After identifying the specific community in need (the elderly with walking difficulties) through our information gathered from the community and crafting our empathy map, we conducted our research online. We wanted to find out more about the problems that this specific community face to create a problem statement and base our product/service on it.
Through thorough research, we discovered that there was actually both social problems and medical problems related to walking difficulties. For elderly with walking difficulties, they may become discouraged to go out due to needing to rely on a walking cane or another person heavily and result in decreased social interaction. Furthermore, we thought that elderly with weak knees were the main cause of them having walking difficulties, and that a normal walking cane would not provide enough support for them to get up from a sitting position.
As a result of much considerations, we crafted our problem statement ''Elderly who has weak knees and are using walking canes require an additional support system in order for them to get up or sit down with ease''.
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