Memory Aid For Elderly People

Many senior citizens in fact many people in their late fifties forget their many important works. This has been a major problem for the old people especially where they have to take the support of others to overcome this issue. There has been much research going on for this issue and the solution for this issue is in great demand. As people grow older, they experience physiological changes that can cause glitches in brain functions they've always taken for granted. It takes longer to learn and recall information. There are 2 diseases that are very common in elderly people called dementia and Alzheimer and they suffer from memory problems. Dementia - A group of symptoms that affects memory, thinking, and interferes with daily life. Alzheimer - A type of brain disorder that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. We have seen our grandparents facing the issue of forgetting their small things like spectacles, TV remote, ring, etc. here and there, and then they ask the you...

"Over time, it really intensified," Janis Mara says. "I wanted to think I was just getting older, but my fear was that it was Alzheimer's." Janis Mara's comment over memory suggests that this situation is quite common in old people. Thes senior moments of memory loss are the result of a decline in brain activity that shows up in your 50s and affects most people older than age 65, according to Kirk Erickson, a psychology postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois who studies the relationship between memory and lifestyle. Erickson recommends these tactics to help keep neurons, nerve cells in the brain, humming, and reduce the chance of memory loss.  Aerobic training increases the supply of blood to the brain, spurs the development of new neurons, and forges more connections between them. All it takes to benefit is 45 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, such as walking, three times a week. According to analyst reports and surveys, the effec...

Based on the information gathered, we got insights into what problems we are solving and the causes behind them. One of the major issues we got to know is forgetting the conversations old people had with someone else and they forget how to interact and what to say. It also affects concentration which hampers their ability to perform simple daily tasks. This gets worse as the symptoms worsen.  In many cases, they need caretakers to help them in this situation. The caretakers help them with their daily work, medications, etc. Serious symptoms may also burnout of caretakers and family members around. This issue needs to be addressed better before it worsens. In extreme cases, elderly people may lose the ability to walk, perform daily tasks and their care cannot be taken anymore at home.  These are major issues that need to be addressed while designing the product and planning its features which will help the elderly and be user-friendly to them. Below is an interview undertaken b...

The problems that we are trying to solve with our product are: 1. A device or technology that can help elderly people to remember the people that they met recently. 2. Helping the elderly people to keep a track of their essential products like medical requirements, TV remote, etc and help them find it easily. Checklist for the product: 1. Should be lightweight 2. Product should be easily integrateable into their daily life 3. Should provide reminders about various activities 4. Product should be easy to use and automatic 5. Target crowd is stage 1-4 of Dementia

Conception Possible products:  1. Sensor on a wristwatch There will be a sensor on the normal analog watch, with an inbuilt mic which can record the conversations elderly have with different people and they can use it later to hear if they meet the person again after some time. As it is a normal wristwatch, it would not be much difficult for the elderly to use. 2. Spectacles There will be a camera on the top of spectacles which can record the conversations and can be used to later by the elderly to remember a conversation if they need. The camera will also capture images of products like medicines and other important things elderly people use and if they want to find it later than they can do so by tracking the last location of the product using the image.

While talking to the elderly we found out that it is sometimes irritable for the elderly to wear the watch all-time on their wrist. So it might not be a good idea to go with. The spectacles are the more favored product. We are trying to make spectacles that can be used as regular glass and it will have a small camera installed on the front top part of it. The camera will be equipped with cutting edge technology and artificial intelligence. The camera will capture the person whom the elderly people are talking to and record the required conversation or intercepts between them which can be converted into signals and stored device memory.  This technology is similar to a meeting software that can auto-generate the transcripts/signals of the speaker/instance which can be accessed later.  It will work in the following way. If the camera faces anything which it has recorded earlier, it will remind the person about the instance. A similar case will happen by finding lost things. When...