An innovative recreation installation for elderly people...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose This work, 'Invitation', is a gentle and soft installation made with translucent materials and tangible elements, such as gauze, needlework, and wooden framing, which all are familiar to the elderly (Figure 1). It invites elderly people to travel between their physical and spiritual worlds....
| Published in: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 250 - 251 |
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| Format: | abstract pictorial proceedings research Journal Article |
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