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Keep Losing Important Items? Try These 10 Solutions
Always searching for your keys, remote, glasses, or phone? These simple organization ideas and tracking tools can help everyday essentials stay easier to find and save you from the frustration of turning the house upside down.
Non-Tech Solutions
Smart-Phone Free Remote Control Finder
A remote connects to a small beeping receiver (comes with one red and one blue reciever) that can be attached by a keychain holder or stickers to keys, remotes, glasses cases, or bags. This is useful for someone who does not use a smartphone or finds apps difficult. It could not be more simple: battery operated (no charging), and beeps when clicked.
Magnetic Remote Holder
It is frustrating to try to find a remote when it blends into furniture or gets misplaced. A magnetic remote holder keeps it in one consistent, easy-to-reach spot, reducing the likelihood that you will misplace it!
Flexible Wrist Bracelet
A flexible wrist bracelet keeps keys attached to your wrist, making them easier to carry and less likely to be lost. These can also easily fit around walker or scooter handles, making them accessible and close by.
Command Hooks for Designated Spots
Command hooks create a consistent, easy-to-remember place for frequently misplaced items like keys, bags, or glasses. Returning each item to the same designated spot can reduce searching and make daily routines easier.
Front Entryway Station
A front entryway station gives everyday essentials like keys, a wallet, glasses, and a bag one consistent home. Keeping these items together near the door makes them easier to remember and reduces last-minute searching.
Tech Solutions
AirTag Tracker to Find Items (Apple Devices)
An AirTag can help you quickly find frequently misplaced items like keys, bags, or a wallet using the Find My app. You can view the item’s location, play a sound when it is nearby, or share its location with someone you trust for extra help finding it. For more AirTag ideas check out our article 10 Everyday Items to Put an AirTag On.
Adhesive AirTag Holder (Apple Devices)
An adhesive AirTag holder lets you attach a tracker to items that do not have a keyring, such as a remote, checkbook, notebook, glasses case, or medication organizer. This makes frequently misplaced belongings easier to locate. These items can also be labelled in your FindMy app on the iPhone.
Keychain AirTag Holder
A keychain AirTag holder keeps the tracker securely attached to commonly misplaced items like keys, a purse, or a backpack. If the item goes missing, you can use your phone to see its location or play a sound to help find it nearby.
Trackable Remote Case
A trackable remote case holds an AirTag, making it easier to find a remote that frequently gets lost in bedding, cushions, in a walker, a bag or another room. You can use your phone to play a sound or view its location instead of searching the entire house. For more ideas, read our article 11 Easy Ways to Make a TV Remote Easier for Older Adults to See, Find, and Use.
Voice Assistant to Call Phone when Lost
A voice assistant can make your lost phone ring. This is especially helpful when you are home alone and do not have another person or phone available to call it.