Mobile Apps And Those Living With Alzheimer Or Dementia

Our world is a rapidly changing one and so is the world of mobile technology. Today, mobile devices have become more than just a communication device. They have wide use is areas which ordinarily would not have been possible but thanks to the revolution of mobile technology driven by the advent of pre-installed and downloadable mobile apps. Now, the use of downloadable mobile apps designed by Indian app developers, app development companies and app developer for the general and specific purpose are becoming increasingly and amazingly rampant in our societies.

This is such that these mobile apps have provided people living with disabilities to lead and live their lives as normal as possible again with ease and comfort. Knowing fully well that the level of care needed by people living with Alzheimer or dementia can be stressful, mobile technology is been employed to reduce the amount and level of stress experienced by both patients and their caregivers.

Mobile app developers, top app development companies and app developers understand that Alzheimer or dementia patients have many medical and physical needs that require utmost professional attention. Today, people living with Alzheimer or dementia can live and lead normal lives with the help of a range of mobile apps. These downloadable mobile apps provide people living with Alzheimer or dementia opportunities of living a more independent life.

There are numerous numbers of these apps and it is usually best that thorough search of these apps is performed before selecting and installing the exact mobile app that will provide and meet the necessary help required by anyone living with Alzheimer or dementia.

However, these apps range from those that serve as medication reminders to those that help in fall detection, and reminder apps etc. The revolution of mobile technology especially the advent of touchscreen mobile devices has made the use of these mobile apps for Alzheimer or dementia patients and their caregivers an experience. However, these apps are downloaded for either free or at a fee.

Today, mobile revolution in terms of mobile devices as it relates to mobile app is rapidly changing as focus is gearing towards the design and release of medical need specific mobile apps. These nee specific mobile apps are such that are designed to help meet the needs of those living with one disability or the other. For those living with Alzheimer or Dementia, these mobile apps include reminder app, fall detection app, wander apps, memories app and leisure apps. Due to the revolution of mobile technology and the evolving needs of man, these apps are constantly been updated by its developers to meet the day-to-day needs of its users.

Reminder apps are mobile apps designed to remind people living with Alzheimer or Dementia and their caregivers about specific tasks that need to be performed. The mobile apps that fall under this category of apps are medication reminder and task reminder mobile apps. Examples of medication reminder apps are Pill reminder and MedCoach etc.

Pill Reminder is an app designed for Apple mobile devices. This app helps to remind people living with Alzheimer or Dementia or their caregivers about the exact time to take their medications or even refill a given subscription. It has several preinstalled audible alerts with an extra-added shrill reminder specifically for those people living with Alzheimer or Dementia and has a hearing impairment. The app has an inbuilt inventory and database of several medications that caregivers can access for relevant information about any medication that is given to a patient. This app uses the prefilled information provided by its users.

MedCoach is a reminder mobile app that designed to work on both Android and Apple mobile devices. In mobile app, it is possible to set several reminders that will help people living with Alzheimer or Dementia and their caregivers to remember when take or given medications. It has inbuilt links that help link any medication taken by people living with Alzheimer or Dementia to a database where information on such medication can be obtained for proper care. It also provides a platform where people living with Alzheimer or Dementia and their caregivers can log the pills they have taken. In addition, alarms for an automatic refill of prescription are also supported by this app.

Task reminder mobile app such as It’s Done designed for use in Apply mobile devices are reminder apps that people living with Alzheimer or Dementia in confirming if a specific task has been completed and where it is not a reminder alarm is raised to do so. In this app, users have too thick done for any task that has been completed. Such tasks include locking the doors, using the toilet, eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner etc. This app is designed so that messages are sent to caregivers and family members on any task that has been completed and those yet to be completed by people living with Alzheimer or Dementia.

Wandering apps for people living with Alzheimer or Dementia are designed to raise alarm to caregivers, family members, or emergency response providers. These alarms are raised in situations whenever the app users who happen to be living with Alzheimer or Dementia becomes lost, disorientated, meander off, or strolls off his or her comfort zones.

Examples of such apps are Tell My Geo, iWander, and Safe Wander. Tell My Geo is designed to work only on Android devices. It helps to track down people living with Alzheimer or Dementia whenever they wander off their comfort zones. This app is designed to consistently report the location of people living with Alzheimer or Dementia either at the interval of 15, 30, 60 minutes. The medical history and other medical information of people living with Alzheimer or Dementia can be stored in this mobile app. Two stickers are provided to the users of this app, one posted in their car and the other placed on the mobile device where the mobile app is installed. This is for alerting of emergency services and other road users that the Tell My Geo app is installed on the user’s mobile device.

iWander mobile app for people living with Alzheimer or Dementia is a location based tracking app that makes use of GPS and several other location-based technologies to track the exact location of anyone living with Alzheimer or Dementia that has wandered off his or her comfort zone or that is even missing.

Fall detection app mobile apps for people living with Alzheimer or Dementia are designed to raise alarm to caregivers or family member whenever those living with Alzheimer or Dementia encounter a fall. Examples of these apps include Fall Detection designed to work only in Apple mobile devices, iFall and Fall Alert designed to work only in Android mobile device.

These apps make use of the accelerometer on the mobile devices in its detection of any form of fall encountered by those living with Alzheimer or Dementia. Once a fall is encountered, a text or email is sent out to the caregivers or family members who have been entered as recipients of such text or email. These sent messages provide the location and street address of the fall victim using GPS technology. So, the information provided can be used in offering help to the fall victim.

Leisure apps such as CleverMind are easy to use mobile app for people living with Alzheimer or Dementia. It provides platforms for cognitive training using games, puzzles. It also provides a platform for food and nutrition for guidance on the best diets and drinks for those living with Alzheimer or Dementia. It also provides a platform to store the medical information of its users. This mobile app is only available to users of Apple mobile device.

Talking Point is another mobile-based leisure support forum that provides those diagnosed with Alzheimer or Dementia and instant access to a forum where those living with Alzheimer or Dementia share their experiences and as well as caregivers.

YouTube has become an awesome leisure mobile app for those living with Alzheimer or Dementia. They use YouTube to catch up with family and listen to music.

Flower Garden is another mobile app for those living with Alzheimer or Dementia. It helps in bringing back their favorite past time spent in gardening. This leisure app gives it users the opportunity to plant seeds, water them, weed them and at same time watch grow.

Today, numerous apps are available for people living with Alzheimer or Dementia. These apps can be searched for in the various mobile stores where they can be downloaded either for free or at a cost. However, it is penitent to note that majority of these apps only work when installed on a mobile device, when there is signal on the mobile device, when the mobile device is not on silent mode, and finally when the mobile device is on and not switched off. Therefore, search for the best mobile app that can possibly provide the necessary help needed by people living with Alzheimer or Dementia before installing them on any mobile device.