Found a phone that can have a few pictures of the person to be called tapped on. My dad can not search for a person through contacts nor remember a family member’s phone number. The picture call is awesome and the phone has gps
but I worry he wouldn’t always have a phone on him. He’s never had one and is not accustomed to carrying one.
A watch would have a higher possibility of him putting it on naturally by himself and not having to worry that if he gets lost if he has his phone.
gps w/ picture calling on a watch is what I am looking for.
Elderly and tech, even without complications, is a brutal journey that too often ends in the same place.
An apple watch can respond to voice commands but it misses too often, and needs a daily charge. Maybe more than daily if he's making calls with it.
There are many gps tracker's out there including watches with better battery life.
There are dog collars that will allow you to set a range and if the dog leaves that area you are notified. That might work.
Check with your local police department. The department where I live has a program with the Mental Health Department where they can track vulnerable people. Dementia, Autism... the person is fitted with what looks like a watch and if they go missing you call 911 and report them missing and tell the dispatcher they are on the "Care Trak" program. The officers show up, they have a book with all the people in the program and then a patrol car goes out with a special antenna and searches for the signal given off by the watch.