preserving positive memories
How can caring for a loved one with dementia produce positive memories?
In many cases, when family members assume the role of caregiver for a parent or spouse with dementia, their role as a
child or spouse falls second to caregiving. Because of this, when the loved one passes away, the caregiver is left feeling a lack of purpose in addition to dealing with the loss of a parent or spouse. Serving as a memory box, Kin encourages a time of reflection between family caregivers and loved ones effected by dementia. During this time, the child can record memories for the parent, and vise versa. While the parent or spouse is still alive, Kin will sit on their bedside table and play comforting memories to alleviate the anxiety people with dementia often have due to the transition between day and night, often times a result of sundowning. After the parent passes away, Kin will move to the child or spouse’s bedside table in order to comfort them during their time of loss.
Light Mode:
Memory Mode:
When device is not in use,
Kin displays images via a
it is used by a light on the
projector when stories are
users bedside table.
being played back to the user.
LIGHT/PLAY BUTTON
SEND FILES FROM PHONE TO DEVICE VIA BLUETOOTH
9.
TURN DIAL TO INCREASE LIGHT INTENSIT Y/VOLUME
Product Use: Kin is coupled with an application to allow the family member to record the stories, and edit them after the stories have been captured. The caregiver would send an image to be displayed on the device, and would record on their phone. When the recording is finished, and edited, the caregiver can send the story via bluetooth to the device. The application would allow them to delete stories off the device, and edit the recordings. The images are displayed via a projector from the inside of the device onto the outer display.
IND 360: Fall 2015 Industrial Design III
Student: Anastasia Miller Instructor: Dean Bacalzo