Kitchen Living in Later Life: Exploring Ergonomic Problems, Coping Strategies and Design Solutions
Martin Charles Maguire
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Loughborough University, Design School, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Martin Maguire obtained his Master’s degree in Ergonomics from Loughborough University and was awarded a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction at Leicester Polytechnic before becoming a research associate in the Graphics Laboratory at Leicester University. Since then he has worked at Loughborough University as a human factors researcher and practitioner for the Human Sciences and Advanced Technology (HUSAT) Research Institute and the Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute (ESRI). He is now a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Loughborough Design School. Martin has been involved in many research and consultancy projects including the design of software, equipment and environments to be usable, engaging and inclusive for all people particularly novice users. He has also worked on a number of European Commission projects to develop tools for usability design and UK Research Council projects on designing for older people in different contexts, including the kitchen.
Sheila Peace
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Open University Faculty of Health and Social Care, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Sheila Peace is Professor of Social Gerontology in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University. She is an Academician of the Social Sciences and a long term member of the British Society of Gerontology currently President Elect, a post that she will take up in 2014. A social geographer by first discipline, Sheila has a PhD centred in environmental gerontology from the University of Swansea. She specialises in research concerning ageing in context spanning 35 years and relating to both macro and micro environmental settings including: quality of life and the design of care homes; regulation of care homes; living in mainstream and supportive housing in later life and impact on identity; intergenerational social interaction in public spaces; the creation of age-friendly cities/communities; the value of public/private space/place, and the views of older people on domestic design. Most recently, work concerning the kitchen in later life with Loughborough University Design School has seen the collaboration between gerontology, ergonomics and design.
Colette Nicolle
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Loughborough University, Design School, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Colette Nicolle started her career in human factors at the Human Sciences and Advanced Technology (HUSAT) Research Institute, then worked for the Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute (ESRI), and is now a senior lecturer and research fellow at the Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University. She is a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, member of ANEC’s Design for All Working Group and their representative on CEN TC 122 ‘Ergonomics’. Her applied research and teaching focuses on inclusive design, ageing and disability in a range of application areas. This includes the development and promotion of user-centred and inclusive design methods and tools; the design and evaluation of inclusive products, technologies, and services; mobility and inclusion of older and disabled travellers; and the social and ethical implications of new technologies in particular for older users. Colette led Loughborough's research on the EPSRC i~design3 project, and was a co-investigator for the New Dynamics of Ageing projects Working Late and Transitions in Kitchen Living.
Russell Marshall
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Loughborough University, Design School, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Russell Marshall is a senior lecturer and head of the Design Ergonomics Group in the Design School at Loughborough University. He received a MEng in Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, and was awarded a PhD in Modular Product Design. His research interests cover a broad range of topics within Product, Industrial and Engineering Design including: Digital Human Modelling and tools and techniques for facilitating and empowering designers in human-centred and inclusive design practice; Ergonomics and Human Factors in design, Modular product design, and drawing and visualisation. Russell is also principal developer of SAMMIE the digital human modelling system.
Ruth Sims
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University of Derby, Faculty of Education, Health and Science, School of Science, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1GB, UK
Ruth Sims studied Psychology at the University of Exeter, and completed an MSc in Ergonomics at Loughborough University before becoming a research associate at the same institution and completing her PhD in the area of ‘inclusive design/design for all. At Loughborough, Ruth worked on a variety of research projects, predominantly focussed on issues regarding accessibility and usability of products, services and environments by older and physically impaired individuals. Ruth is now senior lecturer at the University of Derby where she teaches both online and on-campus, on the MSc Ergonomics courses and BSc Psychology courses, as well as continuing her research career.
John Percival
John Percival is a researcher, social worker and independent consultant. He has been involved in health and social care research studies with University College London, Open University, University of Bath and University of Bristol. His mainly qualitative research work has focused on: older people's housing needs and preferences; the impact of sight loss on social exclusion; lay and professional perspectives on telecare service development; assistive technology and its home uses for people with disabilities; and the quality of end-of-life care services, in nursing and residential homes, as well as in mainstream housing. John has recently edited a book on return migration in later life and its public policy implications. John’s key research interests include: the relationship between housing, support and social care needs; the emotional, psychological and practical implications of sight loss; technology and health monitoring in the homes of frail and vulnerable people; and qualitative research as a policy and practice tool.
Clare Lawton
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Loughborough University, Design School, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Clare Lawton is a researcher at Loughborough University’s Design School. Over the last 10 years she has specialised in workplace and vehicle ergonomics. Prior to this Clare worked as an Ergonomist at the Health and Safety Laboratory. She has a BSc in Cognitive Science from Sheffield University and a Master’s in Ergonomics from Loughborough University. Clare was awarded the Ergonomics Society Bursary of 1999 and the Stephen Pheasant Memorial Award in 2000 for her work regarding musculoskeletal disorders. She is currently working, as a human factors researcher on a five year research project i-STUTE the Interdisciplinary Centre for Storage, Transformation and Upgrading of Thermal Energy funded through the UK Research Councils’ Energy Programme. The project will develop technologies to reduce energy consumption and deliver cost-effective heating and cooling which will help the UK achieve its target of a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 80% by 2050.