The right lighting can greatly enhance your reading experience while also keeping you focused. If you’re looking for a nice reading lamp, for you or your loved one, you’re in the right place. Don’t stop reading because of your eyesight! Here’s the best collection of safe reading lamps for older adults.
Honestly, it depends! Corded and cordless phones each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Here is how to decide for yourself!
The best cordless phones for seniors are easy to use with big buttons that are easy to see, lots of volume amplification, a choice of loud ringers, plus emergency dialing features. Here are my favorites.
The best corded landline home phones for older adults have loud speakers and ringers, big buttons, and as few buttons as necessary. Easy to recognize memory dialing functions are important in the the event of a fall or medical problem.
Squinting to see your clock from across the room? Here’s how to choose a clock for aging eyes that is easy to see and easy to use too. I’ll even show you a few of my favorites!
Seniors enjoy music as much as the rest of us but small buttons and difficult to use players may keep them from it. The best MP3 players for seniors have big tactile buttons, large clear screens, and headphones that are bright and clear.
Look for CD players that have large buttons, big & bold print, and that have only the basic buttons like play, stop, rewind, and fast forward. If there is a digital screen, it should be large with a back light function. These are my top recommendations.
Audiobook players are digital devices that read books out loud for seniors with failing eyesight or other conditions that make reading difficult. The best audiobooks for seniors and the elderly have large clear screens, easy to understand instructions, and loud speakers or good headphones.
It makes sense, you know? Lightweight vacuum cleaners are easier for elderly people to use. But, there are other considerations too. For example, there is the power source (corded or cordless), the type (upright, stick, canister), power buttons, and the accessories. Bagged vs. bagless is another point to debate. Keep reading to learn more about all your options to determine the best lightweight vacuum cleaner for you or an elderly person you love.
Grandparents often play a unique role in child-rearing. Regardless of the exact situation, grandparents need to know how to keep their grandchildren safe while they’re online.
Dementia doesn’t mean using a cell phone is impossible. Cell phones for dementia patients just need to be easy to use with big buttons and an easy to read screen. Emergency features like SOS calling are important too. Here are the best cell phones for seniors with dementia.