MicroGlio is a mobile app, serving to better the everyday lives of dementia patients and elderly by a plethora of functions. In the dementia app market, interactive games dominate. MicroGlio aims to tend to the often overlooked struggles of patients, providing a more tailored approach than existing apps. After interviewing dementia carers, we understood that patients often forget thirst, toiletry and movement needs, or struggle to remember a word they intend to express, even forgetting hunger needs that affect their appetite, causing eating disorders. These are seemingly little things that could cause detrimental outcomes if neglected constantly. Dementia also affects ones mood and stability, thus needing close monitoring by carers. On the other hand, they long for the care and attention of their family, and are keen to replay old memories they cherish dearly.
Thus, MicroGlio is designed to provide 1) customisable reminders of such needs, featuring water reminders, toilet reminders, movement reminders; 2) trackers for a patients mood and appetite, which insights are communicated back to carers and family; 3) a word to picture bank aiding expression and conceptualisation and 4) a memory gallery where patients can save photos of precious memories, while allowing their family to record short excerpts about the memories, which can be replayed anytime.