Mobile Phones for the elderly

I have set up Echoes in every room, so I can just say “Alexa, call Pete” or whoever and talk.
I did need some help setting it up, but now feel reassured that I can make contact from anywhere in the house.

I have Echoes in every room so that I can just say “Alexa, call Pete” or whoever..
I did have some help setting it up, but feel reassured that I can make a hands free call from anywhere in the house, as I am concerned about falling.

I got a phone for my dad from AgeUK. It is specially designed for the elderly on a very cheap contract. I don't know if they still do them.

Dragonfly's idea is best, try Ageuk they really are very helpful.
I am 83 and have a PAYG phone and I do not use it for anything other than as a telephone for emergencies, not for chatting as I did on my landline. I am exactly like I was as a child when we first got a phone in the house.
I was TERRIFIED of it.
My grandson once connected it to the Internet and it ran away with all my credit so when I came to use it - it was DEAD.
Make sure you don't overload him with apps he doesn't want or need, to him its just a phone, not a camera and certainly not a link to the wwide web and I bet it frightens him too.
Would it be possible to go into a local phone shop and pick the brains of one of their wiz-kids, then leave to 'think about it'? They should have a better idea of what's available.
For old people who are IT savvy mobiles are wonderful, but not for people like me. Or your FIL by the sound of things.

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I have dyspraxia, which means I do not have good fine motor control. It also means I have sequencing problmes. My mind says: dial 123. My fingers dial 132. I have the same problem with typing as people will have noticed in some of my posts.

The tips of my fingers are also numb. So between the two and with smart phone screens being so small and my not being able to tell how much pressure I am putting on. I curse my phone.

Talking to friends I am discovering that these kinds of problems are not limited to the elderly. A significant number of adults and childrens with neural diversity have problems with smart phones. AS do people with any disability that affects their hands, again not limited just to the elderly. DD has a badly damaged right hand and arm following a road accident.

Younger people with dyspraxia, those with dyslexia, my godson has OCD and tics and finds he gets them with mobile phones as well.

I think this belief that only older people have problems with smart phones ( and don't matter as they will die soon) is a big mistake and more thought should be given to making smart phones easier for those who have neural or physical problems.

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