Den SD&C Senior Suit gør det muligt at sensibilisering for virkningerne af aldring. Simuleringen begrænser sig til den normale biologiske aldringsproces, mens geriatriske sygdomme udelukkes med målbevidst. Simuleringen omfatter de vigtigste virkninger af normal aldring, da der er: mindre kraft, mindre movability, og forringet sensoriske detektion vedrørende vision, hørelse, og taktile sans.
Den SD&C Senior Suit indeholder følgende dele:
- 1 simulation Goggle
- 1 sæt øre ærmeskånere
- 1 hals tandbøjle
- 1 hop dragt
- 1 speciel simulerings vest med ni vægte
- 2 håndled vægte
- 2 ankel vægte
- 2 albue bandager
- 2 knæ bandager
- 1 par hvide handsker
- 1 par håndled beskyttere
- 1 instruktioner
- 1 kuffert taske
Dress up procedure
Udvælgelse af testpersoner. Simuleringen vil tilføje omkring 30 til 40 år af alder på den nuværende alder af en person, afhængigt af den individuelle egnethed. Ikke alle er egnet til at prøve dette. Testpersonens alder skal være mellem 15 og 60 år. Ældre personer må kun prøve simulerings dragten, hvis de er tilstrækkeligt egnede. Personer med forringet sundhed, svage og gravide personer bør ikke prøve simuleringen. Simuleringen bør heller ikke anvendes på børn, hvis deres bevægeapparatet ikke er fuldt dyrket endnu. De mindre er normalt tilfredse, hvis de får øre ærmeskånere på og får lov til at tage et kig gennem brillerne. I løbet af alders perioden mellem 15 og 25 år, simuleringen har en lidt stærkere effekt med hensyn til fysisk kraft og samtidig have mindre effekt med hensyn til bevægelighed og sensoriske begrænsning.
Opmærksomhed: Ingen skal være chokeret, deprimeret, eller traumatiseret med alder simulation!
- Dressing up starts with putting on the jump suit. Jackets and pullovers should be dressed off and laid aside, shoes should be taken off. The jump suit is used to protect the clothes and to improve hygiene. The size of the jump suit is adjusted by turning over the sleeves as needed.
- The special vest is put on and the nine weights are fitted into the pockets. The additional weight gives the test person a first experience of what an additional weight means for the body, as with overweight. For weaker than average persons weight pockets may be left empty. In addition to the weight on the chest, the side strips at both sides of the vest may now be used to further squeeze the upper body simulating breathing difficulties.
- Now the knee bandages are put on (four buttons with model Beta, 2 connectors with model Alpha). The knee-bandages simulate reduced movability. The model Beta knee bandages allow different levels of restriction, however only light restriction should be applied to be realistic. It is possible to put the bandages on while a person stands, but it is also possible to do so with a seated person stretching out the leg for the procedure. If a deep camping chair without arm rests is used, the person will later be surprized how hard it is to put on the shoes again and to get up.
- The elbow bandages are put on next (Three buttons with model Beta, 1 connector with model Alpha). The bandages simulate deteriorated movability. The bandages are put on while the arm is stretched out. They should be put on with close contact to the body, but should not be fastened too much. Reaching over the head will be more difficult now, but should not be impossible.
- The heavier pair of weights are now attached above the ankles, but must still allow wearing shoes. These weights simulate the reduced strength of the legs. Together with the weights in the simulation vest, the effect can be best demonstrated when walking up stairs.
- The test person now receives the gloves to put them on himself. The gloves simulate the reduced tactile sense. E.g. unpacking medication is becoming harder now.
- The short and fingerless wrist protectors can be put on to simulate stiffer fingers (basilar bones of the hand).
- Now the less heavy pair of weights are stripped around the lower part of the arms. It should be taken care that a wrist watch does not hurt the test person. Together with the reduced arm movability the test persons can now experience how much more difficult it is to reach out and grip things needed.
- The neck brace is put around the neck of the test person with the opening to the back. This limits the degrees the head can turn sideways, thus also limiting the field of vision.
- The test person now receives the goggles to put on himself. The test persons own pairs of fragile glasses should be put aside to a safe place, while the goggles can be put over stable glasses. The goggle with model Alpha simulates three effects, the peripheral limitation of the field of vision, a more blurred vision, and a change in colour vision. With model Beta there is a simulation optics simulating these three effects more exactly and in addition also two more effects, a light macular degeneration and an increaded need for illumination. Here there are two stages each adding 20 years of age with a vizier. It should be started with only 20 years of ageing, i.e. the vizier should be up.
- Now the ear muffs are put on. With increasing age hearing deteriorates, especially higher frequencies are no longer heard by the elderly.
- The dressing process is now completed, and now small tasks can be given that demonstrate the effects of being old, e.g. putting on shoes with laces, walking stairs, reading infos on medication, opening packages, operating a cell phone or a hearing aid, getting a certain amount of money to pay out of a purse. Tasks with liquids and task which make the simulation suit dirty should be avoided.
Hver person i simulerings dragt skal være ledsaget af sikkerhed! Den hurtige proces med aldring uden de normale år for justering kan føre til svimmelhed og vaklende!
Når du bruger alders simulerings dragt i flere dage, skal den overordnede, handskerne og nakke skinnen vaskes i slutningen af hver dag. Den samlede og handskerne er maskinvaskes, hals bandage skal håndvaskes. Hvis det er nødvendigt også Vesten kan maskinvaskes og bandager kan håndvaskes. De øvrige komponenter kan rengøres med et hygiejnisk håndklæde.