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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
I Know that BUT No one knows how each person reacts & NAs that are around you mom will be able to tell when has had enough & switch or turn it off. BTW She wont be the one working it!  |
She's in independent living. A senior retirement center with activities, 24x7 concierge, very nice dining room, movies, day trips, overseas trips, maid service, transportation, etc. The place has independent living, assisted living, rehab, skilled nursing, and memory care separate buildings. The plan being for people to be able to age in place (but sometimes they'll move from one building to another next door).
But once in her apartment, she is independent currently. Albeit having a bit of trouble sorting through a calendar and remembering what day it is. There are three published calendars at this senior center for a total of one to two dozen events to choose from each day. Of which she may be interested in only two or three of those. It is difficult, even for me, to flip through three calendars to see what to do, and what overlaps. People can still be independent with mild dementia. Some things - in this case a complex calendar - can be problematic though. I'm trying to help with the problematic things. Earlier, I mentioned the inability to use a modern touchscreen. Not many 90 year olds can do that, even if they don't have dementia.
I finally implemented a 23" wall mounted screen driven by a Raspberry Pi that auto updates with the current days activities of interest, that have been culled from the much bigger daily calendar. Here's an example display. Imagine it on a large computer screen, where the time (in yellow) has numbers over 2 inches high, and that's what I ended up making: