Helping Hand: Metro Travel Assistance App for Elderly and Differently Abled People

P Thakur, P Kanakia, S Chaubey, M Jha… - Proceedings of the 7th …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
As per Census 2011 there are 59,392 persons with disabilities in Maharashtra and it is
2.63% of total population of Maharashtra State. An aging population increases the demand …

Understanding the lived experience of five individuals with mobility aids

T Walsh, H Petrie - Universal Design 2016: Learning from the …, 2016 - ebooks.iospress.nl
The aim of our research is to understand the lived experience of people with mobility aids:
How do people use their mobility aids and what is their lived experience with them? What …

INCIDENCE AND DYNAMICS OF MOBILITY DEVICE USE AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES

X Liu, S Baumann, A Rosso, EM Venditti, Y Yao… - Innovation in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mobility devices significantly enhance the activities and participation for individuals with
mobility disability, particularly in the rapidly expanding population of older adults globally …

Stakeholder perspectives on research and development priorities for mobility assistive-technology: a literature review

S Alqahtani, J Joseph, B Dicianno… - Disability and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Over one billion people with disabilities (PWDs) and older adults with mobility
impairment are currently in need of assistive technology devices (ATDs) and only 10% of …

[PDF][PDF] How to enhance social relationships of older adults: Design and development of a mobile application for active seniors

H Kim, JY Kim, J Lee, Y Kang - Archives of Design Research, 2020 - aodr.org
Background As the aging population increases, the definition of older adults is being
diversified and a new group of older adults has been specified, called 'Active Seniors'. While …

Redesigning Walker for Elderly

N Bairagi, P Mahajani - Design for Tomorrow—Volume 1: Proceedings of …, 2021 - Springer
The present paper aims to redesign a walking aid for the elderly through a user-centric
design research approach. The study involved 12 elderly volunteers. During the research …

Research on Older Adults' Mobility: 2022 Meeting Summary Report

T Mastromatto, T Quiñones, L Staplin… - 2022 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
Following a similar meeting held in 2021, TransAnalytics held a meeting to spotlight
research on older adults' mobility virtually, due to Covid-19 restrictions, on January 9, 2022 …

Designing devices that are acceptable to the frail elderly: a new understanding based upon how older people perceive a walker

K Pippin, GR Femie - Technology and Disability, 1997 - content.iospress.com
It is commonly suggested that the unappealing appearance of many assistive devices
discourages their adoption and use by elderly people. This study investigated users' …

Low Cost Mobility Devices

TGK Murthy, PK Sethi, A Ward - Mobility and Transport for Elderly …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
It is well known that nearly ten per cent of the population of any nation are handicapped due
to one reason or the other irrespective of the nation's socio-economic status, namely …

Mobility

F Knoefel, B Wallace, N Thomas, H Sveistrup… - … Smart Homes: Their …, 2023 - Springer
When we see commercially made images of older adults, they often include the person with
a cane or walker. Similarly, commercial videos often have them shuffling along at a snail's …