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@FediThing Yeah, I’m just skeptical of the claim that muscle memory has any relevance here. I grew up using rotary phones and can’t figure out WTF they are talking about. Nothing about them was easier, physically, and many dementia victims lack enough cognitive function to make all those motions, or even correlate the dial with written or memorized numbers. It just just feels like a maker overreaching on claims. The other features sound good, tho.
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 p.s. Just for context, we had already other dementia phones such as mobiles with a limited number of buttons, but all of them were too confusing. The simple action of lifting the receiver was easier and matched up with what they had done thousands of times before. |
@shoq
Our relative answering calls was particularly important to us, and that doesn't require dialing.
The main problem with buttons is confusion, they don't know which buttons to press.
It's not going to be the same for everyone, but for us this was a useful solution. Answering this kind of phone is much less confusing for them, that's what I mean by "muscle memory".
" It just just feels like a maker overreaching on claims"
The maker isn't claiming any of this, their website just sells the phones.
@shoq
Our relative answering calls was particularly important to us, and that doesn't require dialing.
The main problem with buttons is confusion, they don't know which buttons to press.
It's not going to be the same for everyone, but for us this was a useful solution. Answering this kind of phone is much less confusing for them, that's what I mean by "muscle memory".