HealthAid
(Problem) Aging population. In Singapore, it is a big problem, in fact, the old-age dependency ratio has increased by almost 10% over the past 10 years. What our solution aims to do is to mitigate the negative effects of this problem by helping seniors age with dignity, while offering their caregivers peace of mind.
(Problem - Caretaker) One of the biggest stressors for caretakers is with regards to the health of the senior. Caring for their health means Additional responsibilities that come from caring for loved one’s health Constant worry about whether loved ones are coping well
(Solution - caretaker) Our solution aims to alleviate this and offer peace of mind to caretakers by allowing them to check up on seniors with ease, reducing their sense of worry. Automation of the reminder process when it comes to reminding seniors to take medication also alleviates their already heavy responsibilities
(Problem - Seniors) Feeling like a burden to their loved ones is something deeply felt in the hearts and minds of seniors.
(Solution - seniors) Our application aims to empower them to age with dignity, giving them autonomy and a feeling of independence without being overly reliant on their loved ones. Here is a live demo of the feature
Features Self Care, Self Help, Health Care, do all of this with our app. This is made possible with the remarkable features in our app.
With our prompt notifications, they would never forget to take their medicine
We have observed seniors painstakingly log their blood pressure and sugar levels on a tiny booklet daily. But now they can key in here instead. The added advantage is that doctors can see the history and analyze the data faster during consultations
It’s also not uncommon for seniors to forget what the name of their medication is and what the medication is for. With our computer vision, seniors just have to take a picture and they would know what that medicine is in a matter of seconds.
This computer vision server is fully functional and is deployed and uses AWS S3 to store the image. Afterward, it uses Aws recognition to detect the text in the image. Last but not least, it makes use of AWS Comprehend Medical for natural language processing to ensure the accurate processing of medical terms.
(Features) With the medical planner, seniors and caregivers can add their scheduled appointments on the calendar and receive notifications .. Seniors would never miss their appointment anymore with the appointment notification feature.
With our app, the caregiver’s and senior’s accounts can be synced, which helps the caregiver to be well aware of the senior’s medical history.
In the event when the senior forgets to take his/her medication, the caregiver will be able to remind the senior to take his/her medicine by prompting a notification to the senior’s phone as a reminder.
Integrations Here are some integrations that can be made. Firstly, the app can utilize existing infrastructure from government service apps such as HealthHub to allow a caregiver to have access to the senior’s health records if needed. Integration with the government cloud also ensures security. We can also leverage the data.
We can integrate with lumi health to encourage the elderly to install the app as there are incentives to it such as cash rewards.
Secondly, The app can be integrated with wearables such as fitness trackers and GPS trackers.
Fitness trackers allow the senior to track information such as heart rate, step count, location, and their sleep schedule. The data will then be synced with the app to allow the caregivers to have easy access to the data. In the event where the senior leaves the house, an abnormal heart rate or sleep schedule is detected, the app can also inform the senior and the caregiver for relevant follow-up.
We can also integrate with my responder app. When a heart attack is detected, it can send an alert through my responder app. With this addition, it can help to save lives quickly.
Future improvements
One future improvement would be developing an IOT system for households. Sensors can be implemented to detect movements of seniors. This allows for more precise monitoring on the exact location of seniors, and identifies anomalies.
Conclusion
In 2020, our then health minister Dr Gan Kim Yong mentioned “We must be nimble and continually adapt our strategies so that we can support both current and future generations of Singaporeans”. Our team allows Singaporeans to continue growing and flourishing throughout their lives. Join us in turning our silver generation into gold!
Challenges we ran into
We lacked AWS credits to make to code fully functional. So we are submitting the codes together with Figma link
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