My mother had Alzheimer’s disease and my father was severely hard of hearing.
It became increasingly difficult to arrange trips to doctors and visits because my father could no longer make phone calls and my mother quickly forgot appointments.

So in 2015, I installed a terminal in the kitchen that I could configure via the internet to display important appointments and other information. This gave me my first experience of how a digital support system for dementia patients can work.

The terminal was an energy-saving checkout terminal (touchscreen, Shuttle AIO POS X504) with a swivel arm, which was in operation around the clock.

Since then, I have continued to develop the system as a qualified computer scientist, with the support of my wife Simone, a qualified psychologist. We have implemented many ideas together and she has encouraged me to make the system available to others.

It is called “Living in my shell” and is intended to provide orientation for patients in everyday life and support communication with relatives, family, friends and helpers.