confusedson

Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to setup medicine reminders for my dad? on Monday December 09, 2019 @06:18PM (#21747756)

Haha you also forget that if he could remember to do all of this then I wouldnt be posting this in the first place!

Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to setup medicine reminders for my dad? on Monday December 09, 2019 @06:18PM (#21747745)

I actually like the idea of using Twilio instead of an alarm. A phone call is more likely to get him to act on it rather than a reminder on the phone. Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to setup medicine reminders for my dad? on Monday December 09, 2019 @06:16PM (#21747736)

This is exactly the problem. If he's in the middle of something and the reminder goes off, he silences the alarm and then forgets about it. I need a way to repeat the alarm if he hasn't taken the pills.

Ask HN: What is the best way to setup medicine reminders for my dad?

Posted by confusedson on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:26AM
from the ask-hn dept.

My dad is 70 years old and has a whole bunch of pills that he needs to take. He keeps forgetting to take his medication and I've been trying to come up with the best reminder system for this. I've tried installing a whole bunch of apps on his phone which do this but nothing has worked very well. He has an iPhone and the Apple Watch, and I am looking for a system that works across both these...

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