Mindsheep: Interactive Cushion for Elderly Living Alone to Prevent Dementia 記憶綿羊

Creator

Lam, Kai Yin, Tom 林啟彥 -- Li, Pui Yan, Pui Pui 李貝昕

Title

Alternative Title

Mind Sheep: Interactive Cushion for Elderly Living Alone to Prevent Dementia

Subject

Interactive multimedia -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2019-06-27

Relation

PolyU Design - Projects gallery (1)

PolyU Design - Projects gallery (2)

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2019BAIMD12P001

ASSD2019BAIMD12P002

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Interactive Media

Description

Mind Sheep - Interactive Cushion for Elderly Living Alone to Prevent Dementia

There are more than 110,000 elderly with dementia in Hong Kong. Letting them living alone carries twice the risks as the ordinary elderly.

In fact, the elderly who lives alone still can build connection and interaction with their family and the community. By making the connection, their cognitive abilities can be strengthened and the risk of suffering from this disease will be lowered.

In the research, we found out that the cognitive abilities of the elderly can be enhanced by listening to their favorite music or participating activities about music. In addition, we hope that there is a simple way to help alleviate the symptoms of dementia.

Therefore, we design an interactive music cushion for the elderly living alone. The cushion can stimulate their brain, and strengthen their connection with the family and community. The family and the elderly are required to raise the sheep together with some daily tasks through the gamification application.

The tasks are about sending "Music Challenge" to the elderly. The elderly can play music games with friends and family to stimulate the brain and hand activities, as well as to enhance their connection to the community. Secondly, the elderly can receive the emojis and voice messages through Mindsheep cushion and gadget from the family. This can increase the interaction between the elderly and their families, preventing the deterioration of dementia.

Team member: LI Pui Yan

Tutor: Newman Lau

Project objectives

To enhance and maintain the cognitive abilities of MCI elderly who living alone through cognitive stimulation of their daily habits and build up their community (family & society) connections.

Collection

PolyU Design Annual Show 2019: beyond the surface = 二〇一九理大設計年展: 表裡以外