JALL Digital Calendar Dementia Day Clock - with 7" Large Screen Display, am pm, 5 Multiple Alarms, for Aged Seniors, The Elderly, Large Impaired Vision People, for Desk, Wall Mounted

This clock is absolutely wonderful. It has the weekday on top, says afternoon, pre-dawn or whatever, the time w am or pm and date at bottom. I don't have to find my phone or check the calendar - it's just so helpful. I have one in my bedroom, one on first floor and one in son's bedroom. You can adjust the light on it and when time changes, it's easy to figure out if you didn't keep instructions close by. I actually got 2 as a gift but everyone who comes to visit loves it (no matter what their age) so I've given as gifts myself. Looks like a picture frame. I think you'll love it.

I am getting up in years and sometimes a little forgetful. This JALL digital clock helps me to remember the time, part of the day, month, day, and date, at an instant glance.What surprised me was when the clock arrived, I took it out of the box, (Black screen), plugged in the AC-DC adapter, and all of the info on the screen was already set perfectly. Time, day, date.... everything was correct and exact. That surprised me.I got the black case version, and hung it on the wall above the Home Theater System. You have a choice of White or Yellow color print on a black background. The yellow is very pale, I just left it white. Keep in mind this clock is built like a regular LED TV screen. If you ever saw those digital picture frames where you can download pics to it and it displays the pics as singles or a slideshow. That is exactly what this clock is, except the program is a clock instead of a photo display.I only have 2 complaints about this JALL clock.1. It has a dimmer option. The normal brightness setting is very bright. Brighter than a night light. The dimmer has 3 settings, High (Normal), medium, and low. Unfortunately, the medium and low settings only effect the times between 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. All daytime hours are full brightness with no choice. But you can set it to switch automatically to medium or low brightness at 7:00 PM, and it will automatically go back to full brightness at 7:00 AM.One of the reasons I only gave this clock only 4 stars is that I wish it had a 24 hour brightness control. The full brightness is bright enough to read by it. That is okay during the day, but if you sleep in beyond 7:00 AM, the extra brightness is a bit distracting through your eye lids. The medium setting is bright enough for all the time. I wish I could make it do that.2. The second problem I have is that this JALL clock loses between 1 to 2 seconds everyday. That doesn't sound like a lot, but if you do the math, that can equal 1 minute per month, or 12 full minutes per year. Yes it sounds like I am being picky, but I have an 18 year old digital watch that has never lost a second. The face is scratched, one tiny segment of a day letter no longer lights up, but it keeps perfect time. I paid $14 for it 18 years ago. I only wear it when doing work these days. The point is, if Casio can make a cheap little wrist watch keep perfect time, then JALL's $40 clock should keep perfect time as well.The funny thing is as I said, it was set to perfect time when I first plugged it into the AC adapter. So it kept perfect time from the factory in China through all of the shipping and to my front door. The screen was off when I took it out of the box. The screen only operates when you connect the AC adapter. I think that is what changed the speed the clock works at. The display is a TV screen and takes more power which makes the time keeping slow down.And no it will not change automatically at Daylight Savings Time or back to EST. But it has a nice menu to change all of the settings, and it even has a little handheld remote control to make it easier. No Kidding!You can select 12 or 24 hour time. There are 5 alarms.Here was something I found a little weird. The first thing at the top of the screen is the day of the week, spelled out in full. Under the day is the part of the day. Let me explain. At 12 midnight it says, "PREDAWN". At 5:00 AM it says "MORNING". At 12 Noon it says "AFTERNOON". At 5:00 PM is says "EVENING". At 9:00 PM it says, "NIGHT". I have never had anyone tell me it was 12 o'clock PREDAWN, or 3 o'clock PREDAWN. That just seems a bit weird.I like how the clock works. It looks nice and is easy to read from across the room at a quick glance. I guess I will just have to add one minute every month for the life of the clock. At least I can use the remote from the sofa.

My 93-year-old father is in assisted living and had started waking up at night or during afternoon naps, completely disoriented and confused about the date, day, and time of day. His clock would say 2 AM, and he would think it was 2 PM, or that 5 PM was 5 AM. It was especially hard when the days were shorter and early morning and evening looked the same. My family and I were getting anxious calls from him at all hours about appointments or visits he thought he had missed, and we or the staff would have to calm him down and convince him of the actual time or day of the week. I bought him this clock and placed it across from the foot of his bed so he would see it right away when he woke up. The numbers are large enough to see without his glasses on, and in addition to AM and PM it also includes "predawn, evening, afternoon, morning" to prevent any confusion. This, in addition to the date and day of the week help him to get oriented quickly. He tells me that if he wakes up confused, he just looks at his big clock, realizes he's okay, and then goes back to sleep. There are fewer panicked phone calls from him and from staff. The clock can be customized for brightness so it doesn't glare at night, but it is still readable.

I bought this clock 2 years ago and it has been so helpful for my parents. They rely on it every day and night. It's easy for them to read and to know what day and time of day is it. Very helpful for getting up in the middle of the night and reorienting. I can't begin to count how often I've been thanked for this present. I bought the plug in so I wouldn't have to worry about changing batteries, and taped the wire to the wall.

Christmas present.

This is one of those review that make you think it was written by the owner's cousin. Nothing could be further from the case. I live in NYC. My Mom's in Philly. She has slowly developed some vascular dementia in the last many months and is now increasingly isolated and confused.Both in a hospital/ rehab setting and here at home, one of the common issues is, " What is today? " Add to that the temporal confusion ( especially during the dark winter days ) and you have someone who is scared in her own home because she not only isn't sure what day it is but sometimes cannot tell if it's morning or evening.I finally did an Amazon search for devices like this. I looked at at least 10. After looking at all of the features, I bought it and put it into Mom's bedroom- it hangs JUST below her t.v. set. ( Admit it- the only place to hang it )The moment I put it up she looked at it and looked at me. And nodded. One of THE key features is that word "Evening" or "Morning". Very few displays offered flexibility of setting and this feature.What a great product. Worth three times what I paid for it. To know there's a BIT less fear and a BIT more understanding of when the day is in addition to what the day is? Just so valuable.Well packaged, excellent remote control. A suggestion? Placement of this device is quite important. Finding the right eyeline and being able to place it there worked for me. The suggestion is to make the power cord twice as long. I was fortunate to have a place to plug it in. Some customers may wish for a bit more length on the cord.I've already shared the link for this to one friend whose father is similarly suffering from cognitive deficits.

Clock was great for about 8 months and then the screen became incredibly fuzzy and difficult to read. It will give you a headache if you stare directly at it. It's too bad, my mom really liked this clock. Will be searching for a new one but doing my research this time and trusting the reviews.