The majority of this work has concentrated on the well elderly (living independently) in the community and the effects of their ability to access packaging.
It has also concentrated mainly on one type of package format the, VLC or jar lid.
However, a recent laboratory task analysis was undertaken by the Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and in association with this study.
The task analysis was conducted on tetra packs, cereal and condiments to review the phases of opening