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THROUGH OTHER EYES. Jane Barmer. Ageing Society : Design Challenges. Reduced: Mobility Sight Hearing Dexterity Touch. Decline in Memory Information processing Numeracy skills. Physical. Cognitive. Economic. Social / Emotional. Diminished access
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THROUGH OTHER EYES Jane Barmer
Ageing Society : Design Challenges • Reduced: • Mobility • Sight • Hearing • Dexterity • Touch • Decline in • Memory • Information processing • Numeracy skills Physical Cognitive Economic Social / Emotional • Diminished access • to social networks • Changes in emotional • needs / responses • Changes to income • & spending patterns • Income value erodes • over time
Human Ageing we will never be younger than we are today UNIVERSAL- everyone ages PROGRESSIVE- we cannot stop the process INTRINSIC- it is irreversible / cannot be corrected
Not a Homogenous Group Ageing is an individual experience; people age in different ways The accumulation of ‘affect’ is dramatically different from one person to another People’s response to and ability to cope with the ageing process, differs greatly
Biological Ageing – how do we age? VISION SMELL / TASTE RESPIRATORY CARDIOVASCULAR GASTROINTESTINAL IMMUNE SYSTEM REPRODUCTIVE HAIR HEARING BONES SKIN / TOUCH MUSCLE NERVOUS SYSTEM URINARY STYSTEM
Aspects of Natural Ageing Sensory Physical Cognitive Vision Locomotion Intellectual Functioning Hearing Dexterity Communication Touch Reach & Stretch Through Other Eyes
Impairment, Age & Daily Living Activities % Dependent Age Activity
Cataract 13.7% Glaucoma 5% Macular Degeneration 16.7% Diabetic Retinopathy 3% Vision – 4 Common Disorders in Later Life Normal Vision 61.6% Source: www.nei.nih.goc/sims/sims/htm
De – Brief Session Strongest Impression / emotion? Hardest part? WHY? What "limited" you the most? What “helped”? HOW?
Inclusive Approaches • something you would like changed • why do you want to change this? • what steps might progress this?
Text & Fonts Source: RNIB
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Outcomes • Know the opportunities & challenges demographic change presents to • providers of products & services • Recognise a range of physical & sensory changes that affect • the capability of people in later life • Identify practical solutions for improving product & service provision for • the ageing consumer marketplace
Inclusive Design & Capability Inclusive Design: “Design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, people with the widest range of abilities within the widest range of situations without the need for special adaptation or design” Disabled Reduced Capability FullyCapable Source Benkztin & Juhlins, inclusive design: design for the whole population (2003) British Standard 7000 – 6: 2005
Cognitive Decline Source: Disconnected Mind Project University of Edinburgh