Threw his phone.

I found out recently that if you have Alexa you can "drop in" on someone.
So if you have Alexa and he has one you could "drop in" and communicate with him. I would also investigate what lead up to the incident. Was he frustrated the phone would not work for him? Was he angry at a caregiver or other resident and the phone was close at hand?
With Parkinson's and the Dementia that often goes hand in hand he may be losing the ability to use the phone.

Why did he throw it, because he is frustrated? His fingers can no longer do what he wants? Is Dementia coming into the picture. Maybe he cannot use a cell anymore. And I would not spend the money on a n iphone. Can you talk to a staff member and ask them what they feel he can handle. An inexpensive android maybe better if all he is going to do is talk. I use tracfone. They have a selection of androids. I use mine pretty much for just calling. I only pay about $25 every 60 days and thats 500 min. If I need any in between, its all done on their app.

What about something like the Amazon echo. Can you not have a 2 way conversation on that device? I don't have anything like that because my DH is almost deaf.




I am not up on the new stuff. My DH is almost deaf so anything he needs to hear what is being said, does not work.

I doubt there's any smartphone that can withstand someone intentionally trying to break it and throwing it.

Yes. I HAD a jitterbug flip. And when I found out that my partner's iphone was EASIER to use I got a smart phone through Lively, that has a simple screen to use. Much cheaper than an iphone. Though a learning curve is involved with switching android to apple to android for certain. The jitterbug flip is NOT simple to use. Gets no apps, and is good for phone call only. Texting on them is a nightmare.

You are looking at a phone that is 200.00 with set up versus much more for iphone with the jitterbug smartphone3. So there is that if he is going to start throwing them. A case will really help if there aren't tiles on the floors.

For myself, when this starts happening it is worth replacing ONCE. Then it is phone calls managed through and with the staff. I spent two years having to do that after my brother's death to contact his partner during his last years. It works.

Good luck. Hope you'll update as to what works. If he is used to the iphone I would get a rebuilt iphone for him. ONCE!

Some on this site have experience with a GrandPad, others with special ALZ phones that have "parental controls" and uses pictures. I have not heard good things about the Jitterbug (it's not that user friendly) and is also expensive.

Be prepared that the cost of any specialty phone may be more than what he was paying for his iPhone.

There is a protective case called an OtterBox that might fit a future phone so that if he throws it, it may survive. My son uses one because he's a stone mason and he often drops his (or it falls out of his pocket) and the dust/dirt is also a problem.