【獎項 Prizes】　優選 Distinction

【國家或地區 Country/Region】 台灣Taiwan　

【公司／團隊 Company/Group】　中原大學

【設計師姓名 Designer】　葉修齊,游向前,吳宇軒,鄭策 (YEH，SIOU-CI、YU，HSIANG-CHIEN、WU ，YU-HSUAN、CHENG，TSE)

【作品介紹 Description】

人口高齡化為台灣近年之重大議題，老人不僅需要看護服務亦需仰賴輪椅補助行走。 為減少人力、增加老人自理能力及改善輪椅造成身體之影響，我們設計一款能自行乘坐的輪椅以減少看護需求。其與市面上輪椅的不同處為，不需多餘人力幫助使用者進行轉位，使用者僅需於床邊操控輪椅靠近，並由輪椅之輔助桿慢慢往前移動即可上下輪椅。 我們透過加入站立姿勢與跪坐姿勢以達到矯正姿勢及促進血液循環之功能，同時亦增加手部活動空間，讓使用者能做一些簡單自理（如喝水、拿書或上廁所）。 於我們的使用者族群上，我們將著重於老人及肢障人士。因此，我們的客戶層將為人力需求較高的養老院及有自理能力需求的居家使用。我們相信以上若干設計可間接使輪椅有不同姿勢之變換，並讓使用者（高齡者及行動不便者）擁有更方便且舒適的生活。

 

The population aging is a serious issue in Taiwan for recent years. The elderly not only need the caring services but also demanding for the wheelchair to assist their walk. In order to reduce the manpower, strength the self-caring ability of the elderly and improve the impact from the burden of body which causing by the wheelchair, we design a type of wheelchair which can be easily using by themselves for decreasing the caring demands. Unlike other published wheelchairs in the market, our users don’t need to transpose by the assistance from manpower. The users only have to sit on bedside and controlling the wheelchair to reach the bedside, then holding the auxiliary lever and slowly move forward to get on/off the wheelchair. We achieve the functions such as correcting posture and activating the blood circulation by adding the standing posture and kneeling posture, we also increase the exercising spaces for hand in the meanwhile to enable our users having some simple self-care (e.g. drinking water, taking books or going to the restroom）. In our user community, we will focus on the elderly and the disabled. Thus, our customer base will be the nursing home which demanding higher manpower and the general home that require for self-care. We believe that the design above can indirectly change the posture of the wheelchair and make the users (the elderly and the disabled) having more convenient and cozy lives。