ABSTRACT
Analysis of the data focused on creating participant profiles and reviewing and summarizing relations among participants, products, and the activities that specific products enabled or prevented. Products were coded using the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA; 2002) standards for product categories. Activities were coded using the National Aging Information Center’s (N AIC’s) Activities of Daily Living and Independent Activities of Daily Living (NAIC, 1989), and the Extended Activities of Daily Living characterized by other research in the area of elder support (Mynatt et al., 2000; Figure 3).
