老人晨飲機的概念設計

A Conceptual Design of Morning Water Dispenser for Elders

李佳融(Chia-Jung Lee)

指導教授 ： 王鴻祥

國立臺北科技大學/設計學院/創新設計研究所/碩士(2013年)

https://doi.org/10.6841/NTUT.2013.00428

摘要

飲水是人類維持生命與健康的重要習慣，對老人而言充裕的水分攝取比一般人更不可忽視，特別是清晨時段老人於睡眠間身體經排汗自然蒸發水分，隨水分遞減而血液濃度逐漸上升易於早上引發腦中風、血栓塞、心肌梗塞等足以危害到生命的病症。本研究針對全球先進國家均面臨的高齡化社會議題且易缺乏充足照護的獨居老人族群設計晨間引導飲水機，設計的步驟分為兩階段，每一階段包含晨飲機設計與受訪老人對其設計的滿意度調查，其設計理念除了運用引導的系統促使老人養成早晨飲水的保健習慣外，更包含了導入關懷與人本訴求的橘色科技以及世界各國皆致力發展的物聯網科技概念，來將老人晨飲機設計組織起具備提醒、互動、關懷的科技功能。經兩階段的設計與老人滿意度調查分析發現：（1）老人願意接受早晨起床時由飲水機引導自己喝水並且認同對於身體健康是有助益的（2）晨飲機設置於浴室空間比床頭更具便利性與安全感（3）晨飲機結合重要事項提醒（如吃藥）與資訊查詢的功能可提升老人生活品質滿意度（4）晨飲機將老人飲水與起居的資訊回傳給家人，可使老人的健康與安全情況受到更周全的關注。

關鍵字

工業設計 ； 獨居老人 ； 橘色科技 ； 飲水機

並列摘要

Drinking water is an important way in which humans stay alive and remain healthy. Ensuring a sufficient water intake is particularly important among the elderly, and this is especially true in the morning, when water in the body has evaporated as perspiration during sleep. Because blood pressure rises when water in the body is reduced, it is easy for life-threatening illnesses such as strokes, thrombosis and myocardial infractions to occur in the morning. This study is aimed at issues affecting aging societies in developed countries around the world, and looks at guided morning water dispensers designed for elderly people who live alone and lack sufficient care. The design steps are divided into two stages, each of which includes the design of morning water dispensers and interviews with elderly people about how satisfied they were with the design. Apart from using a guiding system to encourage elderly people to get into the habit of drinking water in the morning, the design concept also incorporates orange technology, which aims to provide care and meet basic human needs, and the Internet of Things, which people around the world are striving to help develop. The aim is for the design of the morning water dispenser to combine reminders, interactivity and care technical functionality. Analysis of the design and interviews with elderly people in the two sections yielded the following discoveries: (1) Elderly people are willing to be guided by the water dispenser in drinking water after they get up in the morning, and acknowledge the health benefits of this; (2) It is safer and more convenient to install the water dispenser in the bathroom as opposed to at the top of the bed; (3) Elderly people’s satisfaction with their quality of life could be increased if the water dispenser also provided reminders and information about important things that needed to be done (such as taking medicine); (4) The water dispenser could send everyday drinking and life information of the elderly to the relatives. This means the elderly can be taken care of on a full scale.

並列關鍵字

industrial design ； the elderly living alone ； orange technology ； water dispenser

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