Research On Emotional Interaction Product Design For The Elderly

The population of the elderly(≥75 years)is increasing is due to the increasingly aging situation.Many of them lacking of communication are lonely and need to communicate with family,friends and society easily to ease loneliness.However,researches on the emotional interaction for the elderly are inadequate.Therefore,investigating the elderly,this thesis presents communication strategy based on emotional interaction,the purpose of which,directing the design of communication products and helping the elderly easy communication.Firstly,a literature analysis on the elderly emotional needs has been made and.Then the emotional interaction model has been built,which providing the theoretical basis for the following studies.Secondly,this thesis investigates the situation of emotional communication among the elderly and analyzes the reasons.The result shows personal,society,communication objects and communication tools lead to sense of loneliness and emotion problem for the elderly.Based on the investigation and aimed to help communication and encouraging multi-method communication,this thesis divides the level of emotional relationship intimate,familiar and general,and presents the communication strategy between different relationships.At the same time,this strategy can help elderly people resolve their negative emotions and improve their life satisfaction Finally,combining the communication strategy and product design,this thesis determines the character model and usage scenarios of products,and then presents the design purpose and concept to design emotional interaction products for the elderly from the system-design perspective.