App concept for discreet medication management for cargivers, elders, and communities. Doseguise aims to make medication management easier for everyone. It's based around flexibility, so it can be used by a caregiver or elder for their own medications, but also to check in on friends and family members without hounding them through calls and texts.
I have first-hand experience with caring for my grandparents, one of which had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Because Doseguise aims to be used by everyone, the design had to have accessibility considerations for the elder while still having consistent app standards to be recognizable to nurses and caretakers.
Because the brief required a physical component, I began with sketching product concepts to understand how a corresponding app would function. I explored both high and low tech solutions, as well as different displays and opening mechanisms.
I explored different layouts and styles to optimize space for larger text and buttons without making pages too scroll heavy or content hard to access. I also established a system for visual feedback, including primary and secondary buttons, filled and empty states, and error messages to make sure that every user action had visual cues.
The final pill organizer was modeled in Maya. It uses a twisting bottom to be accessbile to user with limited finger mobility since it can be moved using a flat palm. Pills can be swallowed directly from the organizer without being emptied into a palm or a medicine cup, which reduced spill risk.
The final app has a caretaker and elder view. Doseguise never goes below 20px copy and all buttons are at least 70px high and full width, making them easy to touch. The app is constantly giving the user feedback on what medication they have or haven't taken, and important information is surrounded by purple, which has been proven to promote memory.
The app uses Atkinson Hyperlegible and Georgia as main typefaces, both tested with low vision audiences and proven to hold up well on low resolution screens and older phones.
