Shared Desired Sufficiency of Consumable Resources

Approx. Age: ~79 years, 7 mo old • Born: Oct 7 - 13, 1946

Curriculum Level

Level 12

Level Progress

46/ 4096

Current Age

~79 years, 7 mo old

Cohort

Oct 7 - 13, 1946

🚧 Content Planning

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Rationale & Protocol

For a 79-year-old, 'Shared Desired Sufficiency of Consumable Resources' pivots on maintaining autonomy and security regarding essential daily needs, while also leveraging support networks (family, caregivers, community). The primary focus is on proactively managing access to critical consumables to reduce anxiety, enhance well-being, and ensure continuity of care. Medication is arguably the most critical and time-sensitive consumable resource for many seniors, with direct implications for health and independence. The selected 'Pill Connect Smart Pill Dispenser' is the best-in-class tool globally because it directly addresses these multifaceted needs. It ensures individual sufficiency through automated, timely dispensing and proactive reminders, significantly reducing the cognitive load and risk of missed doses. Crucially, its 'smart' features enable shared desired sufficiency by providing a remote monitoring application for trusted family members or caregivers. This allows them to verify adherence, monitor medication levels, and anticipate refill needs, fostering a collaborative approach to health management and providing peace of mind to all involved.

Implementation Protocol for a 79-year-old:

Initial Setup (with Support): The dispenser should be set up by a trusted family member or caregiver, along with the 79-year-old. This includes programming the medication schedule, loading the dispenser, and ensuring the device is connected to the internet. The senior should be guided through the physical operation (e.g., retrieving pills when prompted).
App Configuration: The caregiver/family member installs the Pill Connect app on their smartphone, links it to the dispenser, and sets up notifications for missed doses or low medication levels.
Daily Routine Integration: The 79-year-old incorporates the dispenser into their daily routine, responding to audio and visual prompts to take their medication. The locking mechanism ensures only scheduled doses are accessible.
Regular Communication: Caregivers should have regular check-ins with the senior, not just relying on the app, to discuss how they are feeling, if they are comfortable with the device, and to reinforce its benefits.
Refill Management: The caregiver monitors medication levels via the app and proactively arranges for prescription refills well in advance, ensuring no interruption in the supply of this critical consumable. They also physically refill the dispenser as needed, ensuring correct dosage placement.
Accessibility Check: Periodically, ensure the device remains physically accessible and easy for the senior to operate (e.g., clear display, reachable buttons, sufficient volume for alarms). Adjust settings as needed based on feedback.

Primary Tool Tier 1 Selection

Pill Connect Smart Pill Dispenser

Pill Connect Smart Dispenser in use

This dispenser is chosen as the best-in-class for its combination of automated medication management for the senior and its advanced remote monitoring capabilities for family/caregivers, perfectly embodying 'Shared Desired Sufficiency of Consumable Resources'. For a 79-year-old, it provides critical support in maintaining medication adherence – a core consumable resource. Its ease of use, clear prompts, and lockable design enhance safety and autonomy, while the connected app ensures that a support network can proactively manage refills and respond to missed doses, fostering peace of mind and shared responsibility.

Key Skills: Medication adherence, Independent living skills, Proactive health management, Digital literacy (basic interaction), Coordination with support networks, Anxiety reductionTarget Age: 70-90+ yearsSanitization: Wipe exterior surfaces with a damp cloth and mild disinfectant. For interior compartments, use alcohol wipes to ensure hygiene. Ensure the device is powered off and unplugged before cleaning. Do not immerse in water.

Also Includes:

Pill Connect Monthly Service Subscription (29.99 GBP) (Consumable) (Lifespan: 4 wks)
Prescription Medications (as prescribed) (Consumable) (Lifespan: 4 wks)

DIY / No-Tool Project (Tier 0)

A "No-Tool" project for this week is currently being designed.

Estimated Shelf Value

29.99GBP

Pill Connect Smart Pill Dispenser0.00 GBP
↳ Pill Connect Monthly Service Subscription29.99 GBP

Prices are estimates. Shipping & VAT calculated at source.

Origin Path

1
From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
"Internal World (The Self)" (W1)
➔ "External World (Interaction)" (W2)
2
From: "External World (Interaction)"
Split Justification: All external interactions fundamentally involve either other human beings (social, cultural, relational, political) or the non-human aspects of existence (physical environment, objects, technology, natural world). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
➔ "Interaction with Humans" (W4)
"Interaction with the Non-Human World" (W6)
3
From: "Interaction with Humans"
Split Justification: All human interaction can be fundamentally categorized by its primary focus: either on the direct connection and relationship between specific individuals (from intimate bonds to fleeting encounters), or on the individual's engagement within and navigation of larger organized human collectives, their rules, roles, and systems. This dichotomy provides a comprehensive and distinct division between person-to-person dynamics and person-to-society dynamics.
"Personal Relationships" (W8)
➔ "Social Systems and Structures" (W12)
4
From: "Social Systems and Structures"
Split Justification: All social systems and structures can be fundamentally categorized by whether their rules, roles, and organization are explicitly codified, institutionalized, and formally enforced (formal systems), or are unwritten, emergent, culturally embedded, and maintained through custom, tradition, and implicit social pressure (informal systems). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as a system's primary mode of operation is either formal or informal, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all aspects of collective human organization.
"Formal Social Systems" (W20)
➔ "Informal Social Systems" (W28)
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From: "Informal Social Systems"
Split Justification: All informal social systems can be fundamentally divided into two mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive categories: those focused on the collective, unwritten understandings, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs that guide behavior (Shared Meaning and Norms), and those focused on the spontaneous, interactional processes and structures of influence, status, reputation, and cohesion that arise within groups (Emergent Social Dynamics). One describes the content and collective interpretation of the informal system, while the other describes the interactive mechanisms and relational outcomes.
➔ "Shared Meaning and Norms" (W44)
"Emergent Social Dynamics" (W60)
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From: "Shared Meaning and Norms"
Split Justification: The node "Shared Meaning and Norms" encompasses both the collective cognitive frameworks by which a group understands and interprets the world (its 'meaning' and 'beliefs') and the collective evaluative and prescriptive frameworks that guide appropriate action and interaction (its 'values' and 'norms'). This split fundamentally divides these two aspects into a category focused on the descriptive understanding of reality and a category focused on the prescriptive principles and patterns of behavior within that reality.
"Shared Worldviews and Belief Systems" (W76)
➔ "Shared Values and Behavioral Norms" (W108)
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From: "Shared Values and Behavioral Norms"
Split Justification: This node fundamentally comprises two distinct types of collective prescriptions: the abstract, guiding principles and ideals that a group deems good, desirable, or important (Shared Values), and the specific, often unwritten rules and expectations for conduct that dictate appropriate behavior in various situations (Shared Behavioral Norms). This split separates the underlying ethical/moral compass from its practical manifestations in collective conduct, creating a mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive division of the parent concept.
➔ "Shared Values" (W172)
"Shared Behavioral Norms" (W236)
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From: "Shared Values"
Split Justification: Shared Values, representing the abstract, guiding principles and ideals of a group, can be fundamentally divided into two categories: those that articulate the collective's ultimate goals, aspirations, and ideal conditions of existence (desired end-states), and those that define the collective's preferred styles, qualities, and ways of behaving that are deemed intrinsically good or correct (desired modes of conduct). This distinction is mutually exclusive, as an end-state is distinct from a mode of conduct, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of abstract collective ideals, without descending into specific behavioral rules which are covered by 'Shared Behavioral Norms'.
➔ "Shared Desired End-States" (W300)
"Shared Desired Modes of Conduct" (W428)
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From: "Shared Desired End-States"
Split Justification: Shared Desired End-States, representing the collective's ultimate goals, aspirations, and ideal conditions of existence, can be fundamentally divided into two categories. The first focuses on the tangible resources, physical security, health, and environmental stability essential for the group's well-being and survival (Material and Physical Conditions). The second focuses on the intangible aspects of collective life, such as justice, freedom, equality, social harmony, knowledge, and moral integrity (Societal and Ethical Qualities). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as an ideal end-state is primarily centered on either the material/physical realm or the societal/ethical realm, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of a group's collective aspirations for its ideal existence.
➔ "Shared Desired Material and Physical Conditions" (W556)
"Shared Desired Societal and Ethical Qualities" (W812)
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From: "Shared Desired Material and Physical Conditions"
Split Justification: Shared Desired Material and Physical Conditions fundamentally encompasses two distinct categories: those aspirations focused on the collective's access to and sufficiency of tangible assets, provisions, and economic stability (material resources), and those focused on the collective's physical well-being, protection from harm, and the integrity of their immediate and broader environment (physical safety, health, and environmental stability). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as the presence of resources is distinct from the state of physical well-being or safety, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all aspects of a group's desired material and physical end-states.
➔ "Shared Desired Material Resources and Economic Security" (W1068)
"Shared Desired Physical Safety, Health, and Environmental Stability" (W1580)
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From: "Shared Desired Material Resources and Economic Security"
Split Justification: The node "Shared Desired Material Resources and Economic Security" naturally comprises two distinct but interrelated types of collective aspirations. The first focuses on the direct availability and adequacy of tangible assets, goods, and provisions necessary for the group's existence and function (material resources). The second focuses on the collective's desire for the resilience, predictability, and sustained functionality of the systems and conditions that ensure ongoing access to these resources and overall financial well-being (economic security). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as the presence of sufficient physical resources is distinct from the stability of the underlying economic framework, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all aspects of a group's collective desires related to material provision and financial safety.
➔ "Shared Desired Sufficiency of Material Resources" (W2092)
"Shared Desired Economic Stability" (W3116)
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From: "Shared Desired Sufficiency of Material Resources"
Split Justification: Material resources, whose sufficiency a group desires, fundamentally differ in their mode of utility and replenishment. Some resources are consumed directly and quickly, requiring continuous provision (consumable), while others provide long-term utility and are not depleted in a single use, requiring maintenance and replacement over longer periods (durable). This distinction is mutually exclusive, as a resource is either primarily consumable or durable in its typical use, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of tangible assets, goods, and provisions a group might desire to be sufficient.
➔ "Shared Desired Sufficiency of Consumable Resources" (W4140)
"Shared Desired Sufficiency of Durable Resources" (W6188)
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Topic: "Shared Desired Sufficiency of Consumable Resources" (W4140)

Research & Datasheets

Alternative Candidates (Tiers 2-4)

MedReady Automatic Pill Dispenser (Standard or Plus model)

A robust and highly reliable automatic pill dispenser with 28 compartments, often recommended by health professionals. Features audible and flashing light alarms, a locking lid for security, and models with phone connectivity for caregiver alerts.

Analysis:

The MedReady dispenser is an excellent, time-tested option for ensuring individual medication adherence and sufficiency due to its reliability and user-friendly design for seniors. However, it typically lacks the real-time, app-based remote monitoring and direct interactive features for caregivers that modern 'smart' dispensers like Pill Connect offer. While some models provide telephone alerts, they don't offer the same level of granular insight and proactive management for the 'shared' aspect of resource sufficiency.

Senior-Friendly Tablet/Laptop with Curated Apps

A simplified tablet or laptop pre-configured with large icons, accessibility features, and essential applications for communication (e.g., video calls with family), online grocery/pharmacy delivery services, and digital budgeting tools.

Analysis:

This tool offers broad utility for managing various consumable resources (food, household items, communication, finances) and facilitates connection with support networks, thus contributing to 'shared desired sufficiency'. It empowers the senior with digital access to vital services. However, it demands a higher degree of digital engagement and active management compared to the automated nature of a smart pill dispenser, which is a more 'set-and-forget' solution for a critical daily consumable. Its impact is diffuse across many resources rather than hyper-focused on one essential daily need.

What's Next? (Child Topics)

Final Topic Level

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