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Smart Assistant
For
Alzheimer’s Patients

Salma, Jassim, Miqdad, Safin

12.3.2019
What is Alzheimer’s?
a dementia that causes issues with

memory thinking behaviour

 3 Stages

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What is our scope?
Needs
MEMORY LOSS MEMORY AID

DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

PSYCHOTHERAPY
BEHAVIOURAL
CHANGES

LOSS OF MOTOR CAREGIVER

FUNCTIONS
 CURRENT SOLUTIONS
MOBILE APPLICATIONS

MindMate
Timeless
It’s Done!
 AMAZON ECHO `

Features:

1. Medication Reminders
2. Entertainment through riddles
3. Music and Audio Player
4. Calendars
 EXISTING ALEXA SKILLS

My Life Story Elderly Alexa

 Our idea

● New Alexa skill!

● Aim: Stimulate Cognitive Abilities

● Puzzles, riddles, games, etc.

References:
1. Patterson, C. (2018, September) World Alzheimer Report 2018.
https://www.alz.co.uk/research/WorldAlzheimerReport2018.pdf

2.“2018 Alzheimers disease facts and figures,” Alzheimers & Dementia, vol. 14, no.
3, pp. 367–429,
2018.https://www.alz.org/media/HomeOffice/Facts%20and%20Figures/facts-and-
figures.pdf

3. Spackman, D. E., Kadiyala, S., Neumann, P. J., Veenstra, D. L., & Sullivan, S. D.
(2012). Measuring Alzheimer disease progression with transition probabilities:
estimates from NACC-UDS. Current Alzheimer research, 9(9), 1050-8.
References:
5. Myuri Ruthirakuhan, Angela C. Luedke, Angela Tam, Ankita Goel, Ayaz Kurji,
and Angeles Garcia, “Use of Physical and Intellectual Activities and Socialization in
the Management of Cognitive Decline of Aging and in Dementia: A Review,” Journal
of Aging Research, vol. 2012, Article ID 384875, 14 pages, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/384875.