Design Question: Can the use of a reminder app increase senior’s independence to allow them to age in place?
Minder is a reminder app, where caregivers are able to set reminders for patients, for key activities such as taking medication, eating, exercising, etc.
This application was developed during a hackathon in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing at UofC. The app was developed to provide a solution to the challenges surrounding 'aging in place' for seniors and at-risk individuals (memory loss, lack of full-time caregivers, expensive alternatives, etc.). Technologies used were: SQL database hosted on Amazon RDS, Express (JavaScript), Node, Amazon EC2, React Native, and Expo.
- as a nurse/caregiver (shown by the phone on the left)
- as a patient (shown by the phone on the right)
You have the ability to view all previously set reminders as well as create new reminders for your designated patient. These reminders can be recurring or singular, and you can specify the reminder's message, frequency, start/end time, and category.
You can view all previous, current, and future reminders that your caregiver has set up. You can't "accept/complete" future reminders, but you can navigate to previous reminders that you have not completed to check them off. When an actual reminder gets triggered (i.e. at the correct date and time), the patient's phone will receive a notification and the patient can click on it to navigate to the app to mark it as "accepted".
Database:
- MySQL database
- hosted on Amazon RDS
BackEnd/API-layer:
- Express.js framework
- Node.js run-time environment
- Hosted on Amazon EC2 instance
FrontEnd:
- React Native framework
- Expo for deployment & testing/debugging
Contributers: Graydon Hall, Alex Leakos, Jared Kraus, Zach Frena, and Deylin Yiao,