Findings and Observations on Elderly Simulation

By Yiler Huang

1. movement
   1. some of them looked like it is hard to lift their legs, especially the third volunteer
   2. When they walk, they walked more carefully because they had the blurry glasses on
2. difficulties
   1. most of the volunteers said that the blurry glasses was the most effective part in the suit, they said they couldn’t see words or small things properly
   2. some of them said the gloves made it hard to grab tiny things like coins, and they spent quite some time to get the right amount of coins
3. reactions
   1. most of them thought the glasses were the most effective part in the suit
   2. the elbow wrap seemed didn’t affect them that much, none of them mentioned the elbow wrap during the interview
4. performance
   1. the shopping simulation took the longest time for the volunteers to finish, is the one they mentioned the most
   2. It seemed like the ping pong simulation is the easiest one out of the three simulations, only Dr. Bell mentioned that it was a little bit hard to see things coming to him when he had the glasses on.