Universal product design involving elderly users: A participatory design model

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-370

  Demirbilek, Oya ^a   Demirkan, Halime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly user; Participatory design; Universal design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIDEO RECORDING;

DESIGN MODELS; QUALITY DEPLOYMENT; USEABILITY;

ERGONOMICS;

AGED; AGING; ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 2542472383     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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