Choosing the right phone for a senior citizen is not the easiest thing to do. Older people are often afraid of new technologies and refuse to use smartphones. For everyone's sake, it is necessary to find a phone model that will enable everyday contacts and will not scare our grandmother or grandfather with a complicated operating system. What to look for when buying a phone for a senior?

Contents:

  1. Telephone for seniors - learning technology
  2. What features should a telephone for seniors have?
  3. Telephone for seniors - useful functions
  4. Which telephone for seniors to choose?

A landline telephone for a senior citizen should have large, easy-to-use keys and comfortable, pictorial buttons for speed dialing the most important numbers. The latest cameras are additionally equipped with a wireless remote control with S.O.S. Thanks to it, with just one touch of a finger, you can call for help from anywhere in the apartment (range up to 50 m). The signaling of the bell is also useful, especially for people who are hard of hearing.

Harder to find a good cell phone. This device is miniaturized and is less convenient for the elderly user. It does not have to be equipped with technologically advanced operating systems, but it does need a simple interface, i.e. the telephone menu, and the organization of buttons. But manufacturers are getting better at it and are constantly refining phones designed for seniors.

Telephone for seniors - learning technology

A phone for a senior citizen does not need to have state-of-the-art applications, the latest camera model or huge memory. Let's put a modern smartphone into the hands of an average grandmother and let's say that from today we will contact her via What's Uppa, and we can be sure that this will be the first and last contact of the senior woman with the smartphone.

Older people should be gently introduced to the world of new technologies. We want to give them the best, but before buying the most modern phone model, it is worth considering whether the above-mentioned What's Upp and other functionalities are actually needed by them.

Of course, there will be seniors who will quickly master the device and move around it as efficiently as their children or grandchildren. More often, however, grandmotherswhether grandparents are afraid of new technologies and accept them only to the extent that they have to.

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What features should a telephone for seniors have?

Fortunately, there are already special phone models for seniors on the market that allow them to use these devices freely and stress-free. They have:

  • large displays - readable and transparent
  • backlight - the backlit display facilitates the use of the device
  • large keyboard - that allows you to write SMS and use the Internet
  • durable battery
  • good loudspeaker - the loudspeaker function will be useful for people who have weaker hearing
  • shockproof housing
  • calendar
  • flashlight
  • radio - with which you can listen to news or music

Telephone for seniors - useful functions

There are phone models for seniors on the market that have additional functions. These include:

  • SOS button - thanks to it, we can easily connect to the selected phone number (an elderly person can quickly call their son or daughter when something bad is happening to their he alth)
  • key I.C.E - in case of an accident, this key provides access to basic information about the owner of the phone

There are also models on the market that have special bracelets with the SOS key. Just press it and the phone will connect to the selected phone number.

Which telephone for seniors to choose?

Each phone manufacturer has in its portfolio less complicated products that we can buy from grandma or grandpa. Remember that we should match the phone to the person who will use it.

When considering the choice of a specific product, let's consider whether our senior can handle a simple smartphone, or whether it is safer to buy him a phone with basic functions that he will quickly learn.

Phones from brands such as Nokia, Panasonic or Maxcom will work well. They lead the sale of devices for the elderly. They are quite easy to use, made of solid materials, have large displays and long-lasting batteries.

Seniors who find themselves in modern technologies can buy smartphones from brands such as Samsung or Huawei. In order not to frighten them with the multitude of possibilities, it is enough to install them only a few useful applications of which they will beuse on a daily basis (e.g. shopping or he alth).

Worth knowing

Display in cell

The size of the screen does not matter much, the contrast of the image is more important, which gives the perfect visibility of the sub titles. The monochrome display used in older cell models is perfect for this. It is also worth knowing that the best contrast for black characters is achieved on a yellow or orange background.

The article uses excerpts from the article by Iwona Ranicka from the monthly "Zdrowie".

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Geriatrics