Bridge: Embracing the Elderly with Empathetic Design
Description
Bridge is a device that relieves anxiety for people who care for the elderly. It has the face of the analog watch and the inner workings of a smart watch which analyzes the elderly person’s movement to track and recognize patterns. The caretaker has an app on their phone that alerts them when the elderly person breaks an activity pattern which also allows them to quickly and easily communicate with the elderly person to check on them. Bridge also holds the elderly person's personal medical history to allow medical professionals to provide them with better care in the case of an emergency.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2019-05
Agent
- Co-author: Powell, Audrey
- Co-author: Powell, Audrey
- Thesis director: Shin, Dosun
- Committee member: Wilkymacky, Abby
- Contributor (ctb): Dean, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- Contributor (ctb): The Design School
- Contributor (ctb): Department of Marketing
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College