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/Free. This 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/Free. Asks recipients 15 questions
and gives an analysis of their possible depression from the results
8. Pocket Physio/
FREE. Care 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/FREE. VizWiz helps partially
sighted users to take photos with their phone, ask questions and get spoken
answers.
Help with shopping
1. Vouchercloud/FREE. This 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- FREE. Animals 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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