Design of a Low-Cost IoT-Based Smart-Watch to Aid Alzheimer’s Patients and Caretakers

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic degenerative condition marked by increasing memory problems as well as psychological/behavioral abnormalities that eventually result into dementia. Currently, there is no available potent treatment for Alzheimer's illness as many treatment methodologies are still in the experimental stage. Hence, it is imperative to develop rehabilitative technologies that will help manage symptoms and enhance the quality of lives of patients. Due to a lack of available caretakers and due to the extensive costs of hiring them, some families are not able to afford caretakers and are forced to act as caretakers themselves and carry out their jobs at the same time. In this paper, we present a low-cost smartwatch to help patients enhance quality of their lives, help rehabilitation, and help out caretakers by providing regular information about the patient. The tasks performed by the proposed device includes monitoring and reminding patients of daily activities.