TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable product development for elderly
AU - Alhyari, Alzahraa Rami
AU - Gupta, Ravi Kumar
N1 - Funding Information:
Special thanks to the Africa Graphene Center, University of South Africa Department of Physics, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Faculty of Physics (Romania)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - The globe is experiencing a demographic shift. By 2050, more than 1 in 5 will be 60 years of age or older, implying that the elderly population will play a significant role in the near future. The existing system is not intended to embarrass seniors or include them in various areas of life, adding that it shames them through ageism, limiting their involvement, which burdens society. In this paper, a method for engaging the older population in the future through product design is presented. Given that the literature lacks taxonomies specialized for elderly people's product design and that the elderly people possess an array of changes that are challenging for designers. The taxonomy proposed in this paper examines and classifies the changes associated with aging and proposes that the existing UX and UI of the product can be adapted rather than an entirely new design, with a rationale for this approach provided. Furthermore, this approach is backed by a case study of how diapers are adapted to the demands of the older population in the same factory by making modifications to the design and materials as well as the related product parameters and manufacturing process.
AB - The globe is experiencing a demographic shift. By 2050, more than 1 in 5 will be 60 years of age or older, implying that the elderly population will play a significant role in the near future. The existing system is not intended to embarrass seniors or include them in various areas of life, adding that it shames them through ageism, limiting their involvement, which burdens society. In this paper, a method for engaging the older population in the future through product design is presented. Given that the literature lacks taxonomies specialized for elderly people's product design and that the elderly people possess an array of changes that are challenging for designers. The taxonomy proposed in this paper examines and classifies the changes associated with aging and proposes that the existing UX and UI of the product can be adapted rather than an entirely new design, with a rationale for this approach provided. Furthermore, this approach is backed by a case study of how diapers are adapted to the demands of the older population in the same factory by making modifications to the design and materials as well as the related product parameters and manufacturing process.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.453
DO - 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.453
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128699475
SN - 2214-7853
VL - 62
SP - 1550
EP - 1553
JO - Materials Today: Proceedings
JF - Materials Today: Proceedings
ER -