Week 3 Tuesday Class

I found the lecture today with the guest speaker Ben Mcarthy really inspiring and worthwhile. It was great to see a process like we are doing actually out there in the real world. The infographics were also a great example of how we can add imagery to our booklets which are actually useful and not just pretty illustrations. It was interesting to see the journey map graphic which focused on a specific person (called Hemi). This worked well at introducing the viewer to a real persona to get them emotionally involved, it seems much more empathetic than simply using a statistic.


We realised we need to do much more primary research. Get out into the community and see how actual elderly feel. We sent an email to woman, Vicky, in City Mission who is involved in elderly care...




We also created a survey to put online to ask the younger generation about the elderly and why they think they may or may not be engaging with them as much as they'd like.

Questions:

1. Do you know of an elderly resident who lives alone?
2. Do you ever actively engage with them?
3. What are some of the things you discuss?
4. Do you visit your grandparents as much as you like?
5. What do you think is stopping you from engaging with your grandparents
   more often?
6. Have any elderly residents confided in you that they are lonely? If YES, did you do anything to boost their well-being?
7. Do you have anything you would like to add?

Some results...

The most common reason for not visiting grandparents was distance. This mightdictatet the direction of the solution to this issue.

The last answer was one of the most interesting. The person explains that in their Samoan culture it is not often that the elderly live alone as their children will live with them while they are old.
Research into other cultures and getting a broader picture of the issue is really important. We have come at this issue through the lense of a Pakeha, assuming that most elderly are either living alone or in rest homes.