Innovative approaches and verification in the design of flower beds to support horticultural therapy classes

Meng Cong Zheng

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_65

Innovative approaches and verification in the design of flower beds to support horticultural therapy classes

Meng Cong Zheng

Department of Industrial Design

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Abstract

Horticultural therapy cannot only improve an elderly emotional and cognitive functions, but also leads to more social participation and better overall health. In this study, the “House of Love”, a private nursing home in Taipei, had been the research base. This study found out, that current horticultural classes heavily rely on teacher-centric and volunteer staff assisted curricula often not considering the specific physical limitations elderly usually face in handling gardening tools and flower beds. Our new design “Elderly Green” took the special requirements of horticultural classes in consideration, providing for a maximum of flexibility under varying conditions by modularizing the flower bed. It allowed the elderly participants to move around and do their gardening in a more comfortable and less strenuous manner. This centripetal flower bed design concept increases interaction among the elderly, and reduces nursing manpower needs while improving equally distributed care for each participant during class time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics in Design
Editors	Marcelo Soares, Francisco Rebelo
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	723-734
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319419824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_65
State	Published - 2016
Event	International Conference on Ergonomics in Design, AHFE 2016 - Walt Disney World, United States Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 31 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	485
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Ergonomics in Design, AHFE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Walt Disney World
Period	27/07/16 → 31/07/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.

Keywords

Design for the elderly
Flower beds design
Horticultural therapy
Map design

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Zheng, M. C. (2016). Innovative approaches and verification in the design of flower beds to support horticultural therapy classes. In M. Soares, & F. Rebelo (Eds.), Advances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics in Design (pp. 723-734). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 485). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_65

Zheng, Meng Cong. / Innovative approaches and verification in the design of flower beds to support horticultural therapy classes. Advances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics in Design. editor / Marcelo Soares ; Francisco Rebelo. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 723-734 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Innovative approaches and verification in the design of flower beds to support horticultural therapy classes. / Zheng, Meng Cong.
Advances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics in Design. ed. / Marcelo Soares; Francisco Rebelo. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 723-734 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 485).

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