Strategies to Improve the Ageing-friendly Experience of AIGC Elderly Care Products from the Perspective of Emotional Interaction

Hanbing Yang

doi:10.54691/c4a21y31

Authors

Hanbing Yang Liaoning Communication University, Shenyang 110136, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/c4a21y31

Keywords:

AIGC, elderly care products, emotional interaction, ageing-friendly experience.

Abstract

As artificial intelligence generated content (AIGC) technology into the field of elderly care services, the functional form and service mode of elderly care products are changing, and the demand of elderly users for intelligent products is gradually extending from basic life assistance to emotional companionship, information exchange and personalised services. Seen through emotional interaction, AIGC elderly care products not only need to pay attention to the realisation of technical functions. Yet also fully consider the cognitive characteristics, emotional needs and usage habits of the elderly group. The author analyses the actual needs of AIGC elderly care products for ageing, points out the problems of the current products, and puts forward experience improvement strategies in terms of reconstructing the interaction logic of elderly care products, expanding natural emotional interaction methods, and improving personalised emotional companionship services. On this basis, a guarantee mechanism is proposed in terms of establishing a participatory design mechanism for elderly users, improving emotional interaction and data security standards, and building a collaborative service system for enterprises, families and elderly care institutions, so as to promote the deep integration of AIGC technology with ageing-friendly design and emotional interaction concepts, and optimise smart elderly care products. And provide reference for the improvement of the digital life experience of elderly users.

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