Seven apps. One home screen. Everything else gets deleted.
Phone. Obviously. Messages. Texts from family, one tap away. Camera. Grandkid photos go both ways. Weather. Daily planning, simple, no confusion. A companion app. coley for conversation, check-ins, trivia, recipes. The app that shows up every morning when family cannot. Video calling. FaceTime or Google Duo. Audiobooks. Libby — free through local libraries.
Seven apps. One home screen. Zero confusion. Every additional app increases cognitive load without proportional benefit. Move everything else to a second screen or delete it entirely.
Do this together. Arrange icons in the order she uses them most. Make text large. Enable Bold Text. Set the wallpaper to a photo of the grandkids. Hand it back. She owns it. You just cleared the path.