Monday, June 13, 2016

Top Free Apps for Senior Citizens


FREE APPs for Senior Citizens
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APPs that are priced have been deleted, knowing us as I do!  Therefore all the following APPs are absolutely FREE
Medical and Mobility Apps
1. Clock Face Test/ iPhone and iPad/Free. This app is a cognitive test to evaluate for dementia. Users are asked to drag numbers to the appropriate place on the clock and the app assesses their performance
2. Communication Tool/ iPhone/FreeThis app has over 500 pictures, plus you can download your own personal ones, to help someone with dementia to communicate more easily, as well as allowing for reminiscence exercises, memory prompts and other mental exercises
3. Apps to signal for help if your parent falls/Fall Detector. Spantec Fall Detector is a specialized application to alert for falls and extended periods of inactivity. Good for peace of mind.
4. Dealing with depression: Geriatric Depression Scale/FreeAsks recipients 15 questions and gives an analysis of their possible depression from the results
8. Pocket Physio/ FREECare UK’s Pocket Physio app is an easy to use guide to the physiotherapy exercises you need to do to prepare for, and recover from, hip or knee replacement surgery as well as foot and hand surgery.
Help with reading and hearing
1. Dragon Dictation, FREE.This app lets your parent dictate text and then send it as an email message. They can also dictate reminders to themselves and post on Facebook and Twitter


3. VizWiz/FREEVizWiz helps partially sighted users to take photos with their phone, ask questions and get spoken answers.
Help with shopping
1. Vouchercloud/FREEThis app gives your parent discount vouchers for local restaurants, cinemas and other high street shops offering discount.
2. Idealo/FREE This great app lets you scan the barcode on a product and search for the cheapest place to buy it.
3. WHICH? Gives advice on your consumer rights, from returning items to what to do with faulty goods. Here are some great sample letters to help you complain
Social media
This is such a vital way to combat isolation and loneliness and allow families to keep in touch.
1. SKYPE/Free.Skype is just fantastic to allow older people to keep in touch with family and friends. Just push a button and call with video as well, so it’s like having a face-to-face conversation
2. TWITTER/FREE. Twitter is quick and easy to use, and a great way to keep in touch
3. FACEBOOK /FREE. Like Twitter, great for sharing news and views with photos of what the family have been getting up to
Games
1. IMUTT- FREEAnimals are proven to be great companions for older people, but not every older perosn is able to keep one. This game from the Dogs Trust allows users to feed, play with and walk with a pretend dog . Perfect and no need to walk in bad weather!
1. BBC iPlayer/FREE. iPlayer allows your parent to watch TV programmes they may have missed and watch them whenever they want to. An amazing app
2. KINDLE/FREE Read a vast collection of ebooks, on iPad, iPhone and Android, as well as Kindle and helpfully, it syncs across all apps
2, 123D SCULPT Your parent can mould virtual clay with this extraordinary creative app



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