Bedside clock for special needs, recommendations, please

JTQ

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I have a need to buy a bedroom clock, but it has to have a permanently illuminated display as it is for someone now robbed of the cognitive skills to get on with those that need touching to wake up the display.
Here, Alexia based variants also would be non starters.
Ideally, I would prefer one using radio or wifi controlled automatic time and "daylight time saving" correcting.
I have no specific need for either a built in radio or alarm functions.
Auto dimming for coping with changing ambient lighting would be "a nice to have" feature
The need to be illuminated I suspect means a mains unit, that is no problem.

Any recommendations , please.
 
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There seems to be a number that might be suitable - for the person to use it do you want analogue or digital - both Amazon and EBay show both. I have an always on digital on my ‘Pure’ radio alarm but clearly this is OTT for your purposes.
 
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Thank you for those, the Amazon one certainly is a budget solution though that's not an important requirement. Auto time, via radio or wifi signal correction would be nice but at that price point it is fully understandable it lacks that.
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There seems to be a number that might be suitable - for the person to use it do you want analogue or digital - both Amazon and EBay show both. I have an always on digital on my ‘Pure’ radio alarm but clearly this is OTT for your purposes.

Unfortunately it needs to be digital, analogue is no longer an option.
 
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Get any DAB radio with a permanent clock display. DAB carries GPS synced time so comes back on with the correct time even immediately after a mains outage. Start at John Lewis (sale on at moment), Argos, Sony, and end with Majority.
One word of warning: make sure you get a radio that has a dimmer on the display - they can be excruciatingly bright in a dark room at night!
 
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