Training and Supporting Caregivers for

Home-based Activities

Kunal Katre Bachelors Thesis Project

130205021 Department of Design

OVERVIEW

APHASIA SERVICES: A SEMI-AUTOMATED SYSTEM DESIGNED THE SYSTEM DESIGN

FOR REGULATING THE TRAINING AND THERAPY MECHANISM
OF APHASIC PATIENTS BY CAREGIVERS AND THERAPISTS The System includes four different platforms which coordinate with
THROUGH WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING PRACTISES IN THE each other to ease out and help in the therapy of the patient.
CITY OF GUWAHATI. PATHIK IS AN ATTEMPT AT ORGANISING
URBAN INDIAS MOST UNRESOLVED RELATIONSHIP.

Caregiver Therapist
Platform Platform

LITERATURE REVIEW

An extensive literature review was carried out to under-

stand the factors that govern how and when a aphaisc
patient is treated and to explore various cases where
problems were faced. Parallel operation models were
compared alongwith research work on what factors Vitual Assistant Community
Platform Forum
determine the appropriate conduction of the
Home-Based Exercises. Lastly, alongwith national
statistics of aphasia awareness, number of speech
therapists and neurologists were looked upon to
understand the actual need area the product should
focus over.

FIELD STUDY & USER RESEARCH

26 10 05
Therapy Expert Contextual
Products Studied Interviews Inquiry Sessions

05 02
Caregiver Participatory
Interview Design Sessions

USER INTERFACES, BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND FUTURE WORK

As the contextual parameters were

The Requirements and practised therapy vary from
therapist to therapist. As such, a narrowed down
approach to solution starting with general exercises
common in signicant number of therapies was adopt-
ed.
considered, user interfaces for the
caregiver and virtual assistant in two
primary languages, Hindi and English,
were created. Each having an option to
switch to the alternative.

For the system, following means could

ADOPT & IMPLEMENT
Specic to the context laid out in the SAIMS, Indore
and AIIMS, Bhopal, the therapists practiced different
methods of conducting the therapy. Signicant
amount of focus was given to the exercises done in
home in both the therapies. Further, the caregiver were
given specic instructions for further exercises.
System would be implementing these activities in it.
be adopted for the income of system.
Subscription Plans
Advertisements over free courses
Charging some percentage over "Purchased
Content"
Purchasing Application
Charging some percentage over "Hiring
Caregiver"
In Future, real time testing with data
subsets would be required for user flow
difculties and exercise interpretation
judgement.