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| Thread ID: 123506 | 2012-02-29 04:33:00 | Clock for person with Alzheimers - recommendations | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 1262151 | 2012-02-29 04:33:00 | Hi all I have 2 elderly relatives that have dementia/ alzheimers at various stages, one problem effecting them is they will often doze off, and when they wake up the don't know what day it is or whether its morning or night. Ideally i'd like to get them a clock like this, that tells them the time/ day and date www.trademe.co.nz In fact the only decent easy to read clocks i have seen are other Twemco clocks. Most digital ones i have looked at are hard to read, (remember these people are elderly and need glasses) whereas the Twemco ones are the ones you see on the wall in the banks they are acurate reliable and even handle leap years, i am sure there used to be a cheaper alternative. Any suggestions |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 1262152 | 2012-02-29 07:27:00 | How about Some Of These (www.timeworx.co.nz) They are in Auckland. The same one linked to trade me, the BQD 35 is $60 cheaper from that site. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1262153 | 2012-02-29 07:54:00 | Maybe Laser Projection Clocks (www.fishpond.co.nz)from Fishpond NZ. Or browse NZ Alzeimers website (http://www.alzheimers.org.nz/) for resources. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1262154 | 2012-02-29 18:12:00 | Yeah, my mum occasionally wakes up and is totally confused about the time of day, usually convinced it's morning, which is dangerous in that she may then double up on her meds which she takes when she wakes up. Also getting very difficult about her foods. I don't know if that is also a feature of Alzheimers or not. She eats well for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner she chews and then spits out anything she doesn't like the texture of. Never heard of pea skins being an issue, so I'm of the opinion she's developed a bit of a neurosis about them. She relies heavily on the wall clock (which shows day and date), but would also benefit from an AM/PM indicator on it to help clear her confusion. Still, it's made the job of entertaining her much easier. Bought her a box set of 'classic' Coronation St episodes. Can play the same discs over and over and she doesn't realise she's already seen them. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1262155 | 2012-02-29 21:46:00 | My Mum had dementia and in the early stages she told me in a very serious voice "Gosh they get lots of new people here every day" Got real bad at the end but I realised that one has to keep their sense of humour!! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1262156 | 2012-02-29 22:24:00 | Clock radio? | pctek (84) | ||
| 1262157 | 2012-03-01 02:15:00 | Cheers guys @wainuitech, yep i had looked at those was hoping for something in the sub $100 category (ok make that as cheap as possible) Radio clock and projection ones are all ok, but not entirely suitable, they need to be able to remember how to operate them and pressing buttons to tell them things probably won't work in the long run. thats why i like the big in your face clocks, with everything there, no need for pressing buttons etc, and yes i have seen those cheap digital ones on trademe but the days look fairly spindly and i don't know how well they would show up, might have to suck it and see, there was one of the big clock I like in one of the opshops in Invers for ages a few years ago and i always meant to get it, but never did @pctek there used to be a cheap clock radio that had that stuff but most of the ones I see are fairly small, it needs to be seen from across the room |
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