ʻO Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia na Akhil Patel he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2025 A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Huahana Kikohoʻe.
KeleaweHuahana Kikohoʻe· 2025
Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia
na Akhil Patel
Mea Kūʻai: Akhil Patel Designs
Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Huahana Kikohoʻe
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E Pili Ana iā Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia
He ʻōnaehana mālama kikohoʻe ʻo Alz Well no nā kahu mālama a me nā mea maʻi dementia. Aia i loko o ka ʻōnaehana kekahi noi kahu mālama me kahi ʻano pouli no ka hoʻohana pō, kahi kāʻei akamai me nā mana leo maʻalahi a me nā mana paʻa hoʻokahi, a me kahi leo akamai me kahi pale nui. Kōkua ka nānā wahi i nā kahu mālama e ʻimi i nā mea maʻi e hele hewa ana. Kāko'o ke kikowaena hoʻonohonoho papahana me nā manaʻo hoʻomaka ʻakomi i nā ʻano hana o ka lā, a hōʻike kahi pahu hōʻike olakino i ke kūlana o ka mea maʻi a me ke kahu mālama. Kōkua nā koho leo kamaʻāina a me nā kiʻi kūlana e hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea maʻi i nā manaʻo hoʻomana'o. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kekahi mau pono mālama dementia i loko o hoʻokahi ʻōnaehana.
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E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Keleawe
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Alz Well Ka ʻŌnaehana Mālama Dementia i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.
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- Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa
- AlzWell includes a caregiver app with dark mode for night use, a smart band for patients with simple voice and one-tap interactions, and a smart speaker with a large screen for voice commands and viewing memories. Key features: AI location tracking for wandering patients, central scheduling with AI suggestions, custom voice options for familiarity, and a wellness dashboard for caregivers. Patients gain confidence with contextual visuals, and the system simplifies caregiver-patient management.
- Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili
- App: Responsive iOS devices (iPhone SE - iPhone 16Pro Max)
Wearable: 36mm diagonal rectangular display
Speaker: 10.2in diagonal display (1.8in depth) - Nā Lepili
- Dementia, Alzheimer's, Monitoring, Mobile, Caregivers, SmartDevices, Voice, AI
- ʻEnehana Hana
- For the app: The product was designed in Figma. The animations are done in Rive/SwiftUI. The v1 prototype is built specifically for iOS using Swift UI and UIKit with some parts done in React. The voice interactions and routing are done via a Large Language Model (LLM).
Wearable & Speaker: V2 additions to the ecosystem are designed in Figma and will be built on open-source libraries. - Pilikia Hoʻolālā
- The most difficult part of this challenge was to create something that had zero learning curve for the dementia patient (achieved via voice and one-click UI) and build a comprehensive monitoring system for the caregiver while integrating their current daily routine into the caregiving workflow.
- Noiʻi
- The research was divided into 2 parts:
1. User research: I talked to 3 dementia patients' family members and caregivers to understand how their lives and daily schedules are affected while caregiving.
2. Desk Research: Extensive secondary research was done from online sources like the CDC website, caregiving.org, Alz.org, etc. - Hoʻoulu Manaʻo
- Dementia caregivers are the worst-hit caregivers in the healthcare industry:
- 17 billion hours of unpaid care (mostly family)
- 60% have extreme stress levels
- 1/6 quit their jobs
Dementia is also the most expensive disease in the USA: 2.8 Trillion USD estimated societal cost by 2030.
Alz Well aims to reduce stress for caregivers by helping them:
- effectively managing the symptoms & well-being of the patient
- having a smart care framework at their fingertips
- manage their day-to-day schedules along with the caregiving responsibility using AI
- get help in emergencies - Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana
- Initial research and design: 6 months (May 2022 - Jul 2022)
Development: Ongoing
Location: San Francisco, CA - Kaʻina Hana
- Alz Well is the first system designed for both dementia caregivers and patients, improving both lives. It uses AI for wandering tracking and time management, a breakthrough in dementia care. Unlike other solutions that address one issue at a time, Alz Well manages multiple dementia challenges in one system (wandering, reminiscence, home tasks, monitoring). The tech is invisible to the patient, requiring no learning curve, making it effortless to use for both patients and caregivers.
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- Akhil Patel
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