"Memory continues to decline as well as forget what I need to do in daily life, which is huge impact on me“
Michael
Age: 65, Man
Work: Retired
Family: Married with no kids.
Location: Sydney
Personality
Personality
Goals
- Hope to mitigate the effects of forgetting in some way
- To make life easier or more convenient
- To use and learn digital tools and application
Frustrations
- Being afraid of learning and using complex digital technologies
- Being afraid of forgetting what I need to do in daily life
- Being afraid of forgetting what I have learned of digital tools
- Fear of losing the ability to live alone
Bio
Michael is an old man who lives alone with no kids; He is a retired history teacher.
Michael's wife passed away last year, he is responsible for his daily life. However, as he grew older, the memory gradually declined and forgetting things had a massive impact on daily life, such as extremely difficult to go shopping,he can not remember what need to buy. Therefore, Michael feels upset about memory issues.
To solve this problem, Michael tries to find some electronic device or digital tools to help with memory, but still no suitable one. The reason is the digital tools are complex to use, this makes it more difficult for Michael; these tools, have no achieved the reminder feature to help his memory.
On the other hand, Michael has no one around to teach digital tools, then he chose to give up.