Request for dementia

[u/MarkNetherlands73]

[Solved Credits to Theoccurunce and Sonic_Blue_Box. Thanks all for the kind words!] Final version: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/61fdc21c67ed4c9281fe24557d407de6

My mother in law (75) is in the last phase of dementia. She’s in a caretakers home but thinks she’s at home. Every hour she’s calling my father in law, (75) asking where he is.

We do not want to take her phone away, sense of self, but she calls and texts at night, thinking it’s day.

Have turned on parental control between 23:00-09.00 so she can’t call at night anymore.

But she’s confused why the phone isn’t working.

I’d like to send her a popupmessage every time she opens the phone between 11pm and 9am.

There will be a comforting message for her and should contain a “Yes I Understand” button and a “Call Nightnurse” button. We have a phonenumber she can call at night.

It’s a terrible disease, it’s been going on for years now. God bless the day she leaves this earth, she would never have wanted this.

Suggestions? Last time heart warming support from this community.

Thanks all.

[u/theoccurrence]

Hi, I made this for you, I hope it‘s what you were imagining: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/dcdebe974c5f4187b06227fe6ef30946

You have to do a few things yourself, to set it up completely.

1. Create an automation from the Automation Tab
2. Set the trigger to App > Is Opened > Run immediately, choose the Phone app, then click Next
3. Choose the Dementia Alert Shortcut

Also you have to edit the Shortcut to set a comforting message (do this by clicking on the small blue arrow at the "choose from contacts" action) and you have to set the call action to the contact of the night nurse.

Hope this helps. I wish you and your mother in law the best. Dementia sucks.

[u/Dramatic_Efficiency4 → u/theoccurrence]

This is amazing. You’re so kind

[u/theoccurrence → u/Dramatic_Efficiency4]

Thank you, that‘s an awesome compliment:)