My Wellness App is an engagement and social tool to complement care and enhance quality of life for nursing home residents. The senior-friendly application is designed to improve residents’ physical and psychosocial well-being, and its Admin features serve as an assistive and data-driven tool for care staff.
My Wellness App motivates and drives meaningful engagement by providing residents with more choice and freedom in their daily activities.
App features for Residents:
- Activities & Projects: Resident can choose their own activities and complete projects at their preferred pace. Residents can also champion self-starter projects of their own.
- Incentive and reward system, Leaderboard: To motivate participation and engagement in activities. Residents earn coins and badges for completing activities and projects.
- Social: For residents to communicate independently with family and friends
- Photos: For residents to capture photos and view photos from loved ones
- Sound: For sensory stimulation
- Calendar: Personalise and keep track of their own activity schedules
- Games feature
- Make a wish feature
For care staff, My Wellness App digitally streamlines processes such as activity sign-ups and attendance-taking. Care staff can use the Admin dashboard to keep track of and configure app features available to residents.
App features for Care Staff:
- Resident lists
- Projects & Activities that residents can choose from
- Incentives & Rewards for residents
- Interest Groups for residents
- Residents' schedules
- Announcement Board
- Wishes, Games, and Sounds available to residents
- Resident feedback
- Devices in use
To allow for data-driven enhancements, the app’s usage is monitored and measured over time to identify popular features. Feedback on the app is obtained from residents and staff on an ongoing basis to identify areas for refinement and improvement.
My Wellness App seeks to bridge the digital divide by making the benefits of modern technology more accessible to the elderly. Recognising that new technology can be intimidating, the application strives for functionality over novelty. By embedding simple digital functions in familiar daily activities and interactions with loved ones, residents can use the app for greater communication, convenience, and choice.