Elderly Intervention

2022

Bridging Generations with Data: Measuring the Emotional Impact of Elderly Wellness Programs

No. of Participants:	80+ Grandparents and Grandchildren
​Nature of Event:	Monthly Programs
Products Used:	Upmood Mass, Upmood Insight
Metrics Collected:	Mood, Stress level, HRV, Exertion

Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui Primary School (Branch) is dedicated to fostering a strong sense of community and holistic well-being among its students and their families. To support this mission, the school runs vital monthly elderly wellness programs designed for their students’ grandparents. The activities, which include art therapy, mindfulness sessions, simple stretching, and joint grandparent-grandchild activities, aim to improve the emotional and physical health of the participants.

The school partnered with Upmood with a dual objective: to objectively measure the impact and effectiveness of these emotional interventions, and to provide participants (grandparents) and their families with concrete, data-driven feedback on their emotional state changes throughout the program.

Tracking the Emotional Impact of Shared Activities

The project involved over 80 participants (grandparents and grandchildren) attending the monthly sessions. During the program, Upmood devices were utilized to record participants' emotional states continuously.

The process focused on benchmarking emotional changes before, during, and after specific activities. Upmood devices tracked emotion and stress levels during low-impact activities like art and stretching, as well as during high-interaction, joint activities between the two generations. This data provided real-time insights into which activities were most successful in reducing stress and increasing positive emotions, such as Enjoyment and Calmness.

This rigorous data collection provided the school with empirical evidence regarding the emotional efficacy of their program curriculum.

Why Upmood?

Upmood was the ideal technology for this community-based project due to its capability to monitor emotions in real-time across a large, diverse group, providing objective data that traditional feedback methods cannot capture.

The Upmood Mass system was crucial, enabling seamless group monitoring for over 80 participants simultaneously without disrupting the flow of the activities, ensuring that engagement levels remained high. Furthermore, Upmood Insight provided the school with the detailed, comparative analytics needed to benchmark the impact of each therapeutic intervention, transforming subjective feelings into clear, quantifiable trends. This scientific approach allowed the school to confidently measure the effectiveness of their elderly wellness program and provide participants with valuable data about their own well-being.

Key Outcomes and Results 

The integration of emotion monitoring delivered three core benefits to the school, the elderly participants, and their families:

• Measured Program Effectiveness: Provided objective data that measured the success of each monthly session, allowing the school to continuously refine the curriculum to maximize positive emotional outcomes (e.g., confirming which activities best reduced Stress levels).

• Education and Self-Awareness: Enabled the elderly participants to visually see the positive emotional benefits of the interventions, improving their understanding and reinforcing the importance of regular wellness practices.

• Informed Family Members: Offered clear, objective information to the participants' family members regarding the emotional state of the elderly, fostering greater communication and support within the family unit.

• Data-Driven Program Validation: Established a strong, evidence-based foundation for justifying the continued funding and expansion of this essential community program.

Conclusion 

The collaboration with Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui Primary School (Branch) successfully validated the emotional benefits of intergenerational wellness programs. By providing the ability to record and quantify participants' emotional changes, Upmood helped the school move beyond anecdotal evidence to scientifically confirm the positive impact of their community initiative. Upmood can assist other educational institutions, community centers, and non-profit organizations in measuring the true value of their intervention programs, optimizing service delivery, and empowering users with personalized well-being data.

Thank you!

We extend our deepest gratitude to Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui Primary School (Branch) for their partnership and for entrusting us with this meaningful collaboration. We commend them for establishing such a vital program, which provides immense value not only to the participating grandparents but also to their wider families by fostering intergenerational connection and understanding. Finally, a sincere thank you to all the participants for their enthusiastic involvement; your engagement is what makes these community wellness initiatives truly successful.

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