| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Provision of such as mobility devices or environment to let elderly people be able to act freely while keeping their motivations as well as preventing age-related decline in physical function is important when the aged operate independent living maintaining his/her self-respect.This study aims to develop a newly operational system SLIDE FLEX on the basis of our earlier study, which applied touch-slide sensor based on obstructive factor analysis when adopting powered wheelchair to elderly facilities.Slide Flex is the electric wheelchair which encourages spontaneous transferal activities of elderly people who require nursing care, as well as having operational interface which manual wheelchair's propelling movement.We are planning to make a proposal of methodology, for development of the assistive products to accelerate geriatric self-motivation or conation for activities in the future.
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