Staying safe, financially secure, and healthy, relating to better quality life as grow older.
If you, or your remote loved one, is capable of handling a mobile phone app under stressful conditions, some smoke alarm providers such as Nest allow you to use the app to silence it.
IF… you can find your phone, unlock it, and open the app all during this stressful time.
Smoke alarms are a wonderful security device, and we never expect to hear them, except when smoke or carbon monoxide (CO) is detected.
However, everyone I have talked to has had at least one incident when they double toasted the toast or fried something that made too much smoke… and the smoke alarm went off!
Normally that’s a good thing to know it’s working, BUT when you have resolved the problem and it’s still blaring (85 dB) at you for minutes it’s very annoying.
As we age, we tend to forget not only where we leave physical items or upcoming events, but also important memories such as names, past events, and locations. I found ways Alexa can help with that.
Amazon has developed a simplified grocery shopping system that works very well with their Echo Show devices with a built-in touch screen. I wanted to see if it would work for people with poor vision. The results were good.
You are experiencing problems ordering groceries online from apps that are not designed for a person who is blind or has low vision. Even when you tried screen readers such as Apple VoiceOver, you found that using it to read entire web pages designed for sighted persons very frustrating.
This is the fifth in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Clinicians often tell us that poor medication adherence is a big problem among their patients, and also that medication management is one of the more … Read more
I am caregiver for a person with both Alzheimer's and COPD. Her mobility is very limited and requires transport in a wheelchair. She is presently using an electric -powered chair, but sometimes shows poor judgement when encountring other people or obstacles. I anticipate a time when she will not be able to properly control this … Read more
This is the third in our seminar series on Aging in Place Technology and Tools to Live Independently for Longer. View and Listen to the Seminar Abstract Medical Alerts are well known “safety” devices. However there are many different types, and there are very few resources to help decide which type is … Read more
Isn’t there a simple solution using a smart plug with Alexa to turn the plug off after a fixed time? Yes, and this describes how to set it up.
Have you ever plugged in a device, turned it on and later forgot it was still plugged in? If this was a device that consumed a lot of energy such as a clothes iron, electric hotplate, coffee pot, tea kettle or a space heater you might have wasted some power or even have caused some damage.