Iranian Researchers Present Indigenized Model for Designing Technological Physical Products for Elderly
The doctoral thesis of Marziyeh Elahdadi, a PhD student in Industrial Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran, was designed and completed under the guidance of Ali Faraji and Alireza Ajdari, the faculty members of the University. It is the first comprehensive indigenized model in Iran which can help improve the quality of life, maintain individual independence, and reduce pressure on the country's healthy elderly care system.
“The indigenous model presented in this thesis, while benefiting from global experiences and theories, pays attention to the needs, limitations, and priorities of healthy Iranian elderly people, and in this regard is considered the first comprehensive indigenous model in the country,” Faraji said.
“Implementing this model could lead to the design and production of products that are more adapted to the needs and abilities of older people, enhance their individual independence, and enable them to participate more actively in social life,” he added.
“Also, such products could reduce the pressure on families and care systems and help improve indicators of health and social well-being,” Faraji noted.
In a relevant development in 2023, a knowledge-based company in Iran had also succeeded in making a smart and remote-control device which can facilitate taking care of the elderly and save energy.
“We have been able to make a smart and remote-control device for buildings which can be used in various fields, including relocating and taking care of the elderly, facilitating the daily tasks and saving electricity and gas in buildings,” Seyed Reza Alavi, the managing director of the company, told ANA.
He added that connecting the device to wireless systems and various sensors with remote programming is possible.
“This device has various applications, including relocation and taking care of the elderly, and in general, it is aimed at making the daily tasks easy in a remote control way and save energy and gas in buildings,” Alavi said.
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