My mom recently moved into assisted living, and while that's brought on a number of lifestyle changes, one that I've helped her tackle recently is setting up a phone so that she can easily contact me and other members of the family when she needs to.
Ideally, this would mean setting her up with a landline and a Big-Button Phone with easy-to-reach speed-dial buttons adorned with the pictures of family members, so my mom can just press one button to dial. These days, though, a lot of landline providers want you to get your home phone service bundled with internet, cable and a lot of other services an octogenarian in my mom's shape just doesn't need.
