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Mom is almost 82. Just bought her an iPad to try because the computer was getting difficult to use with her essential tremor. Setting it up was a nightmare because I didn't spend the money for a model with face id. She had to keep touching(but not clicking!) the fingerprint reading button on the side. Training her fingerprint was also a nightmare because of Apple's surprisingly bad decision to require you to click a pop-up dialog whenever you fail to position your finger properly, unlike Android where you just try again.

I think the touchscreen was the least of her problems. A virtual keyboard with bigger keys would be nice. Not sure if that's an option on Apple though.

I'm not convinced she'll have much luck with the iPad, so if anyone has suggestions for an elderly person to stay connected, let me know.



Newer versions of ios actually have an elderly mode, assistive access, in the accessibility settings that might be of help here


I am glad that she's still managing okay despite her ET. Kudos to you for helping her navigate which interfaces she can use now.

My father's ET makes me terrified of gradually losing my own ability to interact with any technology as I become his age and as interfaces "progress".

I am always surprised the extent to which "accessibility" does not include people with poor fine motor control.


maybe in the accessibility settings for bigger keys




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