Senior Engagement Platform with Daily Prompts and Caregiver Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems for senior care coordination lack functionality beyond scheduling and do not facilitate senior engagement, leading to friction among caregivers and unclear task completion status, with seniors often desiring independence and unpredictable caregiver presence.
Innovation Solution
An engagement and care support platform that registers users and caregivers, generates senior profiles, displays interactive user interfaces, initiates daily interaction prompts, and transmits update messages to caregivers, leveraging data from various sources to coordinate care schedules and promote user engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional scheduling systems are used for care coordination, then basic schedule tracking is achieved, but senior engagement is not facilitated and caregivers experience friction
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops where the platform monitors senior interactions with daily prompts and schedules, then provides real-time status updates to caregivers through notifications. This feedback mechanism eliminates information loss by continuously communicating engagement status from seniors to caregivers without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
Seniors independently interact with the system through automated daily prompts on their personal devices, managing their own engagement status without requiring caregiver assistance. The system self-monitors and self-reports to caregivers, freeing caregivers from manual tracking while maintaining comprehensive engagement visibility.
2Reliability
If manual schedule tracking is used, then basic care coordination is possible, but task completion status remains unclear and caregiver friction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual mechanical tracking methods with automated electronic monitoring. The platform automatically detects task completion through digital interactions, prompts, and schedule updates, eliminating the need for caregivers to manually track and communicate task status. This substitution provides reliable automated tracking while saving significant coordination time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If seniors maintain independence in their schedules, then personal autonomy is preserved, but caregiver awareness of senior status becomes unpredictable
Solution Approach 1:
The system acts as an intermediary between seniors and caregivers, automatically translating senior independence actions into caregiver-awareness signals. When seniors independently interact with prompts or complete tasks, the platform mediates by capturing this information and automatically communicating it to caregivers, preserving senior autonomy while ensuring continuous caregiver awareness.
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AI summary
Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.