We’ve worked with thousands of families and care organisations across the world to discover and supply the best dementia products. From memory loss to wandering, sometimes a little helping hand from technology can change the life of someone living with dementia.
These innovative Alzheimer’s products range from assistive technologies to a simple music player, but they all have the potential to make living with dementia a better experience for everyone.
Our Recommendation: Tranquil Aura
Before you read through the list below, it’s worth knowing what we recommend first and foremost for dementia-related wandering: Aura, our GPS tracker built specifically for families supporting someone living with dementia.
Aura combines several of the features covered individually throughout this list, safe zone alerts, live location tracking, and two-way SOS calling, into a single, easy-to-wear device. Rather than juggling separate gadgets for tracking, communication, and alerts, Aura is designed to be the one device that covers the moment that matters most: knowing where your loved one is, and being able to reach them the instant something’s wrong.
You can buy Aura outright or rent it if you’d rather try it before committing.
Dementia Products – Advanced GPS Tracking Watch w/ Optional Locking Strap
“The World’s Best GPS Tracking Watch”
When wandering becomes a common occurrence for someone with dementia, families and carers often feel left with few options to help the individual live independently. Thankfully advanced technologies allow your loved one to enjoy life in their own home or care facility for longer, whilst offering peace of mind and safety to those concerned with their safety.
Some of the things that make this GPS Watch stand out from others on the market (like the one below) are a 7-day battery life (much longer than others with similar features), an optional locking strap (so the wearer can’t lose or discard the watch) and auto-answer, so when the wearer is wandering or lost, you can speak with them without them needing to do anything.
Dementia Products – GPS Tracking Watch / Phone
“Peace of mind for you and increased independence for them”
With wandering a common side effect of dementia, Alzheimer’s products which help reduce the dangers can make a huge difference. The Alzheimer’s Society says wandering or “walking about” can have benefits for dementia patients, but when you don’t know where they are or where they’re going, this can cause obvious distress for everyone involved.
This GPS tracking watch enables you to easily locate the wearer through a couple of taps on your smartphone, day or night. It can even alert you when they’ve left (or entered) a certain area, as well as having an SOS button which connects a call to designated contacts in an emergency. With so many life-saving features for such a low price, it’s no surprise this is our number 1 best-selling dementia product.
Dementia Products – Digital Day and Date Clock
“Simple to use, Clear to Read & Easy to Set up. Ideal for Dementia”
Something as straightforward as telling the time can become difficult with Dementia, especially when knowing the time of day can be so important, e.g. some Dementia sufferers may leave the house at abnormal times of the day. Some dementia patients can also become agitated if they can’t read or understand a regular clock.
This digital day and date calendar clock has a large 8″ screen giving a clear indication of the time, it also automatically dims between 7PM and 7AM to indicate night and day. This is one of the best Dementia Products for easily knowing what time of day it is.
Dementia Products – Simple Music Player
“Lift the Lid on Music & Memories”
We all enjoy listening to music, especially when certain songs bring back fond memories. Research from The Bath Institute of Medical Engineering found that listening to songs from their past helped many Dementia sufferers to regain cognitive function, showing increased signs of animation and emotion even after the music stopped playing.
One of the Dementia products with huge potential to improve lifestyle; the Simple Music Player for Dementia offers a straightforward way to accommodate independent living and quality of life. This encourages those that find modern music players difficult to enjoy music from their past. Lifting the lid plays music, pressing the only button changes the track and closing the lid stops it. Music is loaded like a memory stick via USB.
Dementia Products – GPS Location Tracking Insoles
“The world’s only GPS tracking insoles, designed specifically for dementia”
A common characteristic of Dementia is to ‘wander’ or walk about. This may take the shape of trying to visit the local shops in the middle of the night or attempting to reach an inaccessible location, e.g. a shop that shut down many years ago. This brings obvious safety concerns, like busy roads or encounters with members of the public. Solutions like locking doors are dangerous in the event of a fire (and against human rights), whilst other tracking devices (like key fobs) could easily be forgotten and left behind.
Procedural memory, which includes things like using the kettle, or in this case putting on a pair of shoes before leaving the house, is often retained after developing Dementia. This means the user is much more likely to take this tracking device with them.
Dementia Products – Extra-Simple Mobile Phone w/ GPS Tracker
“Secure, Simple and Increasing Safety”
With mobile phones becoming increasingly advanced and complex, using them can be difficult, especially for those with Dementia. This extra simple and waterproof mobile phone has the ability to ring just 4 contacts, with clear and tactile buttons that are easy to see and press. A simple mobile phone is one of the Dementia products which could be essential for communication in the early stages.
Dementia Products – Talking Reminder Clock
“Help Them Remember Daily Activities”
Display 21+ helpful reminders like taking medication or feeding the dog. This clever device can be placed anywhere in the house (needs a wall socket) and reminds them of different things at different times in the day. For example, if your mother needs to take her medication at 9:00AM every morning, you would program in the routine that would then remind her.
The even cleverer part of this device is that you can set up your own custom alarms. This is a great way to personalise the reminders with a familiar voice or make alarms in another language.
Dementia Products – Simple TV Remote Controller
“Makes Enjoying TV Simple and Easy”
Television offers entertainment, information and even companionship for some people with Alzheimer’s or similar. Make it simple for them with this easy-to-use, big-button universal TV remote control. With an ergonomic design and the ability to easily pair with your existing TV or satellite/set-top box, this product makes using their TV a more straightforward and intuitive experience.
Dementia Products – Motion Activated Voice Player
“Simple Wandering and Security Alerts from a Familiar Voice”
Sometimes all we need in life is a gentle reminder, which is much nicer from a familiar voice. This fantastic Alzheimer’s product allows you to record a message using your own voice, which is played loudly when motion is detected. This can be deleted and re-recorded as many times as you like, with no need for a memory card.
A common use would be to put it by the front door with a message warning your loved one not to go out of the house right now, e.g. “Mum it’s night time, go back to bed and I’ll be around in the morning.” When combined with a power supply and wall timer, this can be made to only happen at certain times of the day or night, e.g. 10PM to 6AM.
Dementia Products – Advanced Landline Phone for Dementia
“Help them Stay in Contact with Loved Ones”
Looking for a Dementia product in phone format? Landline or home phones are often confusing to operate when brain function becomes more difficult. Ideal for early onset symptoms, this phone has 8 customisable photo dialling buttons you can place family photos beneath, meaning all they need to do is press the image to call that person. This gadget for Dementia is better suited for those with more severe symptoms.
With an extra-loud speaker, a loudness slider and a visual ring indicator light, the hard of hearing can still comfortably use the device.
Dementia Products – Memory Box (Discuss Memories)
“Discuss Memories and Spark Meaningful Conversation”
Anyone who’s close to someone living with dementia knows how hard it can be sometimes to have a meaningful conversation. These wooden memory boxes make an ideal Alzheimer’s product for families and care homes alike, being filled with memorabilia from the person’s life helps them retain a sense of identity and gives you (or care staff) lots of conversation prompts.
Easily wall mountable with a sliding perspex front, the memory box is easy to fit and can make visiting your loved one a more special experience. A bonus is that in looking for things to put in the dementia memory box, many of our customers have found out things about their loved one that they never knew!