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Interactive Calendar to Help Maintain Social Interactions for Elderly People and People with Mild Cognitive Impairments

Céline Descheneaux20 and Hélène Pigot20

(20)  Laboratoire DOMUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Abstract
Today’s societies are very different from those of the past. The proportion of elderly people is growing steadily and has reached highs never reached before. Cases of dementia have also risen as the population gets older. Family members often live far apart and it is not unusual for them to be scattered in more than one country or continent. Memory loss associated with ageing (and amplified in cases of dementia) as well as a general feeling of isolation caused by distance can often lead elderly people to depression. We believe that, if used properly, technology could provide elders with powerful memory aids and social interaction tools that could improve their quality of life. In this article, we propose the use of a special interactive calendar with enhanced functionalities that can help manage a schedule, keep in touch with family members living far away, and reminisce about past events.

Keywords  Memory aid - social interactions - elderly - ageing - calendar - intuitive tools


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