Overview

Design a mobile app with a user-centered interface that enhances cognitive function for Alzheimer’s patients, preserves their personal memories, and streamlines caretaker tasks. The UX/UI will prioritize simplicity, accessibility, and emotional resonance to meet the unique needs of patients and caregivers.

Design Question

What combination of products and services in an app will help to increase Alzheimer's patients' memory strength, preserve memories and help caretakers?

Research

While conducting research for this project, my team and I broke it down into four sections. The clients, Users, Research Ideas, and Solutions. Below are some key statistics that we found.

Users

The users of this project are patients with Alzheimer's and their Caretakers. Patients are individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Due to the nature of the disease, patients may face challenges in memory retention, communication, and daily activities. The goal was to increase a patient's memory strength while giving caretakers access to tracked cognitive tests and exercise scores.

Brand Styles

I gave my team four brand styles to choose from. We all agreed that the green colored option was the best because it radiates life and hope.

Two User Interfaces

Care Receiver Wireframes

Caretaker Wireframes

Sign Up Screen

Choosing your Account

The sign up screen asks users to give their name, email or patient number, phone number, & create a password. Users can select if they want to sign up for a caregiver account, patient account, or both. The sign in screen asks for an email or patient id number & the password for the account. Users are also able to use face ID on IOS devices.

Care Receiver UI in Depth

Home Screen

The home screen features a range of activities for patient users to interact with. Caregiver accounts linked to this patient are listed at the top of the screen. The calendar and to-do sections help users complete daily tasks and allows caretakers to monitor short-term memory throughout the day. The last section features recommended activites that other users have chosen.

Games Screen

Clicking on the games activity leads the user to the games screen. There is a variety of games for patients to play including puzzles, memory flash cards, color matching, word association, go fish, & word search. The goal of these games is to track long term cognitive progress by score & difficulty.

Communication Screen

This screen allows for patients to communicate their thoughts and feelings with two simple taps. This gesture notifies all caregiver accounts associated with the patient account.

Music Screen

Listening to music is proven to stimulate memory, reduce stress & anxiety, improve cognitive function, & helps provide a structured routine. This screen allows for users to choose a genre and play music through the app's audio player.

Exercises Screen

Exercise is proven to improve brain health, reduce inflammation & oxidative stress, & enhance mood and reduce depression. This screen allows patients to follow along and perform a variety of beneficial exercises. Each exercise has a defined difficulty level that can be adjusted before starting the exercise.

Exercise Activity Screen

When tapping on an exercise & difficulty level, the app brings the user to a screen with a series of tutorial videos tailored for seniors.

Caretaker UI in Depth

Home Screen

The home screen features the caretaker's care receivers, recent communication updates, a today's reminders section for caretakers, a monthly cognitive & physical reports tracker, and the favorite songs/exercises listed. It's purpose is to update caretakers of their patient's overall well being and help remind them of tasks that need to be completed for that day.

Patient Portal Dashboard Section

The portal dashboard screen allows caretakers to see a summary report from their specific care receiver. Each section on the dashboard screen has a download button, allowing users to save a PDF document of the data on their devices.

Patient Portal Reports Section

The reports section of the patient portal allows caretakers to filter care receiver data by day, week, & month. Caretakers are able to view communicated feelings, see emergency notifications, keep track of physical and cognitive reports, track exercise completions / memory game results / music.

Daily Planner Screen

The daily planner screen allows caretakers to check off their personal priority & to do tasks. This screen also features a schedule section, allowing caretakers to keep track of their reminders. A notes section is included for users to write down important notes for future reference.

Resources Screen

The resource screen gives additional aid to caretakers in the form of informational articles. The featured articles section displays the most popular articles read by users. Users are able to filter through articles by popularity and release date. The for you tab displays new articles that are similar to the user's past selections. Articles are also stored in the saved tab after clicking on it.

Shop Screen

This screen gives additional aid to caretakers in the form of physical toys & games. Popular products are listed in the featured products section. Products are saved when selected and recommended items are listed in the for you tab based on previous purchases.

Care Receiver Interactive UI

Caretaker Interactive UI

User Testing

• Use Case 1: Login as a caretaker using Face Id and check off all of your priorities and To Do lists
• Use Case 2: As a caretaker, check the monthly patient report and download to save it as a PDF
• Use Case 3: Create a caretaker account and navigate through the articles and browse through the shop sections
• Use Case 4: Login as a patient, navigate to the communications board and select any emotion you want
• Use Case 5: Login as a patient, find the exercises section and choose any level of difficulty that is available

Outcomes & Takaways

• What I Achieved: I actively communicated with all my teamattes and played a role in conducting research and designing an interface that aligns with user goals and tasks.
• What I Learned: I learned how to organize, communicate, and execute a plan for building out a successful interface while overcoming technical challenges.
• Experience Gained: I gained extensive experience in working with a team of designers to achieve user goals. The emphasis on clarity and consistency as well as brand alignment were paramount in building a successful product.