my friend wants to be able to access the Internet to send emails, make attachments and search the Net. Has anyone found a computer program such as the new one on Windows 10 (cortona) that is successful?
computer program to help someone with alzheimer's
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I would not advise trying to use Cortana or anything similar.
Has the person got a computer?
You could set them up with the same browser and method of sending emails that you use and then give them some hands on teaching of what to do, this means that you will always be able to help them.
Depending on how advanced your friend's dementia is , the above may prove impossible, the friend may also loose newly learned skills very quickly.
Has the person got a computer?
You could set them up with the same browser and method of sending emails that you use and then give them some hands on teaching of what to do, this means that you will always be able to help them.
Depending on how advanced your friend's dementia is , the above may prove impossible, the friend may also loose newly learned skills very quickly.
My mother had a computer. I helped her to make a manual to it. With baby steps.
Advice: take a picture of monitor frequently and use setup to not allow changing desktop without password. My mother sometimes moved some icons and then complained that it was broken.
Advice: take a picture of monitor frequently and use setup to not allow changing desktop without password. My mother sometimes moved some icons and then complained that it was broken.
You may find this useful as it gives a good clear layout.
http://www.eldy.eu/en/software/download/
There is another system that was designed by a UK group originally called "We are what we do" called Buttons which may be helpful too
http://www.makebuttons.co.uk/en
http://www.eldy.eu/en/software/download/
There is another system that was designed by a UK group originally called "We are what we do" called Buttons which may be helpful too
http://www.makebuttons.co.uk/en
I read this line, nitram, and thought "What would my Mum have made of that?"
Then it struck me that it's Greek to me, too.
Gulp......
In theory this could be a good choice, but I had a look at the Eldy web site, and it seems there has not been much activity since 2012. Windows 7 is the most recent operating system listed and the Android version of Eldy does not appear in the Google Play store as far as I can tell. It looks like the Italian government funding stopped in 2012 and nothing has been updated since then. As the default email system is hosted by eldy.org, I do wonder how long you could rely on it.
The similar SimplicITy Computer and Simplicity USB Homekey also seem to be discontinued, so I guess they were not commercially successful.
