cell phone suggestion for early stage dementia?

snohiker

Hi, wondering if anyone has idea for phone option with new diagnosed early stage AD?

my aunt has a hard time with the phone and I am having a hard time finding a simplified cell phone for seniors. she often puts her phone on airplane, or blocks people and often can not remember to charge the phone (but living with me now, so I assist with the charging as needed.)

any ideas appreciated..jitterbug? alzheimers store has simple cell phone just for calls wondering if any one has experience with these?

Thanks!

May flowers

The simplest phone I found is KISA out of Australia. https://www.kisaphone.com.au/

This worked for my FIL when he could not work a smart phone or regular land line phone, all the way to stage 6. We designed ours to have three buttons - His 2 sons and me.

It also had GPS where we could track where he was as well.

The SIM card was cheap, because there is no data or texting. It was like $15/month through ATT

Edited to add - my FIL was almost offended when we first got him the phone thinking he didn’t need something so simple, but when he needed us and was confused, it was a lifesaver. He ended up keeping it in his pocket all the time. When he moved in with us, I stuck it in his pocket every time he went out for a walk.

CareFromAfar

I’m not sure if this is relevant to your aunt’s situation, but my grandpa was also having a lot of trouble with his cellphone. We got a refurbished version of his old phone (that he had a few years ago) and it’s been MUCH easier for him to navigate. It wasn’t so much the simplicity of the phone, but the familiarity to “the old him” that helped I guess.