Can anyone recommend a particular make/model of digital alarm clock that is reasonably easy for a senior to use, i.e. not too complicated to set the alarm time, and with reasonably large buttons to press for someone with finger dexterity issues?
I had given my dad an old fashioned type analog/ dial clock, figuring that would be the easiest to use and set, and he can do that, however he wants to be able to set an alarm time that would be >12 hours away so the analog clock does not work for that.
Someone may ask why I'm trying to achieve this even?! Well I decided this is a small issue/ small battle/ minor request, and I'll try to accomodate it if I can. I'm picking my battles. But if I cant find an easy to use digital clock, then I will tell him. "Sorry Dad, an easy to use digital clock is just not obtainable."
https://a.co/d/8P2dA7v
Above is the clock I recommend for all seniors.
Its more for the reason that, he is going to bed at 8:30, but wants to make sure that whatever happens he will wake up at 11AM in order to get ready for lunch. So this goes longer than 12 hours. I think that is legit.
( reason for this, is that he knows that he will wake up one or more times to go to bathroom, have trouble getting back to sleep, etc etc, then be back in bed and sleep for some hours in the AM and sometimes oversleep lunch). Seems a reasonable request/ ask...... minor thing in grander schemes of things.
I could ask the AL staff to go every day at 11AM to make sure he's awake, But then, the one time they forget or are late, it will be a whole ordeal!!! Alarm clock would be fine.....
https://lssproducts.com/pyramid-talking-clock/
that is marketed to the visually impaired. On this one the actual display and settings are under the base so there's less chance of messing around with the settings, and a simple press of the button announces the time. (there are other styles with different features available)
From what you describe about Dad's reaction to o a misstep, you are still dancing to his "if I'm unhappy, it's all your fault" jig.
That's an issue, kiddo.
It sets a single alarm with 24 hour setting. The buttons are large and easy to press, and the time does'nt zip by too fast when you are setting the alarm time, compared to some. I showed him how to change the alarm time, although he already forgot 2 days later. So, as suggested, I suggested to just leave it at the same time that is set and just wake up at that time each AM.
Option 2 could be the older iphone he has, but I think that is going to be a harder learning curve/ easier to forget. Lets see how option 1 goes now.
https://www.target.com/p/digital-alarm-clock-black-westclox/-/A-11062171 byT^5
"Alexa, set alarm for 11am"
And by gosh the alarm will go off at 11am.
If he is not changing the time each day 1 alarm should be sufficient.
My cell phone, I can set several alarms for different days, different times.
And most digital clocks now will reset themselves 2 times a year if he needs to reset clocks.
I love being able to ask 'her' questions and she's always spot on with the time. Even with a power loss, when it comes back on, the Alexa doesn't need to be reset.
However--once your LO loses the ability to translate spoken numbers into a coherent thought, Alexa is just one more techie thing they won't understand.
My MIL cannot look at any kind of clock and make sense of what it means, anymore. I know that's not unusual.
https://lssproducts.com/extra-large-button-talking-clock/
I considered buying this clock but I just called and found out when the time is said out loud... it says the time as "digital time" (6:40) instead of like an analog clock (20 minutes before 7).
I recently decided I should get a watch for my husband as he has been without one since the battery died in the last one and told it needed expensive repairs. I wanted a digital watch with a stretch band to make it easy but none seemed appropriate so I settled on an analog watch with stretch band. I was amazed how much better he did instead of looking at a digital clock near his chair.
Prior to having a wrist watch again, he was constantly asking me if he could go to bed (often beginning at 5pm) and I repeatedly said not until 7pm and told him to look at the time on the clock. The first night he wore it, he only asked me a couple of times. I soon realized that when the digital clock showed a time like 6:40... that did not tell him it was 20 more minutes until 7pm! Even though he still struggles at times, it is easier to point out how much longer he needs to wait. The brain is amazing, isn't it!