Kindle e- reader

Amazon’s Kindle is an e-reader we recommend for older people. The Kindle has different models and features, but this touch-screen model is suitable for elders with a love for reading. They can read numerous books on a single, lightweight gadget. It also has an adjustable backlight, which is said to reduce screen fatigue.

Med-e-lert

If you are one of those people who take several pills a day, and at different times, chances are that you will forget which one to take and when, over time. Med-e-lert is an automated pill dispenser with 28 compartments—it can hold up to a week’s supply of pills, which can be dispensed up to four times a day. You can set an alarm for the time when the pills have to be taken.

Flipper remote

Easy to use, these large-buttoned remotes can be tuned to manage your existing television and can be tailored to have shortcut keys to favourite channels. For seniors with visual and muscular limitations, this is an easy way to spend time watching the telly.

Goji smart lock

The lock provides an extra smart guard and allows only you or the people you authorise to enter your home when fitted to the main door. The device is an electronic deadbolt lock with a proximity sensor and accelerometer, which can transmit data over long distances by creating a mesh network. It allows you to send out unlimited number of virtual keys, restricted by time and date, giving the holders of these keys access to the house via Bluetooth or WiFi built into their Android and iOS devices. And, when somebody twists the doorknob, the 1 megapixel camera clicks a picture and alerts you. So you can open the door, or choose not to!

Smart cane

Although this is most-suited for the blind, it can be used by elderly who are unsure of the surface they are walking on. This cane is an electronic travel aid, which detects obstacles that are above the knee level and can also detect the presence and absence of objects around the user. The detection distance is up to 3 metres, making it very convenient for people with troubled vision.

iBall Aasaan 2

Not a smartphone, but very useful for the elderly given the large numbers it has for ease of use. Packed with a long battery life, a bright backlight, talking keypad and a built-in LED flashlight, it is a phone designed to suit the elderly. It also comes with an SOS key, which when pressed, sounds out a siren and calls the preset emergency numbers.

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