Looking for a self hosted Dementia Clock

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I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a tool that could work as an internet connected dementia clock - that is displaying the time, time of day, date, and the ability to update the display remotely with reminders, notes, and messages.

I have an old iPad kicking around, which could save us from purchasing something like this.

Thanks in advance!

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I don't know of anything built for that purpose but you could use home assistant dashboards to pull it off pretty easily if you already have an instance set up.

That's an interesting thought. Thank you, I'll toy around with that.

I would prefer something that functions both on and off line. A home assistant dashboard will be useless while you, for example, reboot the server. You would want something that stores all it needs locally and gets pushes from a server. Though I don't know what that would be ..

As the importance of a system increases your attention to stability must also increase.

Edit: you probably want something that is locked down as well so that the user doesn't accidently click to a different screen or exit the app.

Thanks, I did look in to it and had the same thoughts you raised.