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Our project is an app designed for people with Alzheimer’s and their family members/caregivers. It offers two access profiles and features such as routine and medication reminders, an SOS button, a smart album with photos, names, and voices, meaningful songs to stimulate memory, cognitive games, and accessibility options such as audio support and larger text. The app also allows family members or caregivers to monitor the user’s progress. Its purpose is to promote greater autonomy, safety, well-being, and stronger emotional bonds in daily care.
Technical Elements
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Learning Journey
Learning Journey
Our team learned that creating an app goes far beyond having a good idea. We needed to understand people’s real needs, organize useful features, and think about accessibility. We also learned how to work as a team, divide tasks, do responsible research, and turn a social problem into a technological solution. One of our challenges was deciding which features were most important for the first version of the app. In addition, we faced challenges with programming on the platform, but we moved forward with patience, testing, collaboration, and a willingness to learn.
Information Legitimacy Description
Our team searched for information from reliable sources, such as official websites, health institution materials, and content produced by professionals in the field. We also compared information from more than one source to verify whether the data matched. We took special care with content about Alzheimer’s, memory, nutrition, and well-being, avoiding unsupported information. In addition, we analyzed whether the guidance made sense for families’ real needs and for the purpose of the app. In this way, we tried to ensure that our project was based on legitimate, safe, and useful information for users.
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When developing our app, we considered ethics mainly in relation to care, privacy, and respect for people with Alzheimer’s and their families. Since the app works with personal information, photos, voices, and data about the user’s routine, we considered it essential to protect this data and allow only authorized family members or caregivers to access the most sensitive information. We also aimed to create a welcoming tool that does not expose, embarrass, or treat the person with Alzheimer’s in an infantilizing way. In addition, we included accessible features such as audio, larger text, and simple language to promote autonomy and inclusion. Our team also made sure to research using reliable sources, avoiding the sharing of unsupported information. In this way, we sought to develop an app that is useful, safe, respectful, and centered on human dignity.
