Susieq - yes! i should have taken a picture on my phone. I will do that, brilliant idea.

Sorry, in answer to your question, she does live alone - but she has a friend who lives in the same sheltered housing. He's tried to help but the huge number of buttons has them both foxed (and me too, if im honest!, especially over the phone).

just looked at the links for the remotes - really great - thank you again x

Thank you both, that's great. I'll have a look at the links - i didnt realise that you could get simpler remotes. I'll try labelling for now and then look at the options. Great starting point, thanks so much for the links too. Very much appreciated

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