Smart Pillcase System to Support the Elderly and the Disabled

This paper analyzes the data concerning the elderly and the aspects of their lives that include taking medications and then proposes a device that was created in order to help elderly organize their medications. A solution consisting of mobile application and a 3D-printed box with Arduino board is proposed. Mobile application is responsible for gathering and processing all the information received from the Arduino, like status of the box (opened or closed), temperature, humidity, and pressure. It is also responsible for saving all new user’s medications and displaying them in a form of calendar and list of medications for given day. When the box gets opened, the right medication gets automatically set as taken. The tests made by users showed that the whole product was received really well. Most suggestions concern the software of the product, and they can be easily implemented with software update.