mindminder has two key elements for success; Carers, and Users. The unique nature of mindminder means that Carers can dynamically configure each User's mindminder experience from the comfort of their own home or workplace (or even on holiday!). 

Users

Users place a suitable device (phone, tablet, laptop etc.) in an appropriate place in their environment and connect to mindminder.

In normal operation, mindminder provides a customisable "clock" display to provide orientation of time of day, date and day of the week. However when scheduled by a Carer, dialogue starts; initially asking the User if a conversation is convenient, and then discussing elements customised on a per-conversation basis.

For example in the morning a User may be simply reminded to make sure the curtains have been opened, later in the morning a check that the user has had breakfast and prompted to have a drink to stay hydrated, mid-afternoon a check on mood, and later to take medication before bed and to close the curtains again. More explicit tasks such as timely preparation for an appointment, putting out and recovering the bins on bin-day, remembering to call a friend or relative periodically can all be customised by Carers and enabled/disabled in real-time as required.

Carers

Carers use mindminder's dashboards to manage dialogue content and schedule conversations to suit a User's needs. minminder initiated scheduled conversations with the User and, where User replies are collected these are made available back to the Carer in the dashboards which are available 24/7. Dashboards enable trending of aspects such as diet, sleep quality etc and simple mood indicators, together with positive confirmation that prompted actions were undertaken, without the need for intrusive or awkward Carer-User conversations or physical visits.

Status

mindminder is a startup looking to collaborate with suitable partner organisations to develop use cases and validate the effectiveness in real-world settings.