kaleigh266 wrote:
Thank you for these recommendations! We have tried the assistive access but this seems to be too limiting for them at the moment! I was hoping there was a way I could limit them from being able to block contacts as this is the issue we’re having.
If you can’t do something you think you should be available within Assistive Access, send feedback to Apple.
Having spent more than a little effort trying to repair a working system for folks with declining mentation, I’d go toward kiosk (single-app) mode and toward Assistive Access and then to dedicated big-button gear sooner rather than later.
In the most recent situation I’ve had, they were also further along the path than I’d expected and further along than any of us would have preferred, and they hid it well. Mostly. Which meant some of what I was trying to provide was (occasionally, but not always) more complex, and became a source of frustration for them. On more than a few occasions, I’ve watched somebody puzzled with or angered at some condition or call or person or entertainment program too, then disable it or change it or delete it, and then immediately forget that it all had even happened.
PS: If there is the budget for it, I’d consider using home security system hardware as an alternative for video chat features, as well. Most systems feature cameras, microphones, and displays and such. Yeah, not as slick as an iPad and FaceTime, potentially very intrusive of course, but also potentially more workable for the situation. The closest Apple analog is a kiosk-mode iPad FaceTime app, but I’ve not tried that.
