Add to ORKGOpening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder people. A study carried out at the Professorship of Human Factors and Ergonomics shows results of opening successes at a variety of packages. Opening a jar of gherkins proved to be a challenging task for the majority of the test persons. Further examples of badly designed packages as well as good solutions are introduced
Society is ageing and sadly that ageing leads to a host of issues, not least a society in which the ...
To maintain wellbeing, independence and nourishment of elderly population, one promising strategy is...
Introduction: With advancing age comes deterioration in function and dexterity. Due to the increase ...
Opening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder pe...
Demographics are such that the number of people over 65 will increase by 11% by the year 2011. The n...
This paper describes a pilot study that focused on the perceptions and performance of individuals wh...
The Department of Trade and Industry have recently published a report highlighting the problems of o...
It can be expected that many elderly people have impaired opening capacity of food packaging bearing...
Food and beverage packaging has been identified as a contributing factor to malnutrition among elder...
Package opening tasks have been identified as some of the most challenging that individuals need to ...
Opening packages is becoming more difficult with manufacturers making packaging harder to tamper wit...
The theoretical and practical study showed the following results: the successful product design must...
Many people experience difficulty when opening a vacuum-sealed jar. Yet solutions to the problem con...
My central hypothesis is that receiving and accessing food in the hospital context is problematic fo...
Previous work by the authors has shown that access to packaging in hospitals can influence the nutri...
Society is ageing and sadly that ageing leads to a host of issues, not least a society in which the ...
To maintain wellbeing, independence and nourishment of elderly population, one promising strategy is...
Introduction: With advancing age comes deterioration in function and dexterity. Due to the increase ...
Opening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder pe...
Demographics are such that the number of people over 65 will increase by 11% by the year 2011. The n...
This paper describes a pilot study that focused on the perceptions and performance of individuals wh...
The Department of Trade and Industry have recently published a report highlighting the problems of o...
It can be expected that many elderly people have impaired opening capacity of food packaging bearing...
Food and beverage packaging has been identified as a contributing factor to malnutrition among elder...
Package opening tasks have been identified as some of the most challenging that individuals need to ...
Opening packages is becoming more difficult with manufacturers making packaging harder to tamper wit...
The theoretical and practical study showed the following results: the successful product design must...
Many people experience difficulty when opening a vacuum-sealed jar. Yet solutions to the problem con...
My central hypothesis is that receiving and accessing food in the hospital context is problematic fo...
Previous work by the authors has shown that access to packaging in hospitals can influence the nutri...
Society is ageing and sadly that ageing leads to a host of issues, not least a society in which the ...
To maintain wellbeing, independence and nourishment of elderly population, one promising strategy is...
Introduction: With advancing age comes deterioration in function and dexterity. Due to the increase ...