Designing Kitchen Technologies for Ageing in Place: A Video Study of Older Adults’ Cooking at Home
summary
Six 60‑minute home cooking videos of adults 65+ plus 30‑minute interviews reveal concrete breakdowns: Physical manipulation (chopping, opening, stabilising objects), Organisation and coordination (switching, synchronising, monitoring timers), and Reorchestration and reorganisation (inserting tasks, rearranging tools). Findings show arthritis and blunt knives cause delays, boards slide, and dexterity loss shifts motion patterns. Design principles recommend operational aids (secure work surfaces, tool choice and maintenance, alternative methods) and organisational aids (optioned planning, consequence previews, tracking tool position) and note implications for conversational kitchen interfaces.
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