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Girl creates app to help her grandfather who struggles with Alzheimer’s disease

Shared by Ana Duarte on 2019-10-21 12:31

About the solution

Annie set out to invent this solution after the scrapbooks stopped working when her grandfather stopped being able to remember her name.

So, with the help of her middle school classmates, she built Remember Me, a mobile app that which uses facial recognition technology and a smartphone camera to help Alzheimer's patients recognise family, friends, and caregivers.

The app works by taking a picture and then giving the user detailed information such as the person’s name, relationship to the patient, and even locate previous photos of the two together.

The app allowed this team to earn the title of "Best in Region” in the 2015 Verizon Innovative App Challenge, which resulted in a $5,000 prize for their school's STEM program.

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About the author

Annie Gainer, from the USA, was 12 years old when her grandfather, Chuck Lavin, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. His family created scrapbooks to helping him remember family members. That led Annie to develop a better solution - Remember Me app - in 2015.

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