MINDFULGARDEN DIGITAL HEALTH

MindfulGarden began as an exploration on how to use digital technology to ‘interrupt' hyperactive delirium behaviours in the highly vulnerable population of frail elderly patients in-hospital. These are patients who, like my mother, could go downhill quickly post surgery or on admittance to hospital with urgent underlying conditions. Without any other tools in the arsenal of the caregiver to address their highly agitated states of confusion, anxiety, and often aggression, restraints and psychotropic drugs are too often the tools of first choice. There had to be a better way... Our team had tracked the effect that our digital environments had at the Olympics - hallways of soft light and moving images that flowed as the user moved down the hallway. A magical ‘cube' that changed images as users interacted with the surfaces. We knew the calming affect these environments had had.

Also known as: MindfulGarden, MindfulGarden Digital Health, Inc.