by Jill S. | Aug 16, 2018 | teleCalm in the Media
The teleCalm Phone Service helps seniors make phone calls with confidence, while allowing family caregivers to manage the service remotely. There are so many things to stay on top of as a family caregiver and frequently it feels overwhelming. The telephone is one of...
by Jill S. | Jul 5, 2018 | teleCalm in the Media
“For five years, Jill Schriefer (’91, ’93 M.B.A.) and her husband, Tavis, took care of Tavis’ mother, who suffered from the early stages of dementia. Schriefer noticed one of her mother-in-law’s triggers was unsolicited phone calls, which...
by Jill S. | May 31, 2018 | teleCalm in the Media
teleCalm was founded in 2015 by Tavis and Jill Schriefer and two other co-founders. In 2009, Tavis’ mother moved into a house across the street where he could better help her with her daily needs, during which she began showing increasing signs of early-stage...
by Jill S. | Mar 26, 2018 | teleCalm in the Media
“My mom loved talking on the phone with friends and family, but was having increasing difficulty with the features and functionality of her smartphone and cordless home phone,” he told Dallas Innovates about his inspiration for founding teleCalm in 2016. Read the...
by Jill S. | Sep 18, 2017 | teleCalm in the Media
“With teleCalm, a family caregiver will attach a regular phone to a special adapter, which is then connected to a high-speed Internet connection. Only calls from approved telephone numbers—say, those of a parent’s friends and relatives—will ring. Other calls...
by Jill S. | Jul 5, 2017 | teleCalm in the Media
As you may or may not know, scammers have wreaked havoc in our home over the last few years. Their fierce persistence and back to back calling blow my mind. I’m talking almost 100 calls in one day. They have managed to swindle my mom a couple of times. Most recently,...
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