A conceptual framework for co-design approach to support elderly employability website

Abstract

This paper aims to understand and develop a conceptual framework of Co-Design approach to support elderly age-friendly employability website. The research focuses on literature in elderly employment, co-design approach, co-design component and the roles of elderly in co-design approach to support the design and development of elderly employability website. The results of the research suggest a conceptual framework to map the concept of co-design as an approach to support elderly employability website with eight components of co-design which are active engagement, foster creativity, ownership, sustainability, inspired ideas, saved cost, user satisfaction, and user learning. This framework considers that the roles of elderly as explorer, ideator, designer, and diffuser, co-design components and employment website components are the main key to enable elderly to find a suitable job. To help recognize and rectify particular problem areas in a website development, involving users at initial process can be very beneficial. This conceptual framework is an initial research for researchers and practitioners to further examine co-design practices in designing products or services by elderly and for elderly.