The Research Of Toy Design For Elderly

The elderly issue has drawn an increasing attention with an aging boom in China.The development of the products related to the senior will be the focus of the future domestic market,however,medical care products hold the majority,while the present market only offers few choices of the toys for the aged.This paper summarizes the principles of toys design for the elderly and provides the reference for the toy design in the near future based on the physiology,psychology demand and the living condition of the elderly as well as design science and psychology.The physical,psychological and cognitive characteristics of the elderly especially for mild cognitive impairment ones will be analyzed systematically,furthermore,the decline in cognitive ability of the elder and the living condition will be also analyzed,which can be used as the presupposition for the elder's needs study and the basis for the following research.Recreation and entertainment mode of the aged will be explored according to the “ThreeAct Structure” after getting a better understanding of the livelihood and cognition as well as requires for the toys among the aged from the qualitation and quantification through the field research and interview from the elder and family members.The further discussion with the professional doctors is necessary to master the prevention on the hypophrenia and intervene training methods.Users' demand can be analyzed by virtue of “Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs”,and it is beneficial to provide the theoretical basis for the toy design and build the mode of the toys for the elder.The current toy case for the aged will be analyzed from the narrow and generalized sense,and the design elements and design principles of the toys for the elder will be proposed.Finally,through the use of digital toys,that is,the design of older games can help to verify the feasibility of this research.