At my grand parents I decided to take some pictures of the layout and areas of interest where they spend a lot of time.
1. Firstly is Grandmas Seat with her sweets, books, phone and all the little things that keep her comfortable. The organisation here is not very good and quite unsafe next to the fire on the left of picture.
2. Next is the zimmer-frame, this is the downstairs one that allows movement from lounge to kitchen and hall way through doors to.
3. This picture shows the upstairs zimmer-frame next to the stairs. On the stairs you can notice a sign that says 'bad leg' reminding my gran to put her bad leg first on the stairs due to new hip.
4. This shows the bottom of the stairs with 'Good leg' same reason as above.
5. Here is a picture of coming down the stairs where the council placed an additional inside rail so no prop is needed to assend the stairs.
If this creates any more ideas for the design then add a comment and let me know. To following post will be a slide show of some additional pictures taken from the house. Please return with annotations if you find someting interesting.
1 comment:
Good work Matt, the 'Good Leg', 'Bad Leg' thing really highlights how something that seems so easy to remember to us, can be so difficult for elderly people to remember.
It's something we really need to think about when designing, things such as remembering left and right can be difficult. This insight will also be useful for designing our persona's as we can add a touch of realism to them.
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