Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència by Akhil Patel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Bronze in Producte Numeric Competition Category.
BronzeProducte Numeric· 2025
Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència
by Akhil Patel
Client: Akhil Patel Designs
A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Producte Numeric Category
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The Design
About Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència
Alz Well es un sistèma de cura numeric per las personas que se n'ocupan de pacients atenches de demència. Lo sistèma compren una aplicacion pel qu'assegura la cura amb un mòde escur per l'usatge nocturn, un braçalet intelligent amb comandas vocalas simplas e a un sol tòc, e un nautparlaire intelligent amb un grand ecran. Lo seguiment de la localizacion ajuda las personas que fan la cura a trobar los pacients que s'esgaran. Una planificacion centralizada amb suggestions automatizadas sosten las rotinas quotidianas, e un tablèu de bòrd de benèsser mòstra l'estat del pacient e de la persona que ne fa la cura. D'opcions de vòtz familièras e d'imatges contextualas ajudan los pacients a se remembrar de sovenirs. Mantunas necessitats de cura de la demència son tractadas dins un sol sistèma.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronze
Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Alz Well Sistèma de Cura per la Demència satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- App: Responsive iOS devices (iPhone SE - iPhone 16Pro Max)
Wearable: 36mm diagonal rectangular display
Speaker: 10.2in diagonal display (1.8in depth) - Tags
- Dementia, Alzheimer's, Monitoring, Mobile, Caregivers, SmartDevices, Voice, AI
- Production Technology
- 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. - Design Challenge
- 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.
- Research
- 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. - Inspiration
- 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 - Project Duration
- Initial research and design: 6 months (May 2022 - Jul 2022)
Development: Ongoing
Location: San Francisco, CA - Operation Flow
- 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.
- Team Members
- Akhil Patel
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