This book is based on many years of research and practical
pedagogical experiences around cross-cultural and multidisciplinary
design for healthy ageing. It provides important insight into
origins, design, implementation, and impact of cross-cultural
design student study tours, and takes an original approach by
foregrounding pedagogical practice for exploring healthy ageing
solutions. The populations of Australia and many other countries in
the Asia Pacific region are ageing. The next few decade will see up
to half of the population in many countries represented by the over
65s. The impact of this change in population balance will be
profound and it represents a potential global shift in design for
society. This will challenge designers, planners and health care
professionals to develop solutions to better meet the needs and
harness the capacity of our growing and diversifying populations of
older citizens, in relation to housing, community interaction and
co-operation, health and well-being, and the integration new
technologies. Different disciplinary and cultural perspectives can
be a means to create new ideas and approaches that provide a deeper
understanding of the needs of the global ageing population. This
book examines some of the challenges associated with ageing in
multi-cultural societies. We explore some of the major issues
facing society in the area of 'healthy ageing' and propose a method
of working with cross-disciplinary groups of health practitioners,
designers, architects and cultural practitioners. Through
case-studies of a series of workshops run in China and Singapore
with Australian, Chinese and Singaporean students, we review the
benefits of this approach and provide a framework for engaging
designers, planners and health professionals in the process of
creating new design solutions for the growing global ageing
population. This book is especially useful for academics and
educators in the design and health areas. Design professionals in
urban, architectural, interior, industrial, graphic, multimedia,
fashion, interaction, service and user-experience design will find
many useful ideas. Health professionals across the range of
disciplines, including medical practitioners, nurses,
physiotherapists, other allied health professionals and carers
practising in different settings such as aged-care facilities,
government offices and others will also find it useful. It also
provides insights and ideas for innovators, businesses and
everybody interested in exploring design and innovation for an
ageing population, which has been identified as a growing market.
It may also be useful to anyone who wants to understand how to
provide care for ageing members of the family and friends, or for
anyone who wants to better understand issues around their own
ageing. Although there are many articles and books on social
design, there has been very little work on the methods to combine
the discipline areas of Health and Design in the creation of
concepts and artefacts around design for healthy ageing. There is
also very little on the understanding of 'Cross-cultural Empathy'
in design. This book takes an original approach to 'Design for
Healthy Ageing' by combining not only a varied discipline group of
practitioners from design and health but also presenting
cross-cultural methods to deal with issues associated with the
social cause. The primary readership will include professionals and
academics in the areas of cross-cultural design, health, ageing and
related policies, government institutions and gerontologists. It
will also be of interest to tutors and lecturers across design
practice internationally, and the case studies are useful for those
with a specific geographical interest (Australia, Singapore,
China), including clinicians, carers and other health professionals
in those areas.
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