Abstract
Recent triumphs in medical advances, including access to early detection and better treatments, have enhanced the quality of living in old age. As urban populations age with more elderly living alone, there is an urgent need to deliver healthcare through telemedicine, enabled by home medical devices. Incorporating a degree of familiarity in these devices’ designs can encourage end-user adoption and lower the barrier of accessibility, allowing the elderly to understand how to interact with a novel device based on their prior experiences, existing knowledge, and physical capabilities. In this paper, we proposed a design methodology using the principles of Familiarity Design (symbolic and actionable familiarity) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process. A case study of the design of a tele-ophthalmic device for the elderly was studied. This proposed design methodology for home medical devices brings about the potential of new experiences and increased accessibility to telemedicine for the growing elderly population.
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This research is supported by School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, under the project Human Factors, Ambient Intelligence and Ambient Assisted Living for Aging Population in Asia (#001254-00001). Special thanks to the staff of MAE for their assistance throughout this final year project.
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Song, X.T., Kuo, JY., Chen, CH. (2021). Design of Home Medical Devices for the Elderly Using Familiarity Design and Analytical Hierarchy Process. In: Shin, C.S., Di Bucchianico, G., Fukuda, S., Ghim , YG., Montagna, G., Carvalho, C. (eds) Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_60
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