health design
Welcome Home: Helping Families Prepare For Long-term Care
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Welcome Home works as a three part initiative: a campaign, workbook and website, to better prepare family members and potential residents for the realities of long term care. Rather than conceptualizing older people as needing to be placed in a care home which implies passivity, Welcome Home encourages their involvement as active participants in their own health -making active choices, decisions and judgements about their new environment.
Cocoon-Kid: A Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Device for Children
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are a common solution for sleep apnea patients. They are extremely evasive and often disrupt sleep patterns, positions and overall comfort of the user. Despite CPAPs quality of use, they continue to be uncomfortable for the user and often are a hindrance rather than help. They can often cause, eye infections, stuffy noses, anxiety, pressure points, and dry mouth. For Children with sleep apnea a CPAP machine can be a traumatizing experience, and the market has yet to be explored.
Calli
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Calli is a soft product that works to create comfort and relief for migraine pain. It does this though combining adjustable pressure, adjustable coldness and blocking light and sound.
AllSet: Fashionable & Supportive Wearable
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AllSet is a jacket designed for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease. This training wearable promotes the formation of new neural pathways for routine movements, in order to facilitate energy conservation. Symptoms of the disease are most often triggered or worsened by fatigue and stress, so reducing these factors makes daily activities easier. The jacket functions as a passive reminder system, promoting certain motions over others. For example, when swiping an access card, it is easier for someone with a limited range of motion to do so with his or her arm extended; however, the natural motion for swiping a card involves bending the elbow, which causes more strain on the arm muscles.
