• Title/Summary/Keyword: Elder-Friendly

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Establish the Foundation for Development of Elder Driver Friendly Smart Cluster (운전자 중심의 스마트 클러스터 개발을 위한 기반 구축)

  • Kim, Min;Kim, Gwan-Hyung;Kim, Hyun-Hee;Byun, Gi-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.1441-1448
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    • 2013
  • The propose of this study is to apply establish the foundation for development of elder driver friendly smart cluster. At first, vehicle dashboard trends were analyzed. Secondly, we presents the structure of elder driver friendly smart cluster and explains android based meter cluster. also, we shows the implementation details and experimental result of elder driver friendly smart cluster system. And we presents a summary and conclusions.

Assessment of the erosive potential of elder-friendly foods (액상형 고령친화식품의 치아부식능 평가)

  • Jung, Eun-Ha;Kang, Jung-Yun;Han, Sun-Young
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.461-468
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: To investigate the effect of several elder-friendly foods on oral health and suggest guidelines for proper food intake. Methods: Six elderly-friendly foods (liquid type) and two control groups (mineral water and mixed coffee) were selected for this study. The pH of the food was measured using a calibrated pH meter, and the titratable acidity was determined using 1 M NaOH until 7.0 (TA 7.0). The screening method suggested by the International Organization for Standards was performed using an undersaturated hydroxyapatite solution to determine the difference between the initial and final pH of the screening solution (△pH). In addition, the sugar content was measured and expressed as Brix (%). Results: All the elder-friendly foods tested in this study showed a neutral pH (6.68-7.35), similar to mineral water (pH 7.84). The range of TA 7.0 values was 0.00-0.54 ㎖. The changes in pH determined using the screening solution confirmed that the largest change in pH was found in Careon (△pH 1.14±0.02), which has no erosive potential. Nevertheless, all elder-friendly foods had higher sugar content than the negative control group. Conclusions: Low tooth erosive potential was found in elder-friendly foods, but these foods showed high sugar content.

Evaluation of Glare and Forward Visibility of Headlamp for Elder Friendly Vehicle (고령자용 자동차 전조등의 눈부심 및 시인성 평가)

  • Kang, Byung-Do;Kim, Hyoung-Gu
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2011
  • The elder population with 65 years old or more in Korea has been entered into an aging society as 9.1[%] in 2005 to 14.3[%] in 2018. The elder population in 2026 will be expected to 20.8[%] with the rapid aging society. In this study, there has been conducted a study on development of headlamp for elder friendly vehicle in order to ffrom two different groups, one group for elder with over 65 ages, the other group for compared ages(20 ages, 30~50 ages). Glare test and forward visibility test were performed on wet and dry road conditions. As the result of these tests, it showed to prefer headlamp installed partially yellow coated bulb, which gives warm feeling on dry road condition. Forward visibility of headlamp which developed to fit on wet road condition is similar to existing HID headlamp. Glare was evaluated less than halogen and HID headlamp. However, it need to more improve glare and forward visibility performance of headlamp for old drivers.

Experimentational Study on the Pulsation of the Elder Women (여성 노인의 좌관맥상(左關脈象)에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kang Hee-Jung;Kim Gyeong-Cheol
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 2006
  • The oriental medicine is necessary to the development of oriental medicine diagnosis, to satisfy the Senior-Friendly. We experiment on the elderly women in 3-D mac, and carry into effect the comparative-study on the youth's pulsation. The elder pulsation's division factor are analyzed press power, w/t, h5/h1 , dispersion of period. In the press power, the elder pulsation is shallow compared with the youth's pulsation. In the w/t (pressurization time / pulsation cycle), the elder pulsation is longer compared with the youth's pulsation, In the h5/h1 (dicrotic / main peak), the elder pulsation is small compared with the youth's pulsation. In the range of dispersion of period, the elder pulsation is narrow-changed compared with the youth's pulsation. Therefore the elder pulsation is characterized by the deficiency of flexibility and injection power.

A Study on Designing Mobile Phone Display in Consideration of Elder People's Optical Characteristics and Preferences: Using Conjoint Analysis and Response Surface Method (장년층의 시각적 특성과 선호도를 고려한 휴대폰의 디스플레이 설계에 관한 연구: 컨조인트 분석과 반응표면분석을 활용하여)

  • Lee Sung-Hoon;Shin Yong-Sik;Park Yong-Gil
    • Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2005
  • This study is about designing mobile phone display in consideration of elder people's preferences by reason of their optical weakness. The research is closely connected with designing user-friendly interface by considering user characteristics. The criteria for first experiment are font sizes, font types, line spacing and background colors. With the experiment result, relative importance of each attribute and subjective preference are investigated by conjoint analysis. Secondly, an optimal display design for elder people is presented by response surface method on the basis of the result of conjoint analysis, other statistical analyses, and user interviews.

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Elder Drivers and Age-related Changes: A User Requirement Analysis for In-Vehicle Information System (고령자 친화형 차량내부 정보시스템 개발을 위한 사용자 요구사항 도출)

  • Bae, Sung-Hyun;Sabando, Jose Fernando;Kim, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.103-114
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    • 2017
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the needs and determine the requirements of elder drivers for effectively using In-vehicle Information System (IVIS), by reducing cognitive and physical impact on this vulnerable group. The persona method was used to determine the relevant characteristics of older drivers. Task analysis was performed in order to obtain general interaction problems of the personas when using a common function of recent days IVIS. The results were classified in the different usability goals as general requirements, specific needs. This study suggest improvement directions in order to develop an elderly friendly IVIS; in addition, different usability metrics were suggested. In this way, elder drivers would easily interact with new powerful functions supplied by IVIS of modern cars; while improving safety and comfort of an rapidly aging society.

A Systematic Review of Community Elder Abuse Studies in South Korea (한국 지역사회 거주 노인학대 연구의 체계적 고찰)

  • Kim, Dong Ha;Kang, Serin;Lee, Yoon Kyoung;Cha, Ye Won;Yoo, Seunghyun;Kim, Hongsoo
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.1003-1024
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    • 2016
  • The human rights of older people have gotten more attention recently in South Korea, a country that is in transition to a super-aged society. This study aimed to systematically review studies on elder abuse and related factors among community-dwelling older adults in South Korea over twenty years (1994-2016). We searched major databases (Riss, DBpia, KISS, KMbase, and PubMed) and identified published studies relevant to the topic. Based on inclusion and exclusion criteria related to study quality, a total of 31 studies were selected for this review. We examined types, measurements, and risk factors of elder abuse as well as study designs in the selected studies, guided by Johannesen's theoretical framework on elder abuse. All of the reviewed studies on elder abuse in Korea were cross-sectional studies, most of which focused on older people living in urban areas, using a non-random sampling method. All of the studies focused on certain types of elder abuse only. Some adopted elder-abuse instruments that were not validated, and others used self-developed instruments without psychometric tests. As for the risk factors of elder abuse in South Korea, the physical and mental health of the victims and aggressors impacted the risk of elder abuse, but general sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, and education were less likely to be related to the risk. In addition, decreasing caregiver burden and building elder-friendly communities are important for the prevention of elder abuse. Needed are further empirical studies on elder abuse with a theoretical framework that gives consideration to the unique sociocultural contexts of Korea. It is also recommended to develop instruments to measure elder abuse reflecting the sociocultural contexts of Korea, and to examine the multi-dimensional risk factors of elder abuse.

Parrot Robot for elder people (노인을 위한 앵무새 로봇)

  • Kim, Bo-Ram;Park, Jung-Eun;Jung, Eun-Jung;Hyung, Joon-Ho;Song, Bok-Hee;Shin, Dong-Wook
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.02a
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2006
  • 본 작품은 고령자에게 생활의 도움을 주면서 감성적으로 인간 친화적 역할을 수행하는 것을 목적으로 제작한 로봇이다. 고령화 사회 속에서 혼자 사는 노인들이 증가하는 사회현상을 바탕으로 노인의 노화로 인한 신체적 약점들 중 가장 많이 눈에 띄고 보편적인 증상을 일상 속에서 보완해 줄 수 있는 로봇을 개발하는데 중점을 두었다. 단순히 기능적인 편리성뿐 만 아니라 시각적으로 노인에게 즐거움을 주고 위안을 줄 수 있는 친근한 로봇은 노인이 생활하는데 큰 활력소가 될 것이다.

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Strategies for Activating Serious Games to Prevent Dementia in Elderly : Focusing on the Friendliness of the Elderly

  • So Im PARK;Hye-Min KIL
    • The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the elderly friendliness of the serious game for dementia prevention and to seek out the influence factors for enhance the friendliness. Research design, data and methodology: It measured the elderly friendliness of the serious game for dementia prevention, run with multi-touchscreens, for 300 elderly people using the Seoul-based General Social welfare centers located at Seoul, and participants evaluated the elder-friendliness of the serious game, by responding to a questionnaire survey. In addition, it analyzed the influence relationship between the elderly friendliness (EF) and the influence factors of the serious game, by setting the factors as the game level (GL), the demand of expectations for demand (DoE) and the prevention & usefulness of cognitive decline (PUCD). Results: the findings show that most of participants positively evaluated the EF of the serious game, regardless of their socio-demographic characteristics. Moreover, it can be found that the more the 'GL DoE and PUCD', the more the 'EF'. The EF was most strongly affected by DoE, followed by PUCD, and then GL Developing and running the serious game by actively reflecting such factors may be one of ways for enhancing the participation in the serious game for dementia prevention and facilitating the sustainable use of it.