With ultra-low birth and extended life expectancy, Korea is expected to enter the world's fastest aging society in 2025, and as the aging population intensifies, the number of elderly couples and single-person households is increasing, and seniors who...
With ultra-low birth and extended life expectancy, Korea is expected to enter the world's fastest aging society in 2025, and as the aging population intensifies, the number of elderly couples and single-person households is increasing, and seniors who want to live in their old age independently of their children.
Based on their economic power, seniors who will pursue health, leisure, and cultural life are defined as active seniors who will become a number of new classes. Through the process of aging, they also undergo physical, physiological, mental, and psychological changes, and various needs for a healthy and safe life are emerging in their daily lives. To this end, various care service industries for the elderly are increasing for psychological stability and uncomfortable life, and in particular, the aging technology industry using convergence technologies such as the Internet of Things (IOT), Mobile, Big Data, Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Robots will help. This can improve the changes in the body and functional degradation of the elderly due to aging, maintain a psychologically familiar living environment, and help continue social life. Due to the global aging trend, aging tech is expected to increase significantly in the scope of related services and industries.
Since the 1950s, various concepts such as normalization, barrier-free, universal design, accessory design, and inclusive design have emerged to create a society where the socially disadvantaged, such as the disabled and the elderly, are not separated from the general public.
Research on universal design for seniors has been conducted in the field of product and environmental design considering as many people as possible, and research on inclusive design aims to communicate with services that encompass products and usage environments.
Today's active seniors are entering the age of 100 with science and technology and extended lifespan. Unlike the previous generation, high economic power, active, and active seniors will become a majority of age groups in the future. As such, there is a need for design for active seniors who are pursuing quality of life and emerging as new consumers.
Therefore, this study focuses on technologies that support super-aged and active seniors for well-aging, active aging, and aging places for seniors, and designs for super-aged societies, identifies characteristics and relationships, and specific research methods and contents are as follows.
In the introduction to Chapter 1, the background and purpose of the study were described, and the scope and method of the study were set to present the differentiation and direction of the study through review of related previous studies.
Chapter 2 Theoretical Review examined the aging and quality of life of seniors in super-aged society due to the increase in the elderly population, and the aging-friendly city guidelines No. 3 Housing, No. 7 Communication and information No. 8 Community services. In addition, we looked at the technology to support a super-aged society that has a great impact on the healthy lives of seniors due to the aging population and the increase in life expectancy, looked at various design concepts that emerged to create a society where the disabled and the elderly are not separated from the general public.
Chapter 3 analyzed the importance and satisfaction of design elements extracted through theoretical considerations to find directions for the use of aging design, and analyzed the relationship between technology supporting a super-aged society and design for a super-aged society.
In Chapter 4, the characteristics of aging design elements were grouped into each area, and design factors, guidelines, and checklists were proposed for utilization according to the area.
Chapter 5 describes the suggestions and significance of ways to utilize aging design for active seniors in super-aged society.
In conclusion, it is significant in that it respects their individuality and suggests directions to improve the quality of life healthily by proposing design characteristics and utilization plans for active seniors who are entering the age of 100 due to the development and extension of life.