Hello, everyone - I hope that one or more of you can help me, as you have many times in the past! My mother is 95 and, by her own choice, lives in her own home near mine. The thermostat of course, is in the living room, and her bedroom often becomes uncomfortable (either too hot or too cold) at night. I want to get her a Smart thermostat that's operated using the Amazon technology, Echo. That way, right from the comfort of her bed in the middle of the night, she simply has to say: "Alexa, tell the thermostat I'm too hot (or too cold)", and the temperature would be automatically changed. I'd definitely set it up with all proper passwords and precautions, just as I have done with the unit in my own home. You might wonder why I don't simply set her up with one like mine! It's because the manual operation of the one I have would likely not work out well for her, since her eyesight is failing. There are times of course, when she might want to manually adjust the thermostat, during the day for example. Does anyone have experience with one of these relatively new technologies? I'd appreciate some suggestions!
If I were in your situation, I might consider a Nest so that I could control it remotely. You could print out the instructions in large, readable type and put it next to the Nest, and maybe that will work. With failing eyesight, I'm not sure what to do....what types of thermostats did blind people use before there was Alexa? Maybe check that out.
Maybe something like that would be better. Then Mom does not have to think or remember. At 70 the less I have to remember the better.