Mind pal: an Android App for Alzheimer’s Patients

Abstract

Alzheimer, a common form of dementia causes deterioration of cognitive abilities of an individual which results in difficulty in carrying out their routine activities. Research suggests that there is no cure for this deadly disease. However, the progression of the disease can be slowed down by improving the patient’s quality of life, providing a solution for enhancing the cognitive abilities of the patient. One of the possible solutions is to motivate the use of Smartphone by the patient. Smart phones play a crucial role for the family members of the Alzheimer patients as it helps the patients in carrying out their routine activities by providing time to time notifications about them. This project will be implemented by using android studio. This app will help patients with Alzheimer’s disease to make them remember all the activities they performed during a day and also remind them of the medicines they need to take at different intervals of time. This app also has a to do-list to help the users add the tasks they want to perform during the day. The project will also consist of a chatbot which acts as a friend to the patient and assist them. Also, a navigation tracker for the care taker which will let them track the patient’s location. Key Word: Android Studio, Activity log, to-do list, medicine reminder, AI Chatbot, Navigation tracking, Profile page.