A method of preparing a customized schedule of activities for a person afflicted with dementia, the method comprising (a) prompting a user with questions regarding the person's preferred activities, (b) compiling user responses regarding the person's preferred activities, (c) prompting a user with question concerning the person's ability to perform certain tasks, (d) compiling user responses regarding the person's abilities, (e) determining the person's stage of dementia based on the user responses regarding the person's abilities, and (f) based on the stage of dementia, generating a schedule of activities, the schedule of activities including essential activities and preferred activities, wherein time allocated between the essential and preferred activities in the schedule differs for different stages, and wherein the preferred activities depends at least in part on the responses received in step (b).
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A method of preparing a customized schedule of activities for a person afflicted with dementia, said method comprising: (a) prompting a user with questions regarding said person's preferred activities; (b) compiling user responses regarding said person's preferred activities; (c) prompting a user with question concerning said person's ability to perform certain tasks; (d) compiling user responses regarding said person's abilities; (e) determining said person's stage of dementia based on said user responses regarding said person's abilities; and (f) based on said stage of dementia, generating a schedule of activities, said schedule of activities including essential activities and preferred activities, wherein time allocated between said essential and preferred activities in said schedule differs for different stages, and wherein said preferred activities depends at least in part on said responses received in step (b). 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said schedule is adjusted periodically. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein time scheduled for said essential activities increases as said person's stage of dementia becomes worse. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein time scheduled for said preferred activity category decreases as said stage of dementia becomes worse. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said essential and preferred activities are categorized as follows: essential, wellness, productive, enjoyment and recuperative. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said preferred activities include preferred productive, enjoyment, wellness and recuperative activities. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said schedule always includes essential activities. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: prompting a user with questions regarding said person's quality of live; and compiling user responses regarding quality of life and generating a quality of life indicator. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: modifying said schedule based on said user responses regarding quality of life to increase said quality of life indicator. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying said schedule based on said user responses regarding quality of life comprises increasing said preferred activities and reducing said essential activities. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: Reiterating steps (e) and (f) periodically to generate a revised schedule. 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: Reiterating steps (e) and (f) periodically to generate a revised schedule. 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising: prompting a user with questions regarding one or more co-existing conditions; compiling user responses regarding one or more co-existing conditions; and including in said schedule supplemental activities for said co-existing conditions. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said co-existing conditions include at least one of diabetes, Parkinson's disease, or high blood pressure. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein preferred activities includes past and current interests and activities. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein said schedule displays reminders. 17. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions for instructing a processor operatively connected to a user interface to execute the following steps: (a) prompting a user with questions regarding said person's preferred activities; (b) compiling user responses regarding said person's preferred activities; (c) prompting a user with question concerning said person's ability to perform certain tasks; (d) compiling user responses regarding said person's abilities; (e) determining said person's stage of dementia based on said user responses regarding said person's abilities; and (f) based on said stage of dementia, generating a schedule of activities, said schedule of activities including essential activities and preferred activities, wherein time allocated between said essential and preferred activities in said schedule differs for different stages, and wherein said preferred activities depends at least in part on said responses received in step (b). 18. A system operatively connected to a user interface and comprising a digital processor, memory operatively connected to said processor and, said memory being configured with instructions for instructing said processor to execute the following steps: (a) prompting a user with questions regarding said person's preferred activities; (b) compiling user responses regarding said person's preferred activities; (c) prompting a user with question concerning said person's ability to perform certain tasks; (d) compiling user responses regarding said person's abilities; (e) determining said person's stage of dementia based on said user responses regarding said person's abilities; and (f) based on said stage of dementia, generating a schedule of activities, said schedule of activities including essential activities and preferred activities, wherein time allocated between said essential and preferred activities in said schedule differs for different stages, and wherein said preferred activities depends at least in part on said responses received in step (b). 19. The system of claim 18, wherein said user interface is selected from a tablet computer, a personal computer, or a smart phone. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein said system is operatively connected to said user interface over a network. 21. The system of claim 18, wherein said user interface is a display screen and input and wherein said system is physically integrated with said user interface.