Apple

If it helps with the ECG and the alerts, yeah why not. Just make sure that you mother uses it!

Apple Watches are fantastic assistive tech. youll need to help set it up and also make sure it’s regularly updated - if the opine auto updates and the watch doesn’t, for instance, they stop communicating. Probably turn off sounds and have it vibrate instead. Otherwise they’re super easy.

Things that might be particularly useful for a 60yo teacher whose not very into tech:

- countdowns - whisper ”5 min countdown” to it while holding button in when asking students to do something or to remind yourself to check the stove while cooking. Extremely useful and very discreet as only you feel the alert.

- calendar and reminders can be super useful. For my kids I put their school schedules (each lesson) on the watch and set a watch face that shows it and it helps them get to the right place at the right time.
- fun watch faces that you can change for different days/events.
- feel phone ringing even when phone is elsewhere.

- text msg pop up. might need to set focus and VIPs so not disturbjng

- security of fall detection etc

Yes absolutely. At the very worst you will have to set up some stuff, but then your parent will have amazing medical & communication device on her all the time.

100% I gave it to my dad who uses it 24x7 and shares his health with me. I live across the world but I always know his heart rate, respiratory rate, O2 saturations, any fall information. I know how much he has walked. If he is sleeping well. Basically if anything happens to him I will probably know before the person in the next room does. He also shares his location with me so I know where he is all the time. Basically it’s excellent for that one impending day that every one of us dreads. I have the same with my wife.

Yep. I got one for my mum who is a similar age and also not totally tech savy.

Fall detection and heart monitoring could be a life saver.

Get it for fall assist

This might boost her activity levels… you never know she might get addicted to closing the rings!…

I gifted an Apple Watch to my mother in law to her 85th birthday. She's very happy with it.

Could be worth it but you need to help to set it up. This means making it more simple to use so she won't be overwhelmed by the many icons on her watch.

- Remove any app she won't need

- Create a watchface which has all the essentials she needs

- Disable some notifications

Me mum is 62 and she loves her Apple watch

I’m in my 60s and I wear my Apple Watch all the time. It’s a fantastic medical device.