Hello everyone,
My name is Cormac and I have decided to develop an app for the iPhone (and possibly the iPad) that will help people with early-onset/early stage Alzheimer's (or dementia) cope better with the disease. My motivation for this is that I have a close family member who has AD and there are no apps currently available like this. This app will be free to download for anyone who wants it. I will try and keep my app as simple and easy to use as possible.
My app will help people with alzheimer's help themselves and be a bit more independent. It will also try and help them to be safe. So for example, there will be guides that help the person make dinner or go to bed. So if the user clicks the "Go to Bed" guide the app will tell them that they need to lock all doors, close all windows, make sure all switches are turned off, etc. The guides can also be edited by a carer and new guides can be created to suit the individual. There could be a "How to cross the road safely" or "How to get to the shop" etc.
Other functions:
Emergency contacts - contact carer at the touch of a button
Record voice/text memos and play them back later to help memory
Can you tell me if you think this is a good idea and are there any good or bad points about it? Is there anything that I should develop further?
There are some pictures of part of my idea on the second page of this thread.
Thanks for reading,
Cormac
My name is Cormac and I have decided to develop an app for the iPhone (and possibly the iPad) that will help people with early-onset/early stage Alzheimer's (or dementia) cope better with the disease. My motivation for this is that I have a close family member who has AD and there are no apps currently available like this. This app will be free to download for anyone who wants it. I will try and keep my app as simple and easy to use as possible.
My app will help people with alzheimer's help themselves and be a bit more independent. It will also try and help them to be safe. So for example, there will be guides that help the person make dinner or go to bed. So if the user clicks the "Go to Bed" guide the app will tell them that they need to lock all doors, close all windows, make sure all switches are turned off, etc. The guides can also be edited by a carer and new guides can be created to suit the individual. There could be a "How to cross the road safely" or "How to get to the shop" etc.
Other functions:
Emergency contacts - contact carer at the touch of a button
Record voice/text memos and play them back later to help memory
Can you tell me if you think this is a good idea and are there any good or bad points about it? Is there anything that I should develop further?
There are some pictures of part of my idea on the second page of this thread.
Thanks for reading,
Cormac
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