Service Design Research Of A Horticultural Therapy Intervention For Mild Cognitive Impairment In The Elderly

Today,the development of cognitive disorders in the world,especially in China,is severe,reflecting a significant increase in prevalence and a trend toward younger age,while the treatment rate is extremely low.Mild cognitive impairment in the elderly is a typical cognitive disorder,i.e.Alzheimer’s disease,which is a high-risk group with no specific medical treatment,and early non-pharmacological intervention is the best means to reverse its deterioration.Early non-pharmacological interventions are the best way to reverse its deterioration.Patients who lack proper understanding of the disease and have a sense of stigma often miss the best time for treatment.In addition,existing intervention products for mild cognitive impairment lack in-depth research on user experience and have strong medical sense and weak continuity.In view of this,this research introduces the concept of service design and integrates horticultural therapy into cognitive training to explore a more user-experienced product for mild cognitive impairment in the elderly.Based on the concept of mild cognitive impairment and the development status research at home and abroad,the existing services of cognitive disorder public welfare organizations in Shanghai are used as the field research objects.Based on qualitative research,questionnaire research,in-depth analysis of users’and stakeholders’ needs,and synthesis of existing cases and principles,the six design strategies of "easy to use,easy to attract,easy to use,easy to use,easy to trust,easy to expand and easy to manage" were derived to build a combined online and offline horticultural therapy for prevention and early intervention of mild cognitive impairment in the elderly.This paper presents the design of a gardening toolkit and the corresponding software interface.In this research,we use the concept of perceptual friendliness to help optimize mild cognitive screening and intervention,and combine design evaluation to verify the feasibility of the service design for mild cognitive impairment research,explore the combination of horticultural therapy and cognitive training intervention,and provide a new way of thinking for cognitive disorder-related product design.