The phone is not bad and in principle well suited from conception for the elderly. However: - Only open listening alone is not possible, only handsfree (with monitoring). Straight but handsfree works so different environmental noises known bad. - The ring tone can not be changed and is a bit too quiet for hard of hearing people. Good is the optical signal! - Display Contrast adequate but not great. In the resting state, however dark, so it is difficult to recognize when messages on the answering machine are. - After a power failure the time and date are off (no buffering). For the elderly difficult to readjust.
Overall rating: Satisfactory. Then you could still improve a few features!