Reflective Report

Introduction3

Focus of this Research4

Discussion5

Conclusion7

References8

Reflective Report

Introduction

This study incorporates the information regarding the research which was conducted, in order to find out different technologies that can help old age people, in managing their medication compliance. The main idea behind this research includes various features and aspects. It is because of the reason that, today's world is facing large number of issues regarding the health conditions of the old age people as well as regarding the compliance of their medication. After considering all these issues, this research was conducted, in order to find out innovative and advanced technologies that may help the old age people in managing their medicine compliance. This research enabled the researchers to explore extremely innovative and advanced technology, called HCI (human computer interaction). This is one of the one of the most advanced and innovative techniques which are widely used in different areas of life (Newell, 2013). This technology incorporates the concept that, how different people interacts with the technology of computer. Recent researches and studies demonstrate that, this technological approach is significantly bringing changes and advancements in the lives of people. In addition to this, it is also observed that, this technology has opened new doors for the older adults. It is because of the reason that, this technology helps the older people to use communication and information technologies, in order to ensure the compliance of their medicines.

The main objective of this research was to design and develop a reminder system which may allow the old people to get their medicines on time, by the help of reminders and notifications. In this regard, a questionnaire was used by the researchers, in order to understand the needs of old people. The participants of this research were both open and closed participants, who enabled the researchers to understand about the needs of the people, in order to present an effective and appropriate prototype. This study provides the reflective report of the entire project which may help in understanding the main focus of the study. In addition to this, the reflective report may also enable the reader to understand the major problems that were considered in the project. The method which was used in conducting this research is also discussed in the study.

Focus of this Research

In this research, the issue of compliance of medication was the focus of the study. In order to address this issue, the questionnaire was conducted with the open and closed participants, in order to evaluate the needs of old people, regarding their health and medication compliance.

In the initial stages of the research several different varieties of reminders and storage systems were considered, for ensuring the compliance of the medication. In this regard, it was observed by the researchers that, all those technologies incorporate alarm systems, which may allow the old age people to get reminders about their medications, but unfortunately, all those technologies did not have storage systems. Therefore, those technologies did not support or allow the old age people to store their ...