基于老年人使用习惯的助起产品设计

Assist product design based on the use habits of the elderly

随着我国老龄人口比重的逐年增加,老年人在居家及社交活动中显现出来的问题与日俱增。在日常生活中,坐下和起身是最频繁的动作,也因此成为了限制有起坐困难的老人活动能力的重要因素。因此,老年人起坐辅助产品的研发和设计变得越来越重要。通过对老年人的起坐需求和起坐方式等问题进行调研,对典型老年人日常起坐位置和动作进行分析,研究起坐点的特征和老年人用力情况,总结出老年人在居家和户外环境中起坐的核心困难及对于助起坐垫的需求层次,结合老年人的生理和心理特征,开发设计了3款老年人助起产品。在提升便捷性和易操作性上进行了改善和提升,满足了不同老年人的需求。本研究为老年人助起产品的开发和设计提供了技术和理论支持。

With the increase of the proportion of the aged population in China,the problems of the elderly at home and in social activities are increasing day by day.Sitting and standing up are the most frequent movements in daily life which are important factors limiting the mobility of older adults with sitting difficulties.Therefore,the research and and design of sitting aid for the elderly are becoming more and more important.In this paper,the sitting demand and sitting mode of the elderly and other problems were investigated,the typical elderly daily sitting position and action were analyzed,and the characteristics of the sitting point and the elderly force situation were studied.The key difficulties of the elderly sitting at home and in outdoor environment and the need level for the lifting cushion were summarized,according to the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly,the development and design of three products for the elderly lifting were carried out.The convenience and easy to operate were improved,which can meet the needs of different elderly people.The study provides technical and theoretical support for the development and design of the products for the elderly.