About Daily View

A simple daily reference for people who need reassurance about the day.

Daily View is a simple screen designed to help older people stay oriented at home.

It shows the day, date, time, upcoming events, visits, reminders and important messages in a clear, calm way. The aim is to give someone an easy place to look when they want to know what is happening today.

For families and carers, Daily View is intended to reduce some of the repeated reassurance questions that can happen when someone has memory difficulties, such as:

• “What day is it?”
• “What’s happening today?”
• “When are you visiting?”
• “Is someone coming later?”

Daily View is not designed to replace family, carers or professional support. It is designed to provide a simple, reliable reference point during the day.

Why I’m building it

My name is Phil Martin. I’ve lived in Bath for over 30 years and studied Maths and Computing at the University of Bath in the 1980s.

After more than 40 years working in large organisations, including in telecoms and Vodafone, I recently left corporate work to focus on developing my own products.

Daily View is one of those products.

I’m interested in practical technology that solves real problems without adding unnecessary complexity. Many older people want to stay living independently at home for as long as possible. At the same time, memory issues can make everyday life more confusing and can place extra pressure on families and carers.

Daily View is my attempt to help with one small but important part of that problem: making the day easier to understand.

What Daily View does

Daily View provides an always-visible screen that can show:

• Today’s day and date
• The current time
• What is happening today
• The next important event
• Visits from family, friends or carers
• Appointments and reminders
• Important messages

The screen is designed to be simple, readable and reassuring. It avoids clutter and focuses on the information someone may need most often during the day.

Current status

Daily View is currently a prototype.

I’m looking for a small number of people in or around Bath who might be willing to try the service for free and help shape how it develops.

This could include families, carers, older people living independently, or organisations supporting people with memory difficulties.

The aim is to learn what is genuinely useful, what needs to be simpler, and how Daily View could best support people in real homes and care settings.

Try the demo

You can try an interactive demo here: www.dailyview.org/try-demo

Get in touch

If you know someone who might be interested in trying Daily View, or if you work with older people and would like to discuss the idea, please contact phil@dailyview.org.