Medi: Your Health In Your Hands
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- To maintain their health and vitality, older adults are often required to take a number of medications and supplements. The typical medication routine usually occurs at least twice daily with upwards of 6 pills being ingested, though oftentimes the routine is more complex and the pills more numerous. Though this routine is important and critical to older adults continued healthy lifestyles, it is an unpleasant and time consuming process that is easily forgettable and prone to errors and that reminds them of their declining health state and detracts from their quality of life. Our goal is to offer a redesign of the medication taking experience at home by simplifying older adults interaction with their medication (i.e. pill sorting) and integrating smart solutions into their pill-taking that will allow them to continue to be mobile and active without missing a medication or worrying about it. The purpose of this redesign is to allow older adults to positively reframe their home medication taking experience.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
|---|---|
| Date created | June 2015 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Lim, Stephanie |
|---|---|
| Author | Torres Diaz, Joel |
| Author | Gonzaga, Sarah |
| Author | Liang, Polar |
| Author | Liou, Yu Cing |
| Author | Tsai, Morgan |
| Author | Wen, Ray |
| Author | Yang, Jason |
| Sponsor | Optoma Technology, Inc. |
Subjects
| Subject | medication |
|---|---|
| Subject | Optoma |
| Subject | seniors |
| Subject | pills |
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- Lim, Stephanie; Torres Diaz, Joel; Gonzaga, Sarah; Liang, Polar; Liou, Yu Cing; Tsai, Morgan; Wen, Ray; Yang, Jason. (June). Improving the Older Adult Independent Living Experience. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tx287mn1141
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