Having spoken about my mum's situation before on here, I'll briefly explain this request for context...
My aunt, who lived with my mum who has dementia and Alzheimer's, died suddenly and unexpectedly last night.
This leaves us with a big quandary as to my mum's care, as the 24/7 presence she had is now sadly no longer there, and it's not something I am able to do beyond the short-term.
However, my mum does have four carer visits a day, and I am able to go by pretty much every day for a few hours. Having spoken to both mum's dementia team and social services today, our immediate gut-feel is to see if mum can manage semi-independent living with the carer and my visits.
However, I would like to supplement this and try to use technology to give me a way to be able to monitor and/or communicate with mum remotely.
I was thinking of the kind of small security cameras that proliferate today as well as, maybe, using something like a Ring doorbell(s) *inside* the home in the hope I could "train" my mum, or leave enough reminders, that if she wanted to talk to me she just needs to press the button on what would ordinarily be an external doorbell.
However, I have no experience of these devices at all, so looking for advice from those who have used these in any capacity, but particularly if anyone has tried using them for the same thing.
As ever - thanks and that for all help sent my way.
My aunt, who lived with my mum who has dementia and Alzheimer's, died suddenly and unexpectedly last night.
This leaves us with a big quandary as to my mum's care, as the 24/7 presence she had is now sadly no longer there, and it's not something I am able to do beyond the short-term.
However, my mum does have four carer visits a day, and I am able to go by pretty much every day for a few hours. Having spoken to both mum's dementia team and social services today, our immediate gut-feel is to see if mum can manage semi-independent living with the carer and my visits.
However, I would like to supplement this and try to use technology to give me a way to be able to monitor and/or communicate with mum remotely.
I was thinking of the kind of small security cameras that proliferate today as well as, maybe, using something like a Ring doorbell(s) *inside* the home in the hope I could "train" my mum, or leave enough reminders, that if she wanted to talk to me she just needs to press the button on what would ordinarily be an external doorbell.
However, I have no experience of these devices at all, so looking for advice from those who have used these in any capacity, but particularly if anyone has tried using them for the same thing.
As ever - thanks and that for all help sent my way.
One of my allotment neighbours needed to do this with a parent who lived down the road but was alone and suffering the same awful disease. They had a period of time without a carer so she needed to leg it there if she needed to. She mentioned she used a nanny cam (weirdly named!) for peace of mind as she was also wondering if he was actually eating anything too....I don't know exactly the one they had but I suspect on Amazon searching for Nanny cam might turn up something like this which looks useful:
