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Design For Older Adults – Functional Limitations And Human Factors Engineering, Megumi Sato Hice
Design For Older Adults – Functional Limitations And Human Factors Engineering, Megumi Sato Hice
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Background: Throughout the aging process, people experience changes in functional ability and such changes can happen in physical and mental functions. As a result, older adults develop limitations in their capabilities to perform daily activities. Although many studies have done to identify functional limitations for elderly, many older adults still face negative consequences in daily living conditions due to their functional declines. One of the possible causes may be a lack of feedback or participations of elderly users in the design process. Other reason could be a lack of consideration to identify the needs for a specific task associated with …