What is the best digital photo frame for dementia?
The Pix-Star is arguably the best digital photo frame for people with dementias such as Alzheimer’s. With its intuitive user interface and powerful Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled feature sets, Pix-Star’s frames provide convenient access to all of your favorite photos and video clips without having to use a complicated device or frame. (Continued below video…)
The frame also offers two sizes:
- A large 15-inch screen that displays images in vibrant colors,
- A super-sized 17-inch LUX screen, so that grandparents can enjoy their special memories with clarity and sharpness, and not have to worry about text and photos being too small.
Motion Sensor Wake-Up
Pix-Star’s frames can mount on the wall, using the motion sensor to wake the display up when your loved one with dementia walks into the room.
Additionally, the frame comes preloaded with software that makes sharing photos easy between family members and friends. You can send pictures directly from your phone, computer, email, and even by USB or SD card. Pix-Star’s mobile app (Pix-Star Snap) lets you share up to 250 photos in several frames at the same time. The web dashboard lets you import and sync photo albums from external sources including Facebook, Instagram, and more.
Ideal Choice for Viewing Best Moments
All these features make the Pix-Star an ideal choice for people with dementia, looking to stay connected with the rest of the family while viewing their best moments in great detail, watching short video clips, and even listening to special audio messages from their loved ones – no matter where they are in the world.
Pix-Star’s smart features such as automatic cloud storage and remote configuration and management make it the ideal frame for families and grandparents. You can adjust each frame’s settings using the Pix-Star web dashboard, start and change slideshows, manage cloud storage, and more – for up to 25 Pix-Star frames and all from a single user account.
Do the best digital photo frames for dementia need Wi-Fi?
Pix-Star digital photo frames offer the best viewing experience for your favorite photos, videos, and audio clips. Using state-of-the-art Wi-Fi connectivity, Pix-Star digital photo frames make sharing photos with your loved ones with dementia – and anyone else in the family – quick, easy, and from anywhere in the world.
With its simple setup process, you can connect your frame to a Wi-Fi network easily. Once you’ve registered your Pix-Star frames on Pix-Star’s web dashboard board and added its email to the mobile app, you can send pictures from any device: computer, phone, tablet, USB/SD card, and more.
Easy Photo Sharing
Grandparents can view pictures from their grandchildren’s latest camping trip without having to wait for a USB or SD card loaded with all of their pictures! You can share photos in just seconds from your phone’s gallery, link social media photo albums (Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive, Google Photos, etc.), and even email photos.
Pix-Star lets you set the receiving frames to display all incoming photos in slideshows as they’re received. This ensures nobody in the family – especially someone with dementia – miss another photo or important moment.
Can these photo frames view photos from USB?
Sending photos to your Pix-Star digital photo frame is simple and easy when you use a USB or SD card. Simply transfer the photos from your device onto the USB or SD card, and then plug it into your Pix-Star digital photo frame. Pix-Star’s digital photo frames have a plug & play feature that lets you play slideshows directly from the connected USB or SD card – without copying its content to internal storage first.
As Pix-Star’s frames don’t limit the maximum sizes of inserted USB/SD cards, you get virtually unlimited storage space as you aren’t limited by the local storage capacity. This is a great Pix-Star feature for families that want to involve their seniors or any non-tech-savvy users – and those that share loads of photos and other media. Pix-Star’s frames are one of the best digital photo frame gifts for loved ones with dementia.
How to send photos to your photo frame
To send pictures to your Pix-Star digital photo frame for your loved one with dementia, make sure that the frame is connected powered on and connected to Wi-Fi. You should also make sure you register the Pix-Star frame at the Pix-Star web interface, giving you access to advanced features such as web albums, remote configuration, cloud storage, and more.
To best way to send pictures to a Pix-Star frame is by email from your phone or computer. Open your email app and create a new email. Add the email address associated with your Pix-Star frame as the recipient. This email address is found in the frame’s settings. Attach the photos you want to send to the email as attachments – don’t drag and drop them into the body of the email. You can send multiple photos at once. The photos will appear on the Pix-Star frame within a few minutes.
Pix-Star frames allow you to send photos using the Pix-Star Snap mobile app or through their web interface as web albums. Web albums are photo albums linked from social media and photo-sharing sites like Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, and more. Make sure to add your frame’s email address to the mobile app and register via Pix-Star’s web dashboard to access all of these features.
Does the best digital photo frame for dementia run on battery?
Pix-Star’s digital frames do not run on battery power. They must be plugged into an electrical outlet at all times to function. Digital frames require a constant and stable power source to display photos and to support advanced Wi-Fi and cloud features, such as remotely controlling your frames, sending photos from anywhere in the world, remotely starting slideshows, and much more.
Most battery-run digital frames only have a 2 to 4-hour battery life, which is hardly enough for large displays and Wi-Fi-connected frames such as the Pix-Star. We don’t generally recommend buying a battery-powered digital photo frame for people with a dementia such as Alzheimer’s.
