We have started doing Chapter 2 of the proposal and my group and I have chosen to interview experts who are knowledgeable about our topic, mainly: the Kitchen and the Elderly. After finding ways to get in contact with relevant experts, two of them replied to us:
1) Sally Benjamin from Comfort Keepers. Comfort Keepers is a company who is "dedicated to providing in-home care to senior citizens and others who need help with activities of daily living" and their goal is to "allow people to stay in their own homes rather than seeking other care alternatives". We have arranged an interview session with her next week.
2) Dr Jeffrey Rosenfeld, an Environmental Gerontologist who looks at the interplay of aging, architecture, and other design fields. We found out about him through one of the books we browsed for the Bibliography assignment, "Unassisted Living: Ageless Homes for Later Life". He has expressed interest in sharing his opinions with us, but could only respond to us after 25th March as he is currently on holiday.
We will be asking them these questions:
1. What are the most common problems do you personally think (or might have encountered) the elderly face in the kitchen?
2. What do you think are the causes for these problems?
3. What changes do you wish were made to the kitchen?
4. Do you have any kitchen products or changes in the layout that have been made in the market thus far that you like / feel that there is potential?
5. What are the qualities that you think they should have? (be it layout or a product) eg. Compact, easy to use, water resistant, etc.
6. If it is a product, what is/are the ideal material(s) to be used?
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