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andaiyesterday at 3:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

I built a digital clock for my neighbor with Alzheimer a few years ago. It was a web app with an analog clock and it would show Morning / Afternoon / Evening / Night on the side.

I felt quite proud of myself, since she often got confused about whether it was 6am or 6pm on her analog clocks at home. (Alzheimer's can bring a loss of the sense of time.)

But while she thought it was a great idea, every time I came back, she had turned off the dedicated tablet we set up for the purpose

I ended up just buying her an Alzheimer's clock — a 24 hour clock with pictures indicating the time of day, for $15 or so. That one stayed where we put it!


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jzellisyesterday at 3:23 PM

That was very kind of you - both to want to solve her problem and to admit that your solution you put effort into wasn't the best one for her.

user_timoyesterday at 3:30 PM

Thank you for sharing this.