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Today at the CARE Center, I spent most of the day designing more for the care guide. I got feedback today from Jenay and Sarah about what they do and do not want to see, which was very helpful for the process. Jenay suggested to add pictures of people to give the guide a more…

Today at the CARE Center, I spent the day working on designs for the early-stage care guide. Today, I felt that I needed some inspiration for how to organize the information, so I found some other caregiver guides online to compare organization and structure of the pages. This was very helpful for giving me ideas…

Competency (VI) 6.1 Determine factors that affect communication with the identified audience. 6.1.1 Segment the audience to be addressed, as needed. 6.1.2 Identify the assets, needs, and characteristics of the audience that affect communication and message design (e.g. literacy levels, language, culture, and cognitive and perceptual abilities). Summary: This week, I spent time designing the…

Today at the CARE Center, I spent more time working on designs and graphics for the early-stage care guide. Sarah and I finalized the “R” in CARE backpack to mean resources, and we agreed this would work if resources referred to appointment notes, medication lists, emergency contacts, while “E” for emergency was an extra pair…

Today at the CARE Center, I worked on more graphic designs and details for the early-stage care guide. This included the dementia symptoms, which were designed as a road, the timeline of dementia and why this may vary, and the CARE backpack, a backpack designed to follow the letters of CARE with a mnemonic: C…

Competencies (1) 1.1 Plan assessment 1.1.1 Define the purpose and scope of the assessment. 1.1.2 Identify priority population. Summary: Since Sarah and I have updated and changed the guidance of the care guide, this allowed us to redefine the purpose of the care guide (1.1.1). With these updates, we made sure to understand who the…

Today at the CARE Center, I spent time going over the new changes to the early-stage care guide with Sarah. We discussed the differences we wanted to see in the guide, such as less emphasis on specific recommendations and legal documents, and safety considerations, and more towards general guidance and suggestions. The guide is also…

Today at the CARE Center, Sarah and I spent some time discussing my plans for the rest of the semester. We planned for me to start on the design and graphics of the first care guide while Sarah made edits as I began to design. The first half of the day I spent working on…

Competency (6) 6.1 Determine factors that affect communication with the identified audience. 6.1.1 Segment the audience to be addressed 6.1.2 Identify the assets, needs, and characteristics of the audience(s) that affect communication and message design (e.g., literacy levels, language, culture, and cognitive and perceptual abilities). Summary: This week, I spent time creating Volume 3, that…

Today for the CARE Center, I spent some time working on Volume 3 at home. I spoke with Sarah to establish our plan for the upcoming week and we still agreed that finishing a rough draft of Volume 3 and beginning designs after spring break would be best. I spent a few hours today gathering…