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From virtual pets to pill reminders, a round up of useful smartphone apps

10 of the best apps for older people

From virtual pets to pill reminders, a round up of useful smartphone apps

 

Pill Reminder Pro, 69p, iOS

Enter in the name of your pill, dosage, frequency, and what time(s) of day, and Pill Reminder sends a message via PUSH alert. Reviews on the Apple app store are mixed, but one user writes they “can’t do without this”.

Still Nursing At 90 from Nevada!

Still Nursing At 90

 

(This story was taken from NurseTogether contributor Sue Heacock’s book Inspiring the Inspirational: Words of Hope from Nurses to Nurses“.)

 

The other night, my husband and I were watching television when someone on a commercial stated something about retiring at age 90. I didn’t hear the rest of the dialogue because I was rolling on the floor and laughing too hard at the visual images I was getting of my own future. As a baby boomer that is not independently wealthy, I fully expect that the words, “I’m retired” will not be coming from my lips in this lifetime.

One man and his wheelchair

 

The Road to Recovery: Lots of lovely benefits?

 

 

Here’s the consolation for being stuck in a wheelchair: lots of lovely benefits. Hooray! Gimme gimme gimme!

My wife told me that so wondrous is the state’s largesse for wheelchair users that this is causing resentment among the able-bodied population. So much so that there have been incidences of attacks on the tube.