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  1. #1
    Greg Alexander
    Guest
    Hello,
    My grandmother is being moved and her new room does not have a phone
    (for now?).

    I need a mobile phone that works like a regular telstra cheapie phone.
    -Big buttons are good.
    -A couple of speed dials are good (but unnecessary).
    -Wired into the wall would be preferable (so no charging issues).
    -Preferably no answer/hangup buttons (just lift the handset?).. if not
    then really obvious green/red would be good.

    If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it. I figure we'll have
    to teach her... and that may not work.




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  2. #2
    Rod Speed
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    Greg Alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Hello,
    > My grandmother is being moved and her new room does not have a phone
    > (for now?).
    >
    > I need a mobile phone that works like a regular telstra cheapie phone.
    > -Big buttons are good.
    > -A couple of speed dials are good (but unnecessary).
    > -Wired into the wall would be preferable (so no charging issues).
    > -Preferably no answer/hangup buttons (just lift the handset?).. if not
    > then really obvious green/red would be good.
    >
    > If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it.
    > I figure we'll have to teach her... and that may not work.


    I dont like your chances, how bad is the altzhiemers ?





  3. #3
    Peter
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    "Greg Alexander" <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > Hello,
    > My grandmother is being moved and her new room does not have a phone
    > (for now?).
    >
    > I need a mobile phone that works like a regular telstra cheapie phone.
    > -Big buttons are good.
    > -A couple of speed dials are good (but unnecessary).
    > -Wired into the wall would be preferable (so no charging issues).
    > -Preferably no answer/hangup buttons (just lift the handset?).. if not
    > then really obvious green/red would be good.
    >
    > If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it. I figure we'll have
    > to teach her... and that may not work.
    >




    Kmart are selling these for between $200 & $300
    http://www.techoni.com.au/product_in...oducts_id=1207

    :-P

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  4. #4
    Greg Alexander
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    Rod Speed wrote:
    > I dont like your chances, how bad is the altzhiemers ?


    She's pretty good most of the time. A year ago she forgot that she gave
    up smoking 15 years ago, and now she's a regular again.

    Now she forgets she can't smoke inside her room, so the home wants her
    to move out, into managed care. So she's trialing a place that will
    remind her not to smoke, take better care of her, but still give her
    some independence.

    Peter wrote:
    > Kmart are selling these for between $200 & $300
    > http://www.techoni.com.au/product_in...oducts_id=1207


    Wow. This has potential... unfortunately they're on a 24 month
    contract.
    I'll send this through to my parents though, it's the closest
    possibility I've seen.

    Thanks




  5. #5
    Rod Speed
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    Greg Alexander <[email protected]> wrote
    > Rod Speed wrote


    >> I dont like your chances, how bad is the altzhiemers ?


    > She's pretty good most of the time. A year ago she forgot that she
    > gave up smoking 15 years ago, and now she's a regular again.


    Weird.

    > Now she forgets she can't smoke inside her room, so the
    > home wants her to move out, into managed care. So she's
    > trialing a place that will remind her not to smoke, take better
    > care of her, but still give her some independence.


    Dont like your chances of using anything other
    than a very simple fixed line phone then.

    Likely you'd have buckleys of getting anything battery powered recharged.

    A fixed line phone can be quite viable with even an
    automatic dial of a particular number when the handset
    is picked up. Tho that might well result in endless
    interruptions if she ever does want to call anyone else.

    The problem can get so bad that they cant handle any
    device where you press a button to turn it on and press
    the same button again to turn it off. They dont seem to
    be able to comprehend how those work etc.


    > Peter wrote:
    >> Kmart are selling these for between $200 & $300
    >> http://www.techoni.com.au/product_in...oducts_id=1207

    >
    > Wow. This has potential... unfortunately they're on a 24 month
    > contract.
    > I'll send this through to my parents though, it's the closest
    > possibility I've seen.


    Dont like your chances of keeping it charged.





  6. #6

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer


    Rod Speed wrote:
    > Greg Alexander <[email protected]> wrote
    > > Rod Speed wrote

    >
    > >> I dont like your chances, how bad is the altzhiemers ?

    >
    > > She's pretty good most of the time. A year ago she forgot that she
    > > gave up smoking 15 years ago, and now she's a regular again.

    >
    > Weird.
    >
    > > Now she forgets she can't smoke inside her room, so the
    > > home wants her to move out, into managed care. So she's
    > > trialing a place that will remind her not to smoke, take better
    > > care of her, but still give her some independence.

    >
    > Dont like your chances of using anything other
    > than a very simple fixed line phone then.
    >
    > Likely you'd have buckleys of getting anything battery powered recharged.
    >
    > A fixed line phone can be quite viable with even an
    > automatic dial of a particular number when the handset
    > is picked up. Tho that might well result in endless
    > interruptions if she ever does want to call anyone else.
    >
    > The problem can get so bad that they cant handle any
    > device where you press a button to turn it on and press
    > the same button again to turn it off. They dont seem to
    > be able to comprehend how those work etc.


    You seem to know very much about it, Speedo. Does dementia run in the
    family!?

    >
    >
    > > Peter wrote:
    > >> Kmart are selling these for between $200 & $300
    > >> http://www.techoni.com.au/product_in...oducts_id=1207

    > >
    > > Wow. This has potential... unfortunately they're on a 24 month
    > > contract.
    > > I'll send this through to my parents though, it's the closest
    > > possibility I've seen.

    >
    > Dont like your chances of keeping it charged.





  7. #7
    Peter
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    [email protected] wrote in
    news:[email protected]:


    >
    > You seem to know very much about it, Speedo. Does dementia run in
    > the family!?
    >




    Happens to the best of us.

    :-P

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  8. #8

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer


    Peter wrote:
    > [email protected] wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    >
    > >
    > > You seem to know very much about it, Speedo. Does dementia run in
    > > the family!?
    > >

    >
    >
    >
    > Happens to the best of us.


    Of course, Alzheimers is an inevitable plague for many people living
    longer these days, but their relatives are often too mean to put them
    into institutional care, hoping that they will soon die. Those with
    Alzheimers are virtually zombies, so, provided that institutional
    carers are not actually mining them for body parts, the most humane
    way to deal with Alzheimers relatives is simply to pay for their
    nursing care to those willing to provide it.

    >
    > :-P
    >
    > --
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  9. #9
    Derek
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer


    <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > the most humane
    > way to deal with Alzheimers relatives is simply to pay for their
    > nursing care to those willing to provide it.
    >

    Glad I'm not your dad.





  10. #10
    kyte
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    On 2007-02-04 09:50:27 +1100, "Greg Alexander" <[email protected]> said:
    > Anyway, once she's decided to move to this home we can get her a
    > normal landline, and we'll program in her 8 favourite numbers.


    This is probably your only option.

    One of the main features of Alzheimers (or any dementia of which
    Alzheimers is just one) is that the capacity to learn NEW things is
    almost absent.

    You will need to get her a phone identical to the one she already knows
    and uses. You'll also need to accept that a time will come when she
    won't remember what to do with that, either. Hopefully by then she
    will be in 24 hour care.





  11. #11
    kyte
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    On 2007-01-30 15:35:30 +1100, [email protected] said:

    > Of course, Alzheimers is an inevitable plague for many people living
    > longer these days,


    Actually, thats just rubbish. Alzheimers disease is a YOUNG person's
    dementia. and by young, I mean 40+. Its been coined as a term for all
    dementias in recent years but it is most definitely NOT a disease of
    old age. Dementia in later years is much more likely to be linked to
    multiple infarcts in the brain (death of brain tissue via clots or
    bleeds) or extensive alcohol use for years and years.

    > Those with Alzheimers are virtually zombies,


    Those with true alzheimers probably have no more than 5-10 years of
    life left after diagnosis. And they aren't "zombies" as you put it,
    until the late stages of the disease. When they get there, they are
    still functioning, but they cannot remember anything. They are often
    very frightened and vulnerable individuals, because nothing is as they
    expect it should be. Have a little compassion.





  12. #12
    quietguy
    Guest

    Re: simplest phone for Alzheimers sufferer

    I would be VERY wary of providing her with any mobile phone other than
    prepaid - if she makes a call and forgets to hang up or talks for ages she
    could be up for BIG $$$$$

    Once posibility might be the Telstra prepaid fixed line plan - have a look
    at the info for this on the Telstra site as this would allow her to have a
    fixed line walkabout phone in her room with the base station located
    elsewhere in the house.

    David



    Greg Alexander wrote:

    > Hello,
    > My grandmother is being moved and her new room does not have a phone
    > (for now?).
    >
    > I need a mobile phone that works like a regular telstra cheapie phone.
    > -Big buttons are good.
    > -A couple of speed dials are good (but unnecessary).
    > -Wired into the wall would be preferable (so no charging issues).
    > -Preferably no answer/hangup buttons (just lift the handset?).. if not
    > then really obvious green/red would be good.
    >
    > If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it. I figure we'll have
    > to teach her... and that may not work.





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