The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Approaching Ageing-Related Design Research and Practice

Elena Comincioli; Alice Chirico; Andrea Gaggioli; Masood Masoodian

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750178

The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Approaching Ageing-Related Design Research and Practice

Elena Comincioli^*, Alice Chirico, Andrea Gaggioli, Masood Masoodian

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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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Abstract

Despite a rapidly ageing world population, ageism - particularly in its implicit form - is widespread in society. In this article, we propose that a paradigm shift is needed in how we approach ageing-related design research and practice in areas such as assistive technologies. We also put forward the idea of using the Healthy Ageing (HA) framework of the WHO as the basis for new lines actions that can be taken by design researchers and practitioners to address implicit ageism in society through their work.

Original language	English
Article number	750178
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750178
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

healthy ageing
healthy ageing framework
positive psychology
implicit ageism
design for ageing
ageing society
ageing population
ageism and age-based discrimination
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
STEREOTYPES
LANGUAGE
AGE

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