Category Design Problem-Solving, HTML/CSS, Web Accessibility
From talking with the executive director of SRC, an active caregiver in a nursing home, and a doctor in an elder care facility, I was able to learn a lot more about the nuances of the problems people face in that industry. These interviews with potential users proved to be integral to understanding the core problem of the lack of community in these spaces and were the motivation for including that into the main function of the App.
As for the production of creating a high-fidelity prototype of the app, it proved to be an exercise in how to translate learned design principles for the screen, while considering that the audience was people on the older spectrum, so creating an app that was simple to navigate and intuitive was important. Creating this app proved to be a valuable lesson in designing with a specific audience in mind and curating every aspect down to the bright and accessible color scheme for this audience.