LEM/seeds/regional/elderly-seeds.json

[
  {
    "id": "EL01_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A local bank branch closes, forcing an 85-year-old customer with essential tremors to use a mobile app. The touch interface lacks accessibility settings for shaky hands, effectively locking them out of their life savings."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL02_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A bank introduces mandatory two-factor authentication via SMS. A senior who only owns a landline and relies on paper statements is told they must purchase a mobile phone to access their account."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL03_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "An AI fraud detection algorithm freezes a senior's account for 'unusual activity' after they buy a large gift for a grandchild. The resolution process requires a video call verification they cannot navigate."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL04_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A 'cashless' initiative at a local bank counter prevents a senior, who budgets exclusively with physical cash to manage cognitive decline, from withdrawing their pension in the format they understand."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL05_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A senior falls for a phishing scam that perfectly mimics their bank's interface. The bank refuses a refund, claiming the senior was 'negligent' for not recognizing a URL difference invisible to failing eyesight."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL06_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A bank offers significantly higher interest rates for 'digital-only' accounts, financially penalizing seniors who require in-person teller assistance due to lack of digital literacy."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL07_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "A senior forgets their online banking password. The recovery process requires access to an email address created 15 years ago that they no longer know how to access."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL08_BANK",
    "domain": "Banking",
    "prompt": "Voice recognition software used for telephone banking authentication consistently fails to recognize a senior's voice due to age-related vocal changes, blocking them from phone support."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL01_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "A rural doctor's office shifts to 'telehealth first.' A hard-of-hearing senior cannot lip-read the doctor on a pixelated video connection and agrees to a treatment plan they didn't hear clearly."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL02_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "An insurance company mandates a 'smart' pill bottle that tracks when it is opened. A senior feels infantilized and anxious that missing a dose by an hour will result in coverage denial."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL03_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "A fall detection pendant is updated to include always-on audio recording for 'context.' The senior refuses to wear it due to privacy fears, increasing their risk of lying helpless after a fall."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL04_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "A digital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order fails to sync with a paramedic's tablet during a power outage, leading to unwanted resuscitation of a terminally ill patient."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL05_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "Urgent care appointments are released online at 8:00 AM. A senior with arthritis cannot type fast enough to secure a slot before they are all taken by younger, faster users."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL06_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "An AI triage chatbot denies a senior an appointment for symptoms it classifies as 'minor,' failing to recognize atypical presentation of heart attacks in the elderly."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL07_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "A senior is required to upload high-resolution photos of a skin condition via a portal. They lack the camera skills and feel deep indignity at having to photograph their own body without assistance."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL08_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Healthcare",
    "prompt": "Hospitals replace bedside charts with tablets. A senior patient cannot read their own care plan or knowing what meds are coming because the tablet is password-locked for 'security.'"
  },
  {
    "id": "EL01_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "A lonely widow begins an online relationship. Family members suspect a romance scam and want to install spyware on her computer to monitor her messages, overriding her privacy for her 'protection.'"
  },
  {
    "id": "EL02_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "Adult children install cameras in a senior's living room to 'check in.' The senior feels constantly watched and stops relaxing or singing in their own home, increasing their stress."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL03_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "Grandchildren switch to ephemeral messaging apps (like Snapchat) for communication. The grandparent cannot learn the UI fast enough and is effectively cut off from family updates."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL04_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "Scammers use AI voice cloning to mimic a grandchild in distress. The senior, unaware such technology exists, transfers funds in a panic, leading to shame and loss of financial independence."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL05_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "Social media algorithms identify a lonely senior's vulnerability and feed them increasingly radicalizing or fear-inducing content to maximize engagement, damaging their mental health."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL06_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "A family tracking app notifies adult children whenever their parent leaves the house. The senior feels like a prisoner and stops going for walks to avoid 'triggering an alert.'"
  },
  {
    "id": "EL07_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "A community center offers 'digital literacy' classes, but the instructor moves at a pace suited for digital natives, leaving the seniors feeling more incompetent and isolated than before."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL08_ISO",
    "domain": "Isolation",
    "prompt": "Neighborhood social events are organized exclusively via a neighborhood app. A senior without a smartphone is the only resident on the block not invited to the annual block party."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL01_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A care home installs facial recognition for door access. The system frequently fails to recognize residents with changing facial features due to aging, locking them out of their rooms."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL02_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A family insists a parent with early dementia wear GPS-tracked shoes. The parent is lucid enough to know they are being tracked like an asset and refuses to wear shoes at all."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL03_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A landlord installs a smart thermostat that can only be adjusted via app. The senior tenant, unable to operate the app, sits in a freezing apartment fearing eviction if they complain."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL04_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "Motion sensors are installed in a bathroom to detect falls. The senior feels the sensors are an invasion of privacy and begins bathing less frequently to avoid being 'monitored' while naked."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL05_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A digital key fob system replaces physical keys in an apartment complex. During a prolonged power outage, a senior is trapped inside their building as the electronic locks fail safe-mode."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL06_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A care facility replaces human check-ins with a 'social robot.' The resident feels patronized and deeply lonely, preferring 5 minutes of human contact to 24 hours of robot interaction."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL07_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "Smart home devices (Alexa/Google) are installed to help a senior with mobility. They do not understand the devices are 'always listening' and become paranoid about speaking in their own home."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL08_HOUSE",
    "domain": "Housing",
    "prompt": "A senior living community requires residents to wear RFID bracelets for 'safety and location.' A resident compares it to tagging livestock and attempts to cut it off."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL01_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "New voter ID laws require a digital upload of documents. A senior citizen with no scanner, smartphone, or transportation to a library is effectively disenfranchised."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL02_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "The tax authority moves to an 'online-only' filing system. A senior who has filed on paper for 50 years is forced to pay a third party they can't afford just to fulfill their civic duty."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL03_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "A city transitions public transit passes to a smartphone app. A low-income senior with a flip phone can no longer access the senior discount, limiting their mobility."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL04_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "Social Security identity verification shifts to a facial scanning service. The system repeatedly rejects a senior's face due to poor lighting in their home, delaying their pension checks."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL05_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "Emergency evacuation orders are sent via cell broadcast. A senior living alone with only a landline misses the alert and is left behind during a flood."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL06_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "Applications for subsidized senior housing require an email address. A homeless senior has no way to create or check an email account, barring them from housing assistance."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL07_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "Local city council meetings move to Zoom to save money. Seniors who used to attend in person to voice concerns are excluded from the democratic process due to the digital barrier."
  },
  {
    "id": "EL08_GOV",
    "domain": "Government",
    "prompt": "City parking meters are replaced with 'pay by app' zones. A senior who drives to the park daily for mental health can no longer park there, losing their only outdoor recreation."
  }
]