GeriGuard Solutions Dementia Day Cycle Day Clock for Alzheimer's & All Types of Memory Loss.

This is an amazing tool for our Mother. Confined to an Elder care facility, she has always had both a clock & a watch yet it has been impossible for her to distinguish night from day. She became irritated when she woke from a nap & learned it was not breakfast time the next day but that it was lunchtime the same day.It is very readable from across the room, SO easy to install. We have it wall-mounted with a small brass Brad (there is place in back for wall-mounting & comes with easy slide-in leg got table top.). It came pack aged, ready to install. The only "problem" was availability of light socket for the plug and making the clock hang straight. Our remedy was to use a Belkin surge protector extension cord. Then we put a clear push in near the clock for the cord to push against (NOT through the cord!). That worked very well.I include the following, a simple thing that has helped with the clock: She has 5 adult children, one of us visits her each day. In her confusion she will not remember that one of us has visited her or will be there that day. Therefore we put a schedule next to the clock with days of the & name of her child she will see that day, with Morning, afternoon & evening. (simply typed schedule on CPU, the simpler for her the better!)None of the staff at the facility had seen this clock before. They & even the doctors who visit her want to know where we found this. I am sharing this on Facebook because it is that wonderful.

This "clock" is the missing link in dealing with problems related to not knowing what "part" of the day it is. For those who have been confused, even briefly, by which 7 o'clock is it ? Now breakfast...or dinner...? The Dementia Day Cycle Day Clock answers the question quietly and without emotion. It is an adjunct to the "tool kit" used by caregivers for those with "memory problems". Whether it's Dementia, or Alzheimer's, or trauma that causes the confusion doesn't matter. Nor does it matter whether you are the caregiver or the patient, this clock provides the answer without having to look for the AM/PM dots and make the appropriate connection to daily routine.This device is not perfect. It is what it is. Some want it bigger/smaller; brighter/dimmer, more or less information, cheaper, more PC packaging...and on and on. It is not one size fits all. But darned near.For help in solving "time problems" we have the Dynamic Living Oversized 16-inch X 7.5-inch Digital Led Calendar Wall Clock and Medcenter Talking Alarm Clock & Medication Reminder. They too are not perfect solutions, but do what they do remarkably well. Now, with the Dementia clock, we have many of our time problems resolved unemotionally. Questions do arise still. For instance: The clock as delivered displayed night from 10PM to 7AM. It seemed awkward to get our minds to adjust to 6AM as "night" (from the day before) with the sun up and birds singing. So we followed the included directions and changed our clock to shift at 0000 to morning. Now when we look at our BIG Calendar wall clock the days match. No more 6AM "Friday night" but is Saturday morning. One less mental adjustment needed to get through the day. Others may want to make different solutions, buy it do it - but please don't tell others your way is "better".When we were shopping for this clock we saw reviewers had questions about changing the display; and asking for more current instructions from the seller. We requested by email copy of the updated instructions and promptly received not one but two responses from the company, rare concern. We ordered.In our new world of canes, walkers, bibs, bed pads, pills, glasses, TV ears, doctors, handicap tags, Medicare, "I can't remember" etc. this little item fits perfectly.

Easy, simple tool to help orient to time of day/days and nights. Dad still gets confused.....if prompted to look at the clock, it helps orient and reassure him. Unfortunately he usually doesn’t think to look at the clock independently when he Is unsure about time of day. Very easy to set up and see, and to understand.

I HIGHLY recommend this clock. I'm the main caretaker for my 87 year old grandfather, he has a slight case of dementia. He lives alone in a senior citizen building but he's fairly independent, he's able to cook for himself, dress himself, and still go shopping at nearby stores. But I visit him weekly to help with different things. But for months he'd constantly forget what day of the week it was. He'd go all the way to the bank on a Sunday to find it closed, because he thought it was Monday. He did things like this all the time. Plus a huge problem he'd have was thinking it was morning, when it was really night. I went to visit him once around at 7pm and he was asleep when I arrived, he immediately started cooking "breakfast" and was about to take a shower because he thought it was the morning time. Things like this happened repeatedly. For some reason it seems that people with dementia lose their ability to separate night from day, they think if its "dark" outside that its early morning (before sunrise) instead of night time. I googled "clocks that tell days of week" and saw this Dementia Day Clock by GeriGuard and I hesitated to buy it because it was expensive (at least for me). But when my grand dad literally kept thinking it was Monday when it was Saturday, kept asking me what day of the week it was every time I called him, and he kept leaving his apartment at the wrong hours I told myself I had to get this clock because it was a matter of safety. Believe me this clock has been a life saver, its the best $100 we ever spent. I visit him frequently and he NO LONGER is confused on whether its morning or night, and he's NO LONGER confused about what day of the week it is, or whether its morning or night. He's more stable & this keeps him more independant. He LOVES this clock. It's a beautiful clock, it looks very stylish, the letters are large & easy to read. It sits on his dresser so its the FIRST thing he sees when he wakes up. He starts his day knowing what day of the week it is---and when he takes a nap he can look at this clock so he knows its still night time, not the morning. He no longer leaves the house at the wrong hours. The clock was also easy to set up, I believe it was already set up when it arrived; the only thing I changed was that I made the "evening" hour last only between 5pm to 6pm (a short while), so he could have the basic "morning" "afternoon" and "night" words, so its less confusion. Also, I plugged it in at my house for 1 day to make sure it worked properly, and made sure it switched from morning to noon, then night---and after I saw it was working great I took it his apartment.This clock is great. PLEASE get this clock if you have an elderly relative who repeatedly asks you what day it is, and you see them getting confused whether its morning or night. I have a tight budget so I was very hesitant to spend the money--believe me its the best $100 ever spent on my grand dad.

If your loved ones tries to get up several times in the night thinking the day has begun, this product is well worth a try for you. You set the time when you want it to transition from night to morning, to afternoon to evening. One reviewer said that after midnight it transitions to the next day. For example Monday night goes to Tuesday night after midnight. I didn't find this to be true with the machine I got. Perhaps that person's machine was an earlier version. Mine does not change to Tuesday until 6 am which is the time I had set it to be morning. It has been a life saver for us.

Great product. Looks as shown and easy to set up!