Activities and products for the Third Age

✍ Scribed by John Bound; Roger Coleman

• Book ID: 102637295
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 430 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(93)90163-4

✦ Synopsis

Designers, ergonomists and professionals with an interest in ageing were surveyed (by questionnaire) for their opinions and attitudes towards existing and potential products and services for the Third Age. They were also questioned on lifestyle expectations for their own Third Age. There is much work that needs to be done, both by ergonomists, in mapping out the needs of a changed society, and by designers, in building up an understanding of the issues and translating that understanding into guidelines, tools and strategies to underpin design in the future.