Remote Caring for Older People: Future Trends and Speculative Design

The present chapter explores IoT trends and applications' current and speculative futures to support older people living independently, focusing on the bathroom area, one of the most dangerous domestic places for ageing bodies. The chapter first presents literature on IoT devices and older people ageing-in-place, discussing their relationship, the blurring into cyborg territories and the ramifications. Next, technology uptake is discussed, with an example from a previous research study. Next, healthy ageing, active ageing, and quality of life are discussed through the medical and social models of health, and a new model of technological enhancement & monitoring is proposed. The vulnerabilities of older people and the risks and ethical implications of IoT for them are also covered, followed by current IoT trends and applications complementing an accessible bathroom, with pros and cons for each. The following section introduces speculative design approaches to explore and understand the possibilities and implications on the future of caring for older people, illustrated with three examples: two speculative projects and one science fiction movie. The final section discusses the inclusive nature of caring and the importance of inclusive design approaches to designing and implementing IoT healthcare products and remote-age-care systems for older people and their families/caregivers

Better Life in Urban Areas for All with Inclusive Design

Our world is undergoing rapid quantifiable changes. This paper explores how we could make our urban environments more all-encompassing, with inclusive and multispecies design approaches and discusses what ‘better’ could mean for all living species inhabiting and sharing the Earth. The paper shares forecasted figures for 2050 on expected population numbers and draws similarities between vulnerable groups’ invisibility, illustrated with examples from industrial design and public furniture

Involving the elderly in the design process: a participatory design model for usability, safety and attractiveness

Ankara : Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 1999.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bilkent University, 1999Includes bibliographical references leaves 113-131This work presents a conceptual model involving the elderly users into the design process by means of participatory design sessions, where the expertise of designers and the real requirements and opinions of elderly end-users, related to how objects, environments and equipment should be designed to allow ageing in place are collected and filtered through Quality Function Deployment matrixes. Two different design sessions are done for the groups of elderly end-users. The scope has been limited to the design of doors and door handles for domestic use. In the first design session, the end-users are asked to talk about and to ‘design’ the doors and door handles of the house they want to age-in, considering all their possible requirements, needs, particular wishes, and ideas. This is a combination of brain storming, scenario building and unstructured interviews. The output of the first session provides a basis to design the mentioned products. The second session consists of presenting to the same group of end-users the various design concepts created, according to the output of the first session. The concepts are again discussed, remarks, preferences, and new ideas collected to further improve the design.Demirbilek, OyaPh.D

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Objective: Turner syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal disorder caused by complete or partial X chromosome monosomy that manifests various clinical features depending on the karyotype and on the genetic background of affected girls. This study aimed to systematically investigate the key clinical features of TS in relationship to karyotype in a large pediatric Turkish patient population.Methods: Our retrospective study included 842 karyotype-proven TS patients aged 0-18 years who were evaluated in 35 different centers in Turkey in the years 2013-2014.Results: The most common karyotype was 45,X (50.7%), followed by 45,X/46,XX (10.8%), 46,X,i(Xq) (10.1%) and 45,X/46,X,i(Xq) (9.5%). Mean age at diagnosis was 10.2±4.4 years. The most common presenting complaints were short stature and delayed puberty. Among patients diagnosed before age one year, the ratio of karyotype 45,X was significantly higher than that of other karyotype groups. Cardiac defects (bicuspid aortic valve, coarctation of the aorta and aortic stenosis) were the most common congenital anomalies, occurring in 25% of the TS cases. This was followed by urinary system anomalies (horseshoe kidney, double collector duct system and renal rotation) detected in 16.3%. Hashimoto's thyroiditis was found in 11.1% of patients, gastrointestinal abnormalities in 8.9%, ear nose and throat problems in 22.6%, dermatologic problems in 21.8% and osteoporosis in 15.3%. Learning difficulties and/or psychosocial problems were encountered in 39.1%. Insulin resistance and impaired fasting glucose were detected in 3.4% and 2.2%, respectively. Dyslipidemia prevalence was 11.4%.Conclusion: This comprehensive study systematically evaluated the largest group of karyotype-proven TS girls to date. The karyotype distribution, congenital anomaly and comorbidity profile closely parallel that from other countries and support the need for close medical surveillance of these complex patients throughout their lifespa

"I'm a designer, get me out of tech class!": closing the gap between design and technology education

The following paper explores the use of collaborative pedagogical approaches to advance foundational architectural design education, by linking design process to sustainable technology principles. After a brief discussion on architectural design education, the mentioned collaborative approach is described. This approach facilitates students’ exchange of knowledge between two courses, despite no explicit/assessable requirement to do so. The result for the students is deeper learning and a design process that is enriched through collaboration with sustainable technology. The success of this approach has been measured through questionnaires, evaluation surveys, and a comparative assessment of students common to both courses. The paper focuses on the challenges and innovations in connecting architectural design and technology education, where students are encouraged to implement lessons learnt, thereby closing the gap that these courses have traditionally represented

Architectural Science and Student-Centred Learning

The curricula of architectural schools consist of various types of teaching as design studios and supporting subjects, contextual/technology oriented design studios, or integration of these topics to design studio teaching. The present paper reviews insights from the theorectical literature on research into students' learning experiences. Deep and surface learning approaches are discussed, as well as the student-centred learning approach in design studios. The paper also aims to present and discuss the experience gained through the authors' teaching practice, especially through student engagement in learning. During the past decade, technology and science units have been carried out harmoniously with the design studio, providing and opportunity to support the design process, taking some pressure off the workload of the design project by providing solutions to some of the technical issues separately, yet in synchronization. Exercises and assignments have been organised in the form of hands-on applications or by the use of computer software, in accordance with the design project criteria. In this way, students see, touch, feel, or try to experiment various solutions

Comfort and light

According to the architect Le Corbusier, "the history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light, the struggle for the window." Humans have endeavored to improve the illumination, temperature, and humidity of buildings by designing different types of windows, and defying limitations of construction methods, and building materials

Energy conscious dwelling design for Ankara

The study aims to develop energy concious dwellings in climatic conditions of Ankara. Since the computer program SUNCODE-PC is used for thermal performance analysis, an hourly climatic data set for an average year has been prepared. Two design proposals are developed and compared; one of them is designed with conventional features and the other is designed energy conciously. Improvement studies are conducted on the enegy concious desig