San Francisco company appears to be re-inventing the Columba bracelet. Let’s hope it looks better. They seem to have thought of that. See the final paragraph of this article. I quote:
And the last obstacle is appearance. If seniors don’t find the transmitting device attractive, they won’t wear it, he said.
Mark Warner, co-founder of the Alzheimer’s Store, which sells hundreds of Alzheimer’s products online, offered some low-tech advice to the high-tech entrepreneurs struggling to design an aesthetically pleasing transmitter.
The answer may lie as much in the presentation as in the design, he said.
“I’ve found that seniors will wear anything their grandchildren give them,” he said. “Just wrap up the transmitter as a present, say it’s from little Susie, and you’ll never have to worry about it being tossed into some corner.”
Is this good advice or plain patronising?