Mobile advice

[Kat Love]

I need to buy for my husband who has dementia a basic mobile phone . The only thing I need is so as I can contact him if I go shopping and of coarse easy for him to answer . Priority is NO camera .
I have looked on the Alzheimer’s page and Argos but not sure which one to get .I’m so tired looking please help me decide my head is thumping .

 

[Helly19682]

@Kat Love - I think DORO make a very basic flip type phone with big buttons which may be worth a try. It's not a smart phone

 

[Kat Love]

@Kat Love - I think DORO make a very basic flip type phone with big buttons which may be worth a try. It's not a smart phoneThanks I will have a look

 

[Neveradullday!]

@Kat Love , there's this number one best seller from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uleway-Eld...6aeac4c34ed034709f66e5b2fcd13436&gad_source=1

 

[nitram]

@Kat Love , there's this number one best seller from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uleway-Eld...6aeac4c34ed034709f66e5b2fcd13436&gad_source=1

Pro
Infrequent charging required
Con
Only 2G which has an uncertain life, providers want rid of it

Switching off the UK’s 2G and 3G mobile networks: what you need to know

The 2G and 3G mobile networks are gradually being switched off over the next few years. Here’s what this means for you as a customer.

www.ofcom.org.uk

 

[Neveradullday!]

Pro
Infrequent charging required
Con
Only 2G which has an uncertain life, providers want rid of it

Switching off the UK’s 2G and 3G mobile networks: what you need to know

The 2G and 3G mobile networks are gradually being switched off over the next few years. Here’s what this means for you as a customer.

www.ofcom.org.uk

Apologies @nitram, I didn't study it in depth.

 

[nitram]

Apologies @nitram, I didn't study it in depth.

Going OT
Main things keeping 2G alive are older smart meters, traffic control system, and various utility data.

 

[Tabitha2]

I bought a simple Emporia phone for my PWD - similar in layout to the old Nokia he was used to but with bigger, clearer keys and 3 prominent programmable buttons as the first row of keys.

 

[Alisongs]

I need to buy for my husband who has dementia a basic mobile phone . The only thing I need is so as I can contact him if I go shopping and of coarse easy for him to answer . Priority is NO camera .
I have looked on the Alzheimer’s page and Argos but not sure which one to get .I’m so tired looking please help me decide my head is thumping .

Doro. com! Some of their phones sold by Argos. Our Doro model has 3 alphabet buttons no numbers, emergency tracking and emergency call button. Lots of remote programmable customisation! Other phones and brands and retailers are available

 

[Kat Love]

I bought a simple Emporia phone for my PWD - similar in layout to the old Nokia he was used to but with bigger, clearer keys and 3 prominent programmable buttons as the first row of keys.

Thankyou that one sounds good .Will look it up

 

[Kat Love]

Thankyou that one sounds good .Will look it up

Is this the phone . Thanks

 

[Tabitha2]

Not exactly the same (on mine the white programmable buttons were the first row underneath the screen), but near as dammit. All the buttons are slightly bigger than on his old phone, and he had begun to have difficulty in pressing the right ones, so this was easier for him. By this point he was often incapable of using anything, including the TV remote, but on a (rare) good day he managed OK. Simple, no bells and whistles, fairly cheap, if I remember rightly.

 

[Kat Love]

Is this the phone . Thanks

Not exactly the same (on mine the white programmable buttons were the first row underneath the screen), but near as dammit. All the buttons are slightly bigger than on his old phone, and he had begun to have difficulty in pressing the right ones, so this was easier for him. By this point he was often incapable of using anything, including the TV remote, but on a (rare) good day he managed OK. Simple, no bells and whistles, fairly cheap, if I remember rightly.

Thank you for your help .

 

[mikeb2]

I made a stupid mistake believing my OH could cope with a Doro Smart phone - pay has you go - wow between us we tried to set up the top up ap -wow me and my other half got mad -swearing, nearly in tears- phone maybe ok but trying to top it up forget it- then just to add the location ap to - phone thrown on floor and so it goes on- and to think my oh was ok with tech stuff -not now and funny enough it includes me next step phone being returned and buying a simple Non smart phone with a emergency button- lesson learnt for all is keep it simple

 

[RoyalOilfield]

I have trouble with phones... Tesco phone people are really good at transferring stuff from one phone to its replacement... However, not phone related, but modern tech, just the same...

I have a car with "keyless" opening. (you need to be in possession of a key, but don't have to handle it, just press a button on the door...)

With my wife last week, I, with an armful of shopping, asked my wife to "get" the tailgate... I watched, perplexed, as she delved into the bottom of her handbag, got out the key, pointed the key at the car, and pressed the "unlock" button... So, I still hadn't had the tailgate raised for me... I was still standing, with my arms being stretched, unwilling to place my groceries (OK, two crates of special offer beer...) on the floor so I could raise the tailgate myself...

I said, "you'll have to open the tailgate for me" and she looked perplexed. "press the rubber 'nipple' and raise the tailgate" "That never works for me" she said... But she did it, anyway. (but wasn't happy with me) This week, same deal, but she just opened the tailgate like anyone else, no fuss, no recourse to the key...

This dementia thing is not at all consistent. Sometimes stuff works...

Re the key, and pointing it at the car... In 1989, I gave her my car key to go to the car and sit in comfort while I performed an errand... I got to the car, she was standing outside it? I asked why, and she said the key didn't work... "Show me" So, she pointed the key at the car, pressed the button, and the car didn't open... Because the car didn't have remote opening, the button worked a little torch so you could see where the keyhole was... To insert the key...

Now, she was reasonably educated, was PA at a small firm of property developers, but she did have her moments. pre dementia... (as have I, and most others)