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Co-designing with engineers for community engagement in rural Uganda
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-05-04)Co-design is seen as crucial for designing solutions for resource-constrained people living in developing countries. To best understand their needs, user engagement and co-design strategies need to first be developed. ... -
Increasing student motivation and awareness towards career opportunities through gamification
(2017-10)Student engagement is important to ensure success towards their desired career opportunities (High and Andrews, 2009). Students engage with their coursework to receive the necessary grades to avoid failure (Covington, ... -
Faultlines irish design research conference 2015: book of abstracts
(designCORE, 2015-06-03)Welcome to the Irish Design Research Conference 2015, an initiative of designCORE at the Dargan Centre, Institute of Technology Carlow. This all island and event has been cosponsored by ID2015 as part of Year of ... -
Interdisciplinary gerontological research by design
(British Society of Gerontology, 2021-07-09)Increasingly, gerontological research requires interdisciplinary approaches to address complex research questions. Design methods have been proven to facilitate the growth of interdisciplinary research as they are agile, ... -
Irish designers as future change agents
(2016-11)The designer’s role as ‘change agent’ has evolved greatly over the last century. Plotting the evolution of the designer, Bousbaci describes this as one from intuitive and artistic designer, to logical designer, to reflective ... -
Aging research and design thinking: How interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder engagement can drive trainees' research impact
(2022-10-20)Aging research is increasingly seeking to solve complex challenges in a context where discovery to implementation and impact may take decades. Design thinking is an approach to problem solving that can accelerate impact ... -
How to design a future Ireland for an ageing population
(RTE Brainstorm, 2022-11-15)Opinion: a rapidly ageing population means we need creative approaches to help us understand complex needs and allow freedom to define our future -
Healthcare provision for older people in kilkenny through the implementation of the integrated care programme for older people
(Oxford Academic, 2021-11-03)Background An increase in the cost of healthcare provision is directly related to an ageing demographic nationally and internationally. It is, therefore, imperative that the system of health and social care provision ... -
Shared usability a support mechanism to product and service system design for older adults.
(Europe Chapter Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2015-10-16)Globally the Older Adult population is increasing; people are living longer, often with physical or functional limitations whilst remaining in their own home. This indicates a requirement of responsibility by Associated ... -
Research development to define 'shared usability' in product design for older adults
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Investigating cooking and heating product needs for irish older adults
(European Academy of Design, 2011-05-07)Objectives The world’s population is ageing; researchers have an increasingly important role to play in innovating new products, appliances and services to allow for better everyday living conditions of this ageing ... -
Design requirements in domestic cooking and heating products for older people
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Using design to create interdisciplinary research in ageing
(International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2019-05-23)Objectives: Research in ageing can very often require interdisciplinary approaches to navigate complexity. However, achieving interdisciplinary engagement across differing epistemological domains can be difficult. ... -
An Investigation into ATM’s. A user centered study (of older adults) for the development of increased security & usability based on user behaviour.
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Living well at home - integrated care for older people in ireland
(International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022-05)Introduction: An ageing global population has led to increased costs for health and social care delivery. This has created a move away from acute hospital to integrated care across and between the acute, primary and community ... -
Ethnography in designing for older people
(Sheffield Hallam University, 2013-07-03)As the global population rapidly gets older, designers are continually seeking means to gaining understanding and eliciting true user insights into older people’s design, health and wellbeing needs. Comprehensive field ... -
Creating personas from design ethnography and grounded theory
(User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), 2021-05)Personas can be an effective means of communicating and synthesizing design ethnographic field data by helping designers maintain focus on users and make sense of complex needs. Personas have however been criticized on ... -
Designing products for older people’s social and emotional needs: a case study
(Anthropology and Aging, 2023-11)The products that we use in our living environment greatly assist us in maintaining health and independence as we age. Much research has been conducted on the physical ergonomic needs in product design for older people, ... -
COVID-19 and interdisciplinary research: What are the needs of researchers on aging?
(University of Deusto, 2021-11-26)COVID-19 has had an extreme effect on older people. Now more than ever we need collaborative approaches to address complex issues within research on aging. However, the pandemic has dramatically changed the way we conduct, ... -
How does a (smart) age-friendly ecosystem look in a post-pandemic society?
(MDPI, 2020-11-09)COVID-19 has impacted not only the health of citizens, but also the various factors that makeup our society, living environments, and ecosystems. This pandemic has shown that future living willneed to be agile and flexible ...
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