In the last several months, we’ve been testing our app to see what works and what doesn’t work*. One person who has helped us a great deal is Lute Manumanu, Lead Activities at One Kalakaua Senior Living a premier senior living community in Honolulu. She helped us with testing of seniors […]
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Can life still be good?
When a person’s memory declines, how does it feel? Can life still be good? On a bright and beautiful Sunday morning, we were invited to talk with May at her home in Manoa Valley. May is a friendly, outgoing person. Her daughter, Kathy, tells us that in the past she […]
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How do you develop a “dementia-friendly” community?
Dr. Christy Nishita, a Researcher and Gerontologist at the Center on Aging, University of Hawai’I, has thought about this a lot and recently gave a presentation at the Kuakini Medical Center called “Building a Dementia Capable System in Hawaii.” I had a chance to chat with Dr. Nishita about inter-generational […]
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Meet one of our app testers
The MemoriesConnect team interviewed a recent app “tester” Marie-Louise Ansak and she is not your ordinary senior. Originally from Switzerland and a life-long traveler, she’s led an accomplished life. She’ll celebrate her 90th birthday in August. At the age of 65, Marie-Louise retired after an amazing career as a social […]
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Our thoughts as we move forward
Dr. Warren, Founder If you love older people, they love you back a lot more. I learned that as a young doctor when I worked at a place called “On Lok” in San Francisco Chinatown. After many years of working as a geriatrician at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, I’m really excited about […]
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And the Winner is . . .
Over the past several weeks, we received a good number of responses regarding the app’s name and icon. Thank you all for your great contributions! But with so many excellent ideas, it was very difficult to choose. With several good options to choose from, the best name that we thought […]
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Meeting Caregivers at AARP’s Annual Conference
Hawaii Caregivers Get a First Look at the New MemoriesConnect App! The team presented the MemoriesConnect App at AARP’s Annual Caregiving Conference Saturday, March 24, at the Manoa Grand Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. “AARP sponsors this conference to provide caregivers with knowledge and to relieve some of […]
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More Icon Design Ideas – We welcome your Feedback :)
We are still seeking input for the design of the MemorC App Icon. It is a difficult task to get it just right. The key themes that the icon should relate are: Connection Love Memory Here are four more design drafts that we are considering. Please let us know your […]
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Small but Important: App Icon Design
Getting the icon for an app just right is not easy. We have been working with a number of designs for our MemorC app, but we have not yet found the design that would make all of us say: Yes, spot on, that’s it! Ideally, the icon for the app […]
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Beta Testing: A Savvy Senior tells us “She Doesn’t like Tests.”
“Jane” (not her real name) lives independently in Florida. She was visiting family in Hawaii and we were lucky to enlist her to be an early App Beta-Tester. While playing with the App, she started thinking about three friends who are cognitively not at the same level as they […]
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