MEDCENTER Digital Talking Medication Alarm Clock for Seniors

I have one medicine that I have to take four times a day and was having a real problem remembering to take it. This reminder clock is perfect. It can be set to beep or to a voice that tells me when it is time to take the pills. If I remember on my own and take the pills I can touch the "alarm acknowledged" button twice to clear it from going off and to make sure what time it plans to go off next; it tells you "alarm acknowledged" and "the next reminder will be the _____ alarm at (time)" so you know exactly when the next alarm will go off. I was not going to be home one day at pill time and found I can turn a single alarm off, then turn it back on when I get back--that way it doesn't beep too long with no one at home. It has a port for inserting an external power cord to plug into the wall but I have been using batteries and they haven't run down after several months of use. There is a light with a button to push to turn it on, but it doesn't light the dial very well but I don't need it to. The face of the clock shows the day, number of the day of the month, and the current time but it is rather dark, but all I need is the reminder alarms. Update: I have had this med reminder for almost a year now, I think--long time anyway. It still functions well but I have found a few flaws. My timer did not come with paper instructions, just a diagram on the box. The website says it should come with a paper copy of instructions so if yours does, be sure and save them in a safe place for future use. My four times a day medicine was changed to one I took three times a day and I could not figure out how to turn off the 12 pm alarm. After giving up I asked my husband to see if he could do it and somehow he did; but he can't remember how. Now I'm supposed to use a med four times a day and I couldn't figure out how to turn the noon alarm back on. My husband tried and he couldn't either. I went to the company's website and downloaded instructions for my model of alarm. The problem is, they must have changed the set up of the buttons but kept the model number. On the instructions one of the buttons on my alarm is not there anymore but I hoped the instructions would work anyway. They did not; but I found where they said the alarm was automatically set to four times a day when the batteries are inserted. Instead of noon the set times included 1 pm so that was close enough for me. I took out the batteries and waited a second and put them back in. Sure enough, the four times a day automatic settings worked. Of course I had to reset the hour, minutes, date, and year. I just hope I don't have to change the frequency or times of alarms in the future. The second annoying thing about the alarm is the volume. There are only two settings, "loud" and "extra loud". The loud setting is really loud and I have never tried the extra loud setting. The alarm is placed on my computer desk since that is near where I keep my meds. There is a phone near there too and if the alarm comes on while I'm on the phone I can't hear the caller and they can't hear me. Usually they gasp, "What is that?!!!!" and I explain it is my pill reminder. Pushing the button to shut off the alarm doesn't help because it goes on to tell you the time and when your next alarm is due. Most of the time that is fine and I don't want to shut off the voice feature but it can be annoying.

I have found a gem in this clock. I almost didn't get it because of the review saying it was so hard to set and the one that said it didn't talk to you but decided to give it a try anyway. Glad I did. If you have trouble setting it, get your grandchildren to give it a try. They can do miracles. It alarms up to 4 times a day to tell you to take medication. I have found many of the reviews on Amazon about this clock to be incorrect. It does have a talk mode which tells you the day and date and says to take your early morning meds, or evening meds. We only have those two set so not sure what it says for the mid morning or early afternoon meds. You can turn those reminders off, which some of the reviews say you can’t do. You can also set it to just alarm and not talk about taking meds if you want it for another purpose. Cost is just under 30.00, but I have been well please. It helps me remind others and myself to take meds. One thing I do like is that if you are in the other end of the house when it alarms, it will announce a couple of times and then stop and announce again in about 5 minutes when you are closer to it to turn it off. It continues this process for about 30 minutes before permanently ceasing the alarm process. It is very loud. We can hear it upstairs from the kitchen. I was very surprise on how loud it is. Would be great to awake a hard sleeper however it would be telling them to take medication but it announces the day, date and time each time also and seems to have a built in snooze feature. I was afraid about how hard it would be to set, but I was able to work my way through it. It might be you would need to get someone else to help you set it up the first time if you aren’t good with technology, but it would be worth the effort has been my experience. One reviewer said their dementia mother didn’t mind this clock telling her to take her meds the way she did the reviewer telling her. Interesting thought. Oh, it is battery driven so very portable. Easy to shut off. Red button is only one you have to be concerned with after it is set up. Once you depress the red button, it says "Alarm acknowledged." One review seemed to think that was the only words it spoke but that is not so. It will announce if set correctly. I've only had this clock for a couple of months, but see it will be packed with us along with meds when we travel since that is a time when we are most likely to forget. Someone asked why I didn't just set the smart phone as a reminder. I tried that and found it to be very aggravating as it would go off in church and everywhere. Just looking at this clock is a reminder in itself at times. If I am out watering the plants, my phone would go off and by the time I was back inside, I would have completely forgotten and miss my meds. This thing continues to give little reminders for about 30 minutes off and on so you don't miss it.

My elderly mom (82 yrs young) had problems remembering to take her medication. I tried everything for her to remember but nothing worked. This talking alarm is a blessing. I set it for her a.m. and p.m. meds (it has 4 different times that can be set). The alarm will continue to go off intermittently until she taps the big, red button. It gives the date and time so she knows the day according to her pill box. It was easy to set and easy to explain to my mom. I wish I knew about this product a long time ago. It was well worth the money, and gives me piece of mind.

I am 91 years old and live in an assisted living community and the pass by one like the other. This clock keeps me informed on what day it is and date it is and time of day.

I love this alarm clock. I do wish it had a couple more alarms. I know some people will give less stars if it isn't exactly what they want or need. I didn't because I purchased this knowing it only had 4 alarms. This is the 4th clock I have purchased. The beep is loud enough to wake me and it's not even on the loudest setting. This one uses batteries which is so convenient. I can place it any place I need it to be. Since I started using this alarm I have not missed any medications so I am able to get to bed at a decent time. If you need to take medication at a certain time this clock is perfect for that. The talking message is a bit off for my alarms because the 2nd alarm is set for 11 pm so it's not an afternoon time. I don't mind because I know when it goes off at a specific time I know which medication to take. This clock may not be exactly what I need but it's exactly as described. It deserves the 5 star rating.

My father-in-law was recently diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. He was prescribed several new medicines and had to take pills five times a day for a while. My mother-in-law was so worried about forgetting to give his medicine to him, so I ordered this alarm clock. It has really helped ease her worries and let her relax without constantly looking at the clock. We were only able to set four alarms with this device, but we had decided we could easily remember the ones he takes first thing in the morning so we set the alarms for the other four times (8:30am, 3pm, 8:30pm, and 11pm). The alarms were easy to set and went off as scheduled. It was loud enough that we could hear it if we were in the back of the apartment or if we had dozed off. The doctor recently made med changes and my father-in-law now only takes medicine twice a day. I was easily able to turn off two of the alarms that we no longer need. The only little issue we've come across is that on a few occasions, one of the alarms will go off four minutes late. For example, one evening, the #3 alarm started blinking at 8:30 pm, but the sound did not go off until 8:34pm. This has happened about five times over the past month. Those 4 minutes are not a big deal to us, but we cannot figure out why it does this. Even so, I would definitely recommend this product!

Great concept with one flaw... We got this because my grandmother has dementia and she needs a little help to remember to take her pills. The alarm goes off for about 30 seconds but when my elderly grandma doesn't get up and run to the alarm in time, it shuts off (like auto-sleep mode). This causes her to sometimes just stand in the kitchen looking around until it goes off again to remind her why she is in the kitchen and every single time it shuts off, she forgets to press the acknowledge button (because she thinks its already off since it shuts itself off on its own) and it starts going off again like 3 minutes later. When that happens, it causes her to question if she needs to take her pills again... The alarm should beep/talk constantly until the button is pressed or if it is going to shut off, don't keep repeating the alarm. It causes too much confusion for elderly people with dementia. And above all, GIVE ELDERLY PEOPLE MORE TIME TO GET TO THE ALARM BEFORE IT SHUTS OFF ON ITS OWN!!! If it wasn't for this issue, it would be perfect. But this one flaw causes it to be dangerous or could be fatal for elderly early-onset dementia people (since the constant going to sleep then sounding again by itself a few minutes later if the button is not pressed can cause an over-dose of their meds if they think they need to take pills again (since that's what its telling them to do). Thankfully we only put enough pills in her bottle for the 24 hour period so she can't overdose but other people may not think of that or have that ability).

This clock is easy to use and works well to help those with mild dementia. It also helps the caregiver to remember “now” is the time for their loved one or patient to take their medicine. It has the possibility to set for 4 reminders a day. Easy to also turn off and on, or acknowledge reminder. If away from clock and meds will remind every 10 mins or so until acknowledged. The alarm has 2 volume settings with womens polite voice speaking the time and reminder to take med and then when acknowledged says when next reminder will be sounded. This is a wonderful device.

It was easy to set up, and the manual was helpful, but everything resets back to default settings if I try replacing the batteries.

I bought this for my dad because he use to forget to take his pills all the time so I found this product and he and I love it, he's been taking his pills on time and the alarm is nice and loud and it easy too set up and you can set it up for four times a day and you never have to set them again great idea and it tells you the current time and date

Bought this for my mother who lives alone and forgets to take her meds. It reminds her twice a day (can be set for additional prompts) to take her meds by telling her in words it's time to take them.

First up no cable in the package. Easy to use, battery operation so be expensive over time. Excellent speaker quality. Arrived 2 days early

bought this for my mother in law who is very independent but is suffering from memory loss god bless her this alarm has made my wifes life simpler as her mum is now much better at taking her medication thanks for a great product