Her side · the phone she already has
No smartphone needed.
Most people her age don't have one. Laura rings the phone that's already in the house, a landline or a simple mobile, and she just answers.
Lidia, 94 · on the phone now
Laura phones her every morning, so nothing gets missed.
A daily phone call for your mother or grandmother, and a page for you that fills in as she speaks.
Today, in her words
“I'm all right. A bit tired, but all right.”
Sleep
“I woke at four and couldn't get back off.”
Tablets
2 of 3 taken today. Click one to change its mark.
Blood pressure
She read it out on the call.
“One thirty-eight over eighty-two. I wrote it down.”
Today138/82Thu 12 Nov142/85Wed 11 Nov136/80
To bring her
2 things she's running out of.
TeaJust now
“I'm nearly out of tea. Two bags left.”
Hearing-aid batteriesWed
One morning with Lidia
Lidia is 94. Her grandson Paul looks after her from another city. This is Friday.
What it adds up to
Makes sure nothing is missed
Her tablets, taken while Laura waits on the line
Anything running out at home, passed on to you
Keeps a record of how she is
How she feels today, in her own words
How she slept
Her left leg, day by day
Her blood pressure, as she reads it out
Day after day
39 of 42
of Lidia's tablets confirmed on the call in the last two weeks