Description
The award-winning RAZ Memory Cell Phone is an easy-to-use, groundbreaking cell phone for people with memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s, stroke, low vision, Parkinson’s or seniors who prefer an intuitive experience. The phone consists of one primary screen and one screen only. It allows seniors to stay connected with friends and family through regular telephone calls or video calls and allows the caregiver to manage the phone from afar.
The single screen includes three elements:
- Photos and names of up to fifty contacts with six large icons per page;
- An optional 911 button or the alternative RAZ Emergency Service subscription;
- Optional information such as date & time, day of the week, battery power and signal strength.
The RAZ Memory Cell Phone does not exit the home screen. This prevents users from getting confused in the normal smartphone environment. Even the power button can be disabled.
The display, which is a large 6.5 inches, does not time out. It can remain always-on or go dark after 2 minutes and wake up with movement. At your option, incoming calls can be restricted to those coming from Contacts, eliminating undesirable predatory calls.
With a relentless focus on being extremely intuitive and easy to use, the RAZ Memory Cell Phone requires only a simple tap to place and answer calls. The caregiver also has the option to adapt the call activation method to the option that best suits their senior’s needs and ability.
Remote Manage provides caregivers the unprecedented ability to remotely control ALL aspects of their senior’s cell phone through a simple app. Create and edit contacts, manage settings, access the phone information and much more from your own smartphone (iPhone or Android).
Key features:
Phone calls: Place and answer calls with a simple tap allowing the senior to stay connected with friends and family. The caregiver can manage the contacts with the RAZ Care app.
Block unwanted incoming calls: Avoid scams and robocalls with this essential feature that allows incoming calls only from contacts, enhancing your senior’s safety.
Video calls: Stay connected with your senior effortlessly. Only approved contacts can video call the Memory Phone user.
Press & hold buttons: The caregiver can choose between different press & hold methods to prevent unwanted calls. And we have added an extra layer of safety with the call confirmation screen.
Settings are disabled for the user: ALL the settings including the volume rocker are remotely managed by the caregiver through the RAZ Care app. Caregivers can even disable the power button to avoid the phone to be accidentally turned off. This means peace of mind for the caregiver and safety for the senior.
Reminders: From your own smartphone, you can send your senior reminders about medicines, appointments or important events and see if they were acknowledged. Reminder colors and font size can be customized through the RAZ Care app.
Quiet hours: Prevent your senior with dementia from calling specified contacts during certain hours of the day or in the middle of the night.
Loneliness alerts: Reduce loneliness! Receive an alert when the user does not participate in the desired number of calls.
Manage battery charging: The RAZ Memory Cell Phone provides four key charging features. Seniors can get reminders to charge the phone and will receive visual & audible confirmation when the phone is connected to the charger. Caregivers can track the remaining battery power and charging status in the RAZ Care app and receive text alerts when the battery is low.
Location tracking & Status check: With the RAZ Care app, caregivers can get peace of mind by checking the real-time status of their senior’s phone, as well as its location.
Calling emergency services: Control how users can call emergency services. Three options are available, including an option for a 911 emergency button that is always within reach for your senior’s safety.
RAZ Emergency Service: With the RAZ Emergency Service, every emergency call is routed to a private dispatch agent who assesses the situation and contacts 911 if necessary.
Calls can go automatically to Speaker mode: With this option, seniors can hear calls clearly. The RAZ Memory Cell Phone’s speaker’s loudness can reach up to 125.6dB!
Calls can be answered automatically: With the Auto-answer option, incoming calls from contacts will be answered automatically and the call will be on speaker.
Low Vision and Hand Tremor mode: An even simpler interface with super-larger icons, less contacts per page and bigger buttons. The ideal mode for those with low vision, Parkinson’s, hand tremor and others.
Wireless charging: The wireless charging set (sold separately) allows the user to easily charge the phone by placing it on the wireless charging stand or pad without the hassle of plugging in the charging cable.
Free updates: We are always looking to improve our products to make seniors’ and caregivers’ lives easier. When we launch new updates to the RAZ Memory Cell Phone, our customers get 100% free access to them.
Enhance your senior’s safety with our solutions
RAZ Emergency Service: With this subscription-based service, emergency calls are connected to a highly trained agent to help the senior through their problem. The agent will have access to the senior’s location and other helpful information provided by the caregiver. Text messages will be sent to emergency contacts, providing the opportunity to interact directly with the agent to assess the nature of the emergency and provide input. The RAZ Emergency Service helps avoid up to 95% of unnecessary emergency calls.
RAZ Alert: Respond more quickly to your senior’s emergencies. When your senior calls 911, receive a text message alerting you to the call. Up to 3 people can receive the 911 text message alert. There’s no additional cost for this feature.
Auto Answer: If your senior is not answering the phone and you believe that they might be experiencing an emergency, you can activate the Auto Answer feature in the RAZ Care app. When you call, the RAZ Memory Cell Phone will answer automatically after 4 or 5 rings and go to speakerphone. This is a great safety feature if your senior has fallen, for example, and can’t get to the phone! There’s no additional cost for this feature.
And there’s more!
A variety of useful RAZ Memory Cell Phone accessories, such as wireless charging sets and protective cases, are available here.
Receive 3 months of FREE wireless service from Affinity Cellular with your purchase! Affinity Cellular operates on Verizon, America’s most reliable network. Only $20 per month thereafter.
Free protection plan
In case your RAZ Memory Cell Phone is damaged within the first 12 months of use due to accidental drops or water (excluding loss or theft), we will offer you a replacement for $175 only. This applies if you purchased a protective case with the original phone. To get the replacement, you will need to return the damaged phone to RAZ Mobility.
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Ed (verified owner) –
This is by far the best cell phone solution for those with dementia that I have seen. My mother was no longer have her Jitterbug flip phone. I had two issues the first day:
1. My mom accidentally turned the phone off. I called tech support and they were able to remotely disable the power button. It was be nice if the caregiver could do this via the app.
2. My mom accidentally called 911. The banner is at the top of the phone screen. My mom is at a skilled nursing facility and has no need to have access to 911. It wouldbe good if the caregiver could disable the 911 banner in the app. For $99 per year 911 calls can be routed to a private vendor, but for those on assisted communities this extra fee should be be needed to the disable 911 calls.
RAZ Mobility Team –
Hi Ed! Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad to hear that the RAZ Memory Cell Phone has been helpful for your mother.
About the accidental or unnecessary emergency calls, we have great news! Caregivers can now choose the best method for their seniors from these three options through the RAZ Care app:
1) Keep the emergency button at the top of the screen, as it is now.
2) Set emergency services as a contact (with the option to choose the position of the contact icon to avoid it being at the top).
3) Use the regular keypad only, requiring the senior to manually dial the emergency number.
To update your RAZ Memory Cell Phone, please reach out to our Support team at 800-729-0083.
To update your RAZ Care app, visit the App store or Google Play and download the latest version.
Please feel free to reach out if you need any assistance 🙂
phil duggan (verified owner) –
today is day 1. The phone seems easy and intuitive, but we will know more in the coming days. The app for helping my dad seems very good.
Clarke Aubey (verified owner) –
We bought this for my father in law who has lewy body dementia. Overall, the product is pretty solid and the app works well. We live in Canada and set the phone up with Koodo which seems to be compatible with the device and app. There are a few things to be aware of if you are a Canadian and plan to purchase this device.
1. By the time you buy the phone, case, duites and emergency tag you are looking at close to $600.00 Canadian after taxes and currency exchange.
2. There is no way to disable the 911 calling on the phone and the subscription to divert the calls is not available in Canada due to legal implications. This is problematic if your loved one has periods of panic/hallucinations and feels they need help when they actually do not. We were able to cover the display so that the ability to call is less tempting, however the possibility of a false call is still very possible.
These factors are the only reason I rated it 4 stars.
RAZ Mobility Team –
Hi Clarke! Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate it and we’re glad to know the RAZ Memory Cell Phone has been useful for your loved one.
Regarding the accidental emergency calls, we have good news! Caregivers can now choose the best method for their seniors from these three options through the RAZ Care app:
1) Keep the emergency button at the top of the screen, as it is now.
2) Set emergency services as a contact (with the option to choose the position of the contact icon to avoid it being at the top).
3) Use the regular keypad only, requiring the senior to manually dial the emergency number.
To update your RAZ Memory Cell Phone, please reach out to our Support team at 800-729-0083.
To update your RAZ Care app, visit the App store or Google Play and download the latest version.
Please feel free to reach out if you need any assistance 🙂
Kim Billips (verified owner) –
The phone is working great and the customer service has been wonderful. The only thing is the charging pad I purchased does not work and I want to return it for a refund but I still haven’t heard back on the procedure for the return.
Linda Cone (verified owner) –
We bought this phone for my husband, who had a stroke in 2022. Although he has had remarkable progress in his recovery, he has issues with aphasia, cognition and short-term memory. The phone seems easy to use, however we have made several “butt calls” by accidentally touching the screen and the call was made without a chance to cancel it before it called a contact. I wish there were a pause where it says something like, “ do you want to call John” before it makes the call. Also, we find it difficult to plug in the charging corrd, so I am ordering the automatic charging pad, as well as the protective case. We have been busy with holiday activities, and have not yet looked into any features other than voice calls. We do find that the battery doesn’t last very long, so the automatic charging pad will be a big help. After we get used to using it, I’m sure it will give us peace of mind when we need to communicate while we’re apart.
RAZ Mobility Team –
Hi Linda,
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear that you and your husband have adapted well to the RAZ Memory Cell Phone.
We also have some good news: through the RAZ Care app, you can enable the Call confirmation screen. When this feature is turned on, the phone will display a popup after a contact is tapped, asking the user to confirm before placing the call.
We also recommend trying other call activation methods, such as Double tap, Tap & hold, and Tap & hold Long. Each method can be tested directly in the RAZ Care app.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our Support team at 800-729-0083. We’ll be happy to help! 🙂
David Traylor (verified owner) –
we purchased this phone for my brother-in-law. He is mentally disabled since birth and has cognitive issues where he cannot dial a phone. We tried a conventional phone and he was unable to use as the phone would time out before he finished dialing. He lives alone and this has worked perfectly. He can dial with 1-touch and with the wireless cradle we don’t have to worry about the phone being charged. Recently we received a text that his phone had a low battery and when we visited him we were able to fix the issue. We like this phone. He even likes it and feels more secure since he can dial immediately if needed.
LindyLoo –
My husband has slowly advancing Alzheimer’s and lives in an excellent long-term care facility. He always loved talking to me and other family members on his smartphone that he used for more than 10 years. When it finally gave out, he struggled not having a way to call me when he wanted. I found RAZ Mobility and decided it was worth the $350 cost to provide him with a simple phone that his current mental abilities would allow him to independently make and receive phone calls. The RAZ Mobility phone does exactly that. He’s very happy with his new hone which makes me happy. Thank you for inventing this phone for those with failing memory and mental processing issues. It gives my husband a bit of independence in his slowly shrinking world and adds joy to his life and to mine.
Missy Smith –
We purchased this phone for my mom (85). She had never had a touch screen phone before. She has a little trouble with it from time to time, but that really isn’t unexpected. She has Parkinson’s and hand injury, so finding the right touch balance has been tricky. On one setting, she can’t make calls easily, on another, she makes them too easily! In certain situations, it has been nice to turn on the “quiet hours”. I like the caregiver app. The video call has been helpful, along with the auto answer. The only thing that we have trouble with is the wireless charging that we bought. It has not worked well for us. While staying in a facility, a staff member removed the port plug and charged it with a cable because they couldn’t get it to stay situated wirelessly. Then the port insert went missing entirely, so we can’t charge it wirelessly at all. So it just ended up being a waste of money for us.
Debra DeBruyne (verified owner) –
The best phone for people with dementia that keep getting scammed. This phone has been a lifesaver for us. The screen is a bit sensitive, so we do get a lot of calls, but it is getting better. I highly recommend getting the case immediately as that helps. The set up was simple as well. It did stress out our LO the first few days as he went from a flip phone to this but he’s getting used to it. Best decision we ever made.
Tamera Larson (verified owner) –
This phone works very well for my mother whose dementia is getting worse quickly. She really likes seeing the faces! I do have two things that I wish were better – the battery life and the number of rings before the call goes to “voicemail” which does not exist on my mother’s phone. The battery barely lasts 24 hours, which is considerably shorter than her old phone. And when she gets a call, by the time she gets to her phone and picks it up, usually it’s already too late to answer. I wish there was a way to increase the number of rings. The “auto answer” feature seemed like the way to go with it, but it rarely rang more than once before it automatically answered, and it proved to be confusing to both my mother and the caller. Maybe we’ll have to give it another try.
RAZ Mobility Team –
Hello Tamera,
Thank you for your feedback! Since you purchased your mother’s RAZ Memory Cell Phone, we’ve released quite a few updates 🙂
You can now enable voicemail access through the RAZ Care app. To adjust the number of rings before a call goes to voicemail, we recommend reaching out to your wireless provider.
We’ve also increased the number of rings for the Auto-answer feature, which should be very helpful in this case.
As for battery life, due to the phone’s unique design and constant availability, it may be somewhat shorter than a typical cell phone. We recommend making daily charging part of your routine—just like with any other phone.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Support team at 800-729-0083. We’ll be happy to help!