Student designs smart mobility aid for dementia sufferers

New smart mobility aid will allow people with dementia to live independently for longer and reduce strain on the care system.
According to Alzheimer’s Research UK, one million people in the UK will have dementia by 2025 and this will increase to two million by 2050 [1]. This increase is a real concern, especially as the care system is already under pressure.

Longevity.Technology: Dementia is a terrible, degenerative disease; it causes rapid memory loss and impaired cognition, as well as intellectual and physical malfunction and often severe and distressing personality changes. As dementia progresses in a person, their memory and thinking becomes more and more affected. The result is that the sufferer is forced to adjust how they do everyday tasks and eventually a carer will be needed to support them in their daily activities. Requiring more support can be difficult and upsetting, and in addition to negatively impacting confidence, self-esteem and independence, it can leave people living with dementia questioning their sense of identity.

Final year Industrial Design student James Bayliss has designed ‘AIDE’ – a smart mobility aid that helps people with dementia live independently and safely in their own homes for longer, whilst reducing the strain on the care system.

Student designs smart mobility aid for dementia sufferers