NostalgiCare Degree Project Keynote

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Hi my name is Taylor Hillestad

A thing about my is I have a passion for Nostalgia. Whether its my love for 80s music, looking back at my childhood days, or learningabout my families life, I enjoy celebrating memories.


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N O S T A L G I A

Hi my name is Taylor Hillestad

A thing about my is I have a passion for Nostalgia. Whether its my love for 80s music, looking back at my childhood days, or learningabout my families life, I enjoy celebrating memories.


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We celebrate life when looking back and holding on to memories. Memories are to be cherished. They can make us feel comforted andaccomplished.


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We also can enjoy passing on them on fromgeneration


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to generation to have stories be heard.


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Unfortunately, as some age, they cannot hang on to all of these memories anymore.


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My grandma Dorothy is one of the people who suffers from dementia.

So even though I having a longing for the past, as a designer, I need to start thinking of the future as well. So I wanted to combine mylove for Nostalgia with future technology and visual communications.

This degree project is inspired and based around her.


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It is called NostalgiCare. It is an iPad app that is aimed towards dementia patients with the use of fun activites


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HOW CAN AN IPAD APP THAT IS TARGETED TOWARDS

DEMENTIA PATIENTS AT NURSING HOMES HELPSTIMULATE THEIR PERSONAL MEMORIES WITH THE

HELP OF FAMILY & STAFF?

It all started from my thesis question I wanted the challenge of not just make things look pretty, but understand how design can do the duty of assisting the disabled. I wantedto dig deep in researching how to construct and engineer a system that will be formatted towards dementia patients.

-designers are relevant to helping dementia patients remember memories because we have the knowledge to understand how to formatvisuals and content in a narrative structure. We can create an engaging system that organizes their lives in a unique way.-designers also have the skill sets to structure the appropriate typography and interactive functions to make the tasks easy to

comprehend.


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-When first starting out, I was really interested in the idea that iPads were getting more popular in nursing homes

-In my findings I learned that it is actually easier for seniors to use an iPad than a computer

-iPads will be a great tool when it comes to organizing and storing content instead of carrying materials and tools with you

all the time

-The iPad can reveal certain information and content in a sequential manner


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R E M I N I S C E N C E T H E R A P Y

-When researching healthy activities to stimulate a patients memory daily

-Came across the term Reminiscence therapy-became KEY TERM during project

-the process of recalling personal experiences from an individuals past

-This is the type of memory activities patients enjoy doing BECAUSE...


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....It encourages older people to become actively involved in reliving and sharing their past with others.

-it also encourages the elderly to communicate, it reduces depression as it helps them regain their interests-helps cope with

aging

-Memory mats

-I wanted the patients at nursing homes to enjoy talking to others and enjoy participating in activities

-I believe talking about their past will be an enjoyable topic based o!research

-patients show pride when talking about their life


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-Also for research I interviewed the activities coordinator there at Cerenity Senior Care where my grandma lives and she

always tries to make the activities personal somehow. It makes the patients open up more.


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-Constructing content

-di!erent sections/activities


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-definitely wanted it to be image heavy

-but not like an ordinary photo album

-quizzes them


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-overall look and feel


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-inspired by grandmas photos


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-button idea


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-Fortunate enough to go home for SB to test it out

-see what worked/didnt

-interviewed the activities coordinator again-she gave me more topics


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-here are the final designs for my app-meant to be used with activities coordinator/family member to help guide them thru


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-gets them to open up with others


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http: www nostalgicare com


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-Video


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-online


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-at show


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Overall I am proud that I was able to design a system that is really researched oriented and that is personal to me and my

grandma. I was able to think in ways I have never thought of before as a designer I am am happy I challenged myself. I

combined my love for both Past times and the future and enjoyed thinking about how to keep memories alive.


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T H A N K Y O U

Overall I am proud that I was able to design a system that is really researched oriented and that is personal to me and my

grandma. I was able to think in ways I have never thought of before as a designer I am am happy I challenged myself. I

combined my love for both Past times and the future and enjoyed thinking about how to keep memories alive.


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