Author(s): XU Hui, LI Chong-gen, GUO Qiong, ZHOU Ning-chang, MO Su-lin, South China Agriculture University, Naning College for Vocational Technology, Guangzhou Instrument Beauty Medical Furniture Technology Co., Ltd.
Pages: 74-78
Year: 2015 Issue:  20
Journal: Packaging Engineering
Keyword:  senior; nursing bed; functional requirement; design strategy;
Abstract: Combined with the functional requirements of the elderly and nursing people,it designs the bed more humanized. According to the interview survey and questionnaire,it analyzes the statistical result. The survey found that most of the elder and nursing people hope to increase the safety barrier to guarantee the safety. Increasing the number of cabinets and being eazy for defecation in elderly people are recognized to different degrees. Furthermore,the survey also found that the higher education background of the elderly people,the more cabinet they need. Home-based elderly people are prefer the convenient design of the defecation. The elderly people have less children are likely to need Ipad-frame and so on. So,designers should consider the different demands of elderly people to design the nursing bed more humanized.