A family member has told me today that they have heard that the Amazon Echo is a gadget that could be extremely useful for someone with dementia. My younger sister has had fronto temporal dementia for approximately 4 years and is obviously deteriorating especially in her language and cognitive abilities, can hardly use mobile or landline phone, finds it difficult to know what part of the day it is let alone what time it is, cannot use the oven or microwave, has recently been on medication and I thought I could ring her to remind her to take her pills but she had no Idea what I was talking about even though I had labelled each dose, so I stayed with her 24/7 for the 7 days treatment.
I would just like to hear if anyone on the forum has recent experience of using an Amazon Echo as an aid for themselves or their loved ones with dementia and what your opinions are about it, before I take myself down another frustrating path of getting nowhere. I would rather stay with her 24/7 than have her be stressed out trying to learn how to use another gadget, unless you have some rave reviews that will make me feel it might be worthwhile.
Thanks for reading this my brave and wonderful fellow travelers.
I would just like to hear if anyone on the forum has recent experience of using an Amazon Echo as an aid for themselves or their loved ones with dementia and what your opinions are about it, before I take myself down another frustrating path of getting nowhere. I would rather stay with her 24/7 than have her be stressed out trying to learn how to use another gadget, unless you have some rave reviews that will make me feel it might be worthwhile.
Thanks for reading this my brave and wonderful fellow travelers.