Thread by @rat9

Any startup working on School for Elderly in India? Unlike our grandparents, most of our parents had routine formal school education that have developed routine psychology.



#school #edutech #eldery #seniorcitizen #servicedesign #ux #society #sociology

The Indian middle-class nuclear family story these days is Elderly Parents, staying in hometown & youngster working in another city. Over a period of time with growing age, a lot of physical & psychological health issues gradually develops. The gradual changes are tough to notice

compared to immediate changes. These elderly schools would help to maintain a report card from a bird-eye perspective. The schools will conserve the reference context of elderly through companionship, activities & narrations. The Elderly Indian Society has changed. We are

yet to acknowledge it. All the other age slabs have time, resources & voice to correct the course except the elderly. Kids grow up to be adult and then they improve society so that the next generation doesn't face challenges that they have faced. Same with adults. But with

elderly people, by the time something happens to them, with deteriorating health it is too late to consciously realize and relate, soon they retire.
UX is all about picking contextual cue without asking the user verbally. There are many famous quotes on the subject.

Steve Jobs Quotes. “Some people say, "Give the customers what they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said,

"If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.”

We are all going to be elderly, so it will be wise to start today in our own interest. (pre-crisis planning)