Developing future kitchen for older adults: a model and participatory design approach based on literature review and ethics framework

Abstract

The kitchen is a vital space in households and is closely related to the health and well-being of older adults. With the continuous development of technology and society, the future kitchen faces more challenges and opportunities. How to create a future kitchen suitable for older adults through design has become a pressing issue. Informed by literature review and inspired by a latest ethics framework for ageing research, this paper proposed a model for future kitchen design for older adults. Furthermore, a preliminary participatory design method combining design metaphors and enactment is proposed to help participants understand and express their relationship with the kitchen from a new perspective, to inspire the expectations and needs of the older adults, and collectively generate metaphors and visions for the future kitchen.