TIME SPHERES
Harmonizing schedules for nurses and elderly patients in home care
In this collaborative project between Umea Institute of Design, the Stockholm Health Services (Vardcentralen) and Karrolinska Institutet, I explored how frail multidose patients struggle with taking medicine and deal with schedules with different stakeholders. With Time Spheres, I propose a digital system that harmonizes schedules between patients in home care and their visiting nurses.
Does a home visit can feel like an ominous cloud invading your personal space? The warm, reassuring feeling of sunshine? Or a storm rushing through in a hurry? Especially in the initial stages of home care, patients can experience contrasting emotions when receiving care. Each patient is unique and has distinct needs, not only in terms of medical treatment but also regarding how personal interactions during a visit unfold.
During the field research phase,
Goals
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Future Opportunity
Looking ahead, we envision this product to have scalability and the ability to connect with a wider range of stakeholders, including social workers, physical therapists, and family members. Its form should not be limited to a standalone product, but rather serve as a visual medium within existing systems (e.g. TakeCare), sharing databases with other healthcare systems. By extracting elements of time management from it, we aim to incorporate an emotional design that bridges the perceptual differences among different roles.
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