CareTV Open Dementia Clock — v007

August 17, 2026

New accessibility correction

The resident-facing clock must never contain an accidental pathway to an unrelated website, and its controls must be usable by people with very limited fine-motor control.

v006 correction: the small touchable CareTV.org link has been removed from the resident-facing clock. A person using the clock should not be able to accidentally leave the orientation display by touching a branding link.

1. No accidental external navigation

The public site itself can promote CareTV. The dedicated resident clock should behave as an orientation appliance, not as a web portal.

2. Controls are not “administrator controls”

The control panel is now labeled simply Clock controls. It is intended for any person who needs to operate the clock: a resident, caregiver, family member, technician, or person with limited movement.

The interface must not assume precise fingers, small targets, good vision, or technical knowledge.

3. Whole-hand / elbow accessibility

The control entry target is enlarged to approximately 110 × 110 CSS pixels. Once opened, the control screen occupies the full display.

Primary actions have a minimum height of approximately 120 CSS pixels with large labels and generous spacing. This is intentionally much larger than normal mobile UI targets so the controls can be activated with a hand, fist, knuckle, forearm, or elbow.

4. Version identification remains available

The full-screen Clock controls page shows Version 2026-08-17-v007. CareTV.org appears there only as plain text, not as a link.

5. Design rule learned

Resident-safe rule: If touching something can take a cognitively impaired or motor-impaired user away from the intended appliance state, that touch target does not belong on the normal resident-facing screen.

Version history

Previous version:

https://8k.art/beta/_daily-builds/2026-08-17/caretv-open-dementia-clock-visible-build-id-and-discreet-caretv-link-2026-08-17-v006.html

Public clock target:

https://caretv.org/dementia-clock/


Filename: caretv-open-dementia-clock-resident-safe-no-external-links-and-large-motor-accessible-controls-2026-08-17-v007.html
Daily-build permalink after upload: https://8k.art/beta/_daily-builds/2026-08-17/caretv-open-dementia-clock-resident-safe-no-external-links-and-large-motor-accessible-controls-2026-08-17-v007.html
Standalone source: caretv-open-dementia-clock-large-motor-accessible-controls-resident-safe-2026-08-17-v004.html