Recent content by David St John

This has been really helpful @Happyflowerlady . I looked into it over the weekend in some depth and went through it with mum and she is excited about what the watch can offer.

Depending on your situation of course but could your watch alert a neighbour or relative? @Happyflowerlady made some good notes earlier about the Apple watch and I have been looking into it for mum. I'm guessing the Samsung watch will have plenty of similar capabilities like triggering an alarm...

Sounds like you've found a nice balance with your day-to-day tech.

thanks @Paco Dennis . The communication side of things has been fun. She just uses the messenger but it lets her send thoughtful messages in between calls to friends and family. And she love emojis :) !

This is interesting "It is an alarm should I fall and need help, and can even call emergency service if i passed out and could not call for help myself" - at the moment she wears a device around her neck that she can activate a speaker to call for help if she has a fall. The limitations of...

That's pretty sweet.

Motivation is the key isn't it. The forces that drive us to be entertained can be strong as you have described :D ... mum would crawl over broken glass not to miss her favorite tv that's for sure. The thing which continuously amazes me is her willingness to try things - sometimes she might be a...

Jinkies! You are on top of your apps! Mum uses an Android phone which is pretty nice. I haven't used an iPhone for a couple of years now but certainly recall it being somewhat more intuitive at the system level let alone any particular apps. Is the app you use to communicate with your doctor...

The is quite interesting @kburra. I hadn't seen nor heard of the magnifying feature. As a slightly related feature I know we have bumped up the text size on mum's phone but, again, not straightforward to find. Could do with like a swiss army knife app or widget that has most used / useful...

Thanks @hollydolly :) !

:) no doubt! I mentioned in a reply above that I have been about to help, but once she sat with a feature for a spell she became comfortable with it quite readily. Your age group are a resourceful lot!

Mum is a bit spoilt - I've lived with her for a bit and I'm pretty sure she would go without the phone and some of the conveniences if I hadn't been about. But now she is comfortable with a few features she gets a bit of use out of it. With that said, if I gave her a new phone to start from...

There is really no in between is there - it's all or nothing. It would be nice to get a phone that can just make calls then you build up from there and make it as "smart" as you are comfortable with. I agree certainly with your comment of the utility of smart phones away from home. I'm a heavy...

My mother is in her mid eighties and is pretty handy using her phone to communicate with family and keep up with the news. However, finding simple apps which are geared towards older users is hard. It got me wondering, are there apps which folk use to, for example, monitor their health or do...