System and Method for Caring for a Person Afflicted with Dementia

摘要

A method of preparing a customized schedule of activities for a person afflicted with dementia, the method comprising (a) prompting a user with questions regarding the person's preferred activities, (b) compiling user responses regarding the person's preferred activities, (c) prompting a user with question concerning the person's ability to perform certain tasks, (d) compiling user responses regarding the person's abilities, (e) determining the person's stage of dementia based on the user responses regarding the person's abilities, and (f) based on the stage of dementia, generating a schedule of activities, the schedule of activities including essential activities and preferred activities, wherein time allocated between the essential and preferred activities in the schedule differs for different stages, and wherein the preferred activities depends at least in part on the responses received in step (b).