Konnekt Videophone – Germany

Konnekt Videophone Europe partner bildfon
Mr Christian Walter
Elisenstraße 47 Top 13
A-1230 Vienna Austria
Phone: 0043 676 3456 343 or +43 676 3456 343 (click to call)
Skype: bildfon Support
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For seniors living independently or older adults in assisted living; for virtual visits with family and friends, increased safety, and reduced social isolation:

• One touch to call or answer – incredibly easy-to-use
• No computer skills required, nothing to learn
• Personalized to your needs by Konnekt
• Talk face-to-face with family – reduce loneliness
• Medical study – Video calls reduced depression risk

Our oldest Videophone user is 107!

For people with memory loss or a cognitive impairment such as dementia including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, acquired brain injury or learning difficulty:

• One-touch call buttons – world’s easiest communication aid
• No menus, icons, charging – nothing at all to remember
• Auto-answer trusted carers, with 2-way video – reduce worry
  – Visual check-in has helped to save two lives already
• Medical studies – Video calls increase cognitive function
• Block telemarketers, scam calls, fraud – increase safety

Restore independence and social engagement!

Konnekt Dementia Support Guide

Read our Dementia Support Guide or download a printable copy in German or English.

For people with poor dexterity, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, carpal tunnel syndrome or difficulty using their hands:

• Call buttons up to 15cm wide – ideal for unsteady hands
• Press touchscreen with any object – no skin contact needed
• Auto-answer option for trusted carers – operate hands-free
• Wireless access button option – use from a bed or chair
• Large 15-inch or 20-inch screen – see from 4 metres away

For people with deafness, partial deafness, severe or profound hearing impairment, hearing loss, auditory processing disorder, tinnitus, or who often forget their hearing aid:

• Captioned phone calls – large text, no human listening
• Captioned video calls – read lips and facial expressions
• Loud ringing, screen flash, and remote alert option
• Hands-free operation, or use our optional handset
• 3.5mm, USB and Bluetooth sound – for headphones, headsets, hearing aids, implants

For people with poor eyesight, partial blindness, macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts or other vision impairments, or those who forget their glasses:

• Text up to 7 cm tall, buttons 15 cm wide
• Large 15-inch screen, with 20-inch option
• High-contrast colour scheme available
• Hands-free operation, and auto-answer option
• No menus, icons, logins or passwords

Automatically answers incoming calls, with 2-way video and sound, but only from those trusted contacts that you nominate:

• This feature has helped to save 3 lives already!
• Ideal for people with poor mobility, vision or hearing, cognitive, sleep disorders, and those who are at risk of falling
• Visual check-in – reduces worry, increases safety
• Option to increase sound remotely – listen to nearby rooms
• Option for standard phone calls

Video Auto-Answer Helps Save a Life

Konnekt video phone assisted me to visualize my Mum, I am pretty certain my Mum would have died a very horrible death in her unit within 24-48 hours
— Cheryl Kolff, daughter

Cheryl was overseas. Her mother was suffering from a life-threatening problem, but she was unable to verbalize her pain. Videophone’s automatic answer allowed Cheryl to see how unwell her Mum was, comfort her, and talk face-to-face with paramedics.

For people living in a residential aged care home / nursing home, assisted living, respite care, hospital, rehabilitation, or palliative care:

• Decrease social isolation and loneliness
• Reduce behavioural issues – easier for staff
• Enable virtual visits during COVID lockdown
• Managed remotely – staff help is not needed
• Happier residents and families; more productive staff

For those wanting an easy way to video call, as an easy alternative to Skype or similar video-chat apps such as Facebook Messenger, FaceTime, LINE, Teams, Viber, WeChat, WhatsApp or Zoom:

• Incredibly simple video calling – one touch to call or answer
• Dedicated appliance – eliminates the myriad of problems with Smartphones, iPhones, iPads, tablets, PC and Mac computers
• Friends and family use the free Skype app
• Calls landline telephones, too – buttons for doctor, taxi…
• Personalized set-up, IT support, managed service – robust, reliable, adapts to your needs

Winner, Best Consumer-Friendly Product in Aged Care

Konnekt Videophone was selected as the best choice for seniors living at home, independently or in a care home, by a panel of industry experts at the industry’s premier event for new aged-care technologies.

Microsoft

Konnekt’s partner Microsoft develops and manages the Skype and Teams apps and highly reliable video-calling service.

Konnekt selected Skype for its robustness, global infrastructure, international support, interface to standard phone networks worldwide, support for captioning (voice-to-text), and Microsoft’s commitment to accessibility. Microsoft is one of the few organizations that has a Chief Accessibility Officer.

Skype’s heritage and a majority of its developers are in Europe.

Medical Research in Germany

Key point: Older adults can benefit from video calling with family

• Older adults who have a cognitive impairment want to see their grandchildren often.
• Virtual visits benefit their adult children. It reduces worry and guilt. Other family members become involved in remote care.

Read the study: Would You Like to Skype With Your Daughter?, Dr Raphael Niebler, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany, April 2019.

Medical Study: Video Calling Reduced Depression Risk

Those using face-to-face calls had half the probability of depression symptoms

Social isolation is bad for your mental health, and regular face-to-face social interactions are likely a great way to help prevent depression
— Dr Alan Teo, Prof OHSU

Source: Using Skype to Beat the Blues, A.R. Teo, S. Markwardt, L. Hinton, OHSU, Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019.

Hearing Loss: Video Calling may Slow Memory Decline

People with and without hearing loss benefit cognitively from online communication

• Those who participated in video calling had improved memory.

Source: S. Raffnson, A. Maharani, G. Tampubolon, Social Contact Mode and 15-Year Episodic Memory Trajectories in Older Adults With and Without Hearing Loss, The Journals of Gerontology, 2022.

Konnekt CEO: Karl Grimm

Karl’s father was born in Leipzig, Germany. He married an Australian lady and moved to Australia in the 1950s.

Konnekt Co-founder: John Nakulski

John’s father was born in Berlin, Germany, and educated in Lausanne. He emigrated to Australia in the 1950s.

John’s mother lived in both Varnsdorf and Prague. She also emigrated to Australia in the 1950s.

John can speak enough German to find the Hofbräuhaus, order beer, and get himself into trouble.

German supplier: Assmann Electronic GmbH

The optional handset for the Konnekt Captioning Videophone comes from a manufacturer in Lüdenscheid in the Arnsberg region of Germany, not far from Dortmund and Wuppertal.

Other hardware components are selected carefully and sourced from around the world. The Konnekt software is proudly developed by Konnekt in Australia.