New home no phone

[Mxflamingnoravera]

Hi All
The ongoing saga of my mum's move to a new care home continues. Her sister and I have been calling her daily on alternative nights in her old care home. In the new home there is no phone that can be brought to her in her room so we need a new solution.

She had a Doro but we had to remove it because she was calling us multiple times every day and in the night so giving that back to her is not a solution. My aunt has only a landline and is terrified of tecnology. What I need is a mobile or static phone for mums room that will accept incoming calls only. Does such a thing exist? I've been searching the web this morning and cannot find anything but I'm hoping someone out there may have had a similar issue and solved it. I'm willing to buy phones for both my mum and aunt if it solves the problem.
At the old home they had an I pad so I could face time her which she loved but it belonged to the home and I cannot see mum or her sister managing an I pad themselves. However something with FaceTime/video calls would be great.
Smart phones are too much for my aunt, she can barely operate a microwave.
So I think I'm looking for a phone that accepts incoming calls only. Any ideas? Please? 🙏

I think you may be able to set alexa up for incoming calls only, if they both have internet access?

I remember friends when I was growing up had incoming calls only on their landline to save money I assume. Rather than the phone not accepting outgoing calls is it possible to do a contact or similar that means you can’t make calls

Does your mum know your number by heart? My mum can't phone me from her care facility because I use the privacy option on my phone and she doesn't know my number.

Does th home have an activities coordinator? Could thus not arrange a time of day where they help facilitate a FaceTime/WhatsApp video call via the homes iPad/laptop? Either you call in at the appointed time or they call you at said time. (I used to do this for all my residents during lockdown).

Neither have internet. :(

@Alphabet1spaghetti2 that may be exactly what I need for me and the iPad. Won't work for my aunt who still lives in the 1950s thanks I'll check that out.

I could buy an iPad mini with data sim for my aunt for calling mum I suppose however!

The care home doesn’t have internet? Not even to use in an office that your mum can be brought too? (Ok I’m assuming she isn’t bed bound )
Or just get the home to dial direct to your Aunts landline, via their own phone line using a cordless phone. Again have a pre booked time, the coordinator supervises.

Thinking out loud here …..Could both parties use an iPad with a data connection sim card? The care home could assist in safe storage (office safe) and usage. May not work for your aunt, but iPads are easy to use? Then you would have to pay for the sim and iPads..

smart phones are necessary for FaceTime etc maybe ask on aibu if anyone knows of an software that restricts smart phones to incoming calls only. It might exist for children or a parental safeguard software app etc?

My brother is in a care home and rings upwards of 15 times a day and night. So I take one call a day on my mobile then block him for 24 hours and only unblock when I can take his call (and it's not the middle of the night). He's only got my mobile number programmed in.

@Mxflamingnoravera Sometimes you can’t fix everything and things fall by the wayside. Let DAunt call the carehome herself. They will find a way if she keeps on at them every day. Take a step back for your own sake.

Mobile phone that's kept in the care home office and taken to your mum to accept calls onto e.g between 6pm and 8pm every evening.

As far as she knows it belongs to the care home and she is borrowing it for that time. As long as it belongs to you there's no issues of her being deprived of her property.

You wouldn't need anything fancy just a pay as you go with a small top up on it every now and then.