Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing

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Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing explores how design can enhance the quality of life for the ageing population across different cultures. It delves into various design strategies and approaches that promote healthy and active ageing, highlighting the importance of cultural understanding in crafting user-centred environments. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in the confluence of design, health, and ageing, offering insights into creating inclusive and supportive spaces for older adults.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in exploring how design principles can improve the quality of life for older adults across different cultures. It offers insights into the integration of cultural sensitivity and design to promote wellbeing and healthy ageing, making it a valuable resource for those in the fields of arts, culture, and design.

Promotes an understanding of 'design for healthy ageing' from a multi-faceted perspective of design and health practitioners. Provides tools and methods for approaching the complex issues associated with ageing through cross-cultural interactions and perspectives. Incl. case-studies run in Asia-Pacific 44 b/w illus., 3 tables, 9 col. illus.

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Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing examines some of the challenges associated with ageing in multicultural societies. Worldwide, ageing presents a profound potential shift in design for society. The impact of the change in population balance challenges designers, planners, and healthcare professionals to develop solutions to better meet the needs of older citizens.

Different disciplinary and cultural perspectives allow for new approaches to issues of housing, community interaction and cooperation, health and well-being, and the integration of new technologies.

Drawing from case studies, interviews with key practitioners in design and health, and practical pedagogical experience, the authors provide a framework for engaging designers, planners, and health professionals in the process of creating new design solutions for the growing global ageing population.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789383089

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Illustration: Plates, color; 3 Tables, black and white; 44 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Lisa Scharoun
Edited by Danny Hills
Edited by Carlos Montana-Hoyos
Edited by Fanke Peng
Edited by Vivien Sung

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 395g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Lisa Scharoun is professor and head of the School of Design at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She is a teacher, researcher, and designer with expertise in visual communications and cross-cultural design. Danny Hills is a registered nurse and associate professor at Federation University Australia. Carlos Montana-Hoyos is founding associate professor at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. Vivien Sung is a design strategist, academic, and researcher facilitating change in the areas of health, inclusion, and ecological sustainment. Fanke Peng is an assistant professor of Visual Communications at the University of Canberra in Australia.