14:00 - 16:15
Session: GS4
[Social] + Design
CS1028
Can the social loneliness of the elderly be alleviated through social participation with the support of the community and stakeholders? A sustainable activity design study
Keywords:
keyword 1 elderly; keyword 2 social relationship; keyword 3 community building; keyword 4 co-design; keyword 5:sustainable activities
Author(s):
Yu WU

As population ageing has intensified intergenerational contradiction, the discourse power of the elderly in modern society has often been ignored or weakened. In this case, sustainable activities will become vital factors for helping the elderly rebuild their relationship with society. This research applies qualitative research methods, including extensive literature review and user interviews, for design iteration and reflection. The research problem involves how to make compelling connections amongst the lonely elderly, volunteer institutions, stakeholders, and the community through designing a sustainable service system. Overall, the process and results of this research are beneficial to the sustainable development of the social environment and intergenerational relations. The entire system design includes the design of platform, environment, and services; eventually, it evaluates sustainability from the system level of online and offline parallelism. It has preliminarily completed design positioning, intending to achieve the vision of synergy through future case studies and practical tests.