You can't show them once and head out. You need to get the new tech at the beginning of a multiday visit and practice a few times a day. |
You’re a bad person. |
I bought Jubilee TV for my 95 year old Mom who is having similar issues.
I have not set it up yet but it was the best option I found. I will be able to control her TV from my house. https://getjubileetv.com/ |
OP my husband and I must be "old people" now, we did have to just go back to cable. We couldn't figure out smart TV! |
Just wait! We older people have learned and forgotten more technology than you young people have even learned. |
I used to have this same problem with my mom. It is incredible to me that no product exists to make TV easy for old people. It is such a common problem. |
Can I ask how old your parents are? |
I help older people I know who have tech issues. My adult son helps older people he knows who have tech issues (phone, internet, TV, computer, whatever). If you don't live close find someone who can go help your older parents with their tech issues. Just like you would get a tutor for your kid if they needed one. |
YouTube TV works almost exactly like cable. Maybe set them up with an account and teach them just how to open that app? |
On our prime tv box, I use the microphone button to say "turn on television, find netflix, turn off television" etc which saves me from finding the right button on one of four different remotes. Other systems also use a microphone button. |
I face this going to an airbnb where they have different tvs or interfaces. |
NP here. This looks awesome! |
Gen X DH struggles mightily with our smart tv remote and Roku so it’s it not just older adults. Roku is so simple so I’m not sure what more I can do to help him. I wish he could go back to an old school tv remote and an antenna but he insists he needs all of the obscure channels. |
My mom lost her ability to operate the TV last year. It was progressive, just like everything with her dementia. Streaming was out of the question, cable worked better but I ended up having to tape the remote control to only leave the power and volume buttons visible, and leave the channel on something that interested her. They make basic remote controls for the elderly that only have power, channel and volume up/down and mute, but they don’t work great (and we tried them all) and even the addition of a mute button got confusing. Again, this is a dementia problem, not just an elderly problem. |
63 and I run an ecommerce company.
I have both cable (Flos), Roku, and two remotes. I try hard not to touch the wrong buttons. This is maddening. I, too, would like a simpler solution. |