As people grow older, important daily activities, like dressing, bathing, and talking on the telephone, can become increasingly difficult to manage without help. Many older persons depend on helpful products or devices to help carry out these activities.
Telephones provide a vital link to the outside world.
Especially for older persons living alone, the telephone is essential for contact to help in emergencies and relatives and friends who live far away. When most people need information, they simply pick up the phone and call someone. But using a telephone may not be so simple for many older persons with physical, sensory, or memory problems. Fortunately, the telephone is one device that is changing to meet the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities. Within the last 15 years there has been a vast increase in the variety of phones available and the different features that phones offer.