What is it?
KindredMind is an AI solution that answers dementia calls with the caregiver’s cloned voice, carefully navigating separation anxiety and giving the person with dementia maximum support when they need it. The AI voice companion is based on simulated presence therapy and the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s guidelines. The solution works around the clock, can be contacted from a standard phone, and resolves 90% of calls without caregiver intervention. The caregiver prepares KindredMind by building its knowledge base of family history, daily routine, recurring questions, and conversation guidelines. This data is not used to train AI models.
How It Works
KindredMind first build a clone of your or your caregiver’s voice, which is done through short interview sessions. If you are not satisfied with the AI voice clone, you can always adjust it further down the line in the Voice tab in your dashboard. The interview sessions, besides building the voice clone, also help to provide KindredMind with information about your loved one. Recurring worries, favourite memories, daily routines, and frequent questions are all carefully catalogued but never shared outside of the AI solution.
Once the knowledge base and the AI voice are ready, you simply enter a phone number that KindredMind gives you specifically for your case into your loved one’s phone. When they call it, they hear your voice, your warmth, and the things that you would say to calm them down. This helps them in their time of need, when you otherwise would not be able to answer the phone, such as late at night or during important meetings.
All conversations that occur between the AI and the person with dementia are summarised for your viewing. But this does not mean that KindredMind AI replaces you or another caregiver. The AI steps back the moment that you step in, as alerts are always sent to your phone. You have full control and can see how your loved one is doing with monthly insights into their mood, recurring topics, language usage, and more, thanks to KindredMind.
The solution is even mindful of potential downtime. If the AI fails mid-call, or the server is down, or some other tech issue occurs, the call gets immediately routed to your phone. No dead ends and no silent failures.
Highlights
- Yours or the caregiver’s voice is cloned for the AI to use.
- A knowledge base is built based on your insights.
- If the system fails, your phone immediately rings with the person with dementia on the other side.
- 90% of calls are resolved without the intervention of a caregiver.
- You get reports for calls and monthly insights in your loved one's state.
- 5% of every subscription goes directly to dementia research.
Use Cases
Do you have a person with dementia that you want to provide with additional support? Teach KindredMind’s AI about your patient, and the AI will prepare for potential calls and respond to them accordingly.
Do you want additional caregiver support but cannot hire one around the clock? Have KindredMind provide support 24/7 and even in your AI cloned voice for when you cannot give care directly, especially late at night.
Do you have a loved one with dementia who calls you, but you cannot always pick up the phone? Have KindredMind pick up the calls that you cannot and provide care when it is required and how it is required. Note that your phone is always alerted when a call comes in.
Accessibility and Developer Options
The KindredMind AI solution is accessible without the installation of a dedicated application. Your patient with dementia can simply call a phone number from a conventional phone. A smartphone or other specific software solutions are not required.
Compatibility
KindredMind is compatible with conventional phones and a variety of dementia stages, from the earliest to the late-stage ones.
Company
Strong Ventures Inc., the company behind KindredMind,s was founded in Toronto by Kirstin Thomas, a dementia family caregiver. What gives KindredMind added weight is that the founder’s mother lives with frontotemporal dementia in a care facility in Ontario. The AI solution was, therefore, built with personal experience and care in mind.
