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UD principles for home appliances and some talking devices to support independent life for dementia or MCI
Jiro Sagara, Rumi Tanemura, Kazue Noda, Totu Nagao
289 - 298
10.3233/978-1-61499-403-9-289
Assistive Technology Research Series
Volume 35: Universal Design 2014: Three Days of Creativity and Diversity
Abstract

The authors found problems that the elderly people are facing in their daily life using everyday technologies including home electric appliances. They developed principles to design home appliances for elderly persons and a couple of talking apparatuses to draw attention or to lead correct behavior for persons who are dementia or MCI. They are the smell warning for refrigerator, the adviser to stay at home, and the room climate telling.

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