Improving Wayfinding For Older Users With Selective Attention Deficits

Keywords

aging; attention deficit; directional signs; mobility; navigation; older adults; sign design; spatial orientation; wayfinding; wayfinding aids

Abstract

Older adults experience difficulties with navigating their environments and may need to rely on signs more heavily than younger adults. However, older adults also experience difficulties with focusing their visual attention, which suggests that signs need to be designed with the goal of making it as easy as possible to attend to them. This article discusses some design principles that may be especially important to compensate for declining attentional focus. These principles include distinctiveness, consistent appearance and location, standardized images, simplicity, isolation from other elements of the environment, and reassurance about the current route.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Ergonomics in Design

Volume

25

Issue

1

Number of Pages

11-16

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1064804616659992

Socpus ID

85008429722 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85008429722

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