important places on device with
bright colours and different textured
materials
- Greens and Reds to
demonstrate go/stop
- Refer to anthropometrics to
gain the correct data to
construct an easily useable
product
- Comfort and function priorotised
- Large components for
easy assembly and use
- Look at lowest 5th
percentile for grip
strength and assess
what tasks become
difficult for the
lower percentiles
- Be use able for a wide
range of different
conditions the elderly
experience
- Environment
- Minimal environmental effects
- Final product
will use
recyclable
plastics and
wood types
that are easily
grown and
sustainable