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With summer vacations ending, and people returning home to work and to school, the senior citizens in your life might be feeling a little lonely. To help keep them connected even across the miles, it might be time to give them a little education in technology.
Even if you can’t be there in person everyday, there is no reason you can’t text to check on each other. For seniors who might have a hard time hitting those little letters to send a text, you can work with them on “talk to text” or even get phones with bigger buttons. You also can help them expand the size of the letters on their screen so they can read those texts better. You’d be amazed at how big the letters can get, making it easy for seniors to see better as they communicate.
Facetime or any form of video calling is also a great way to keep in touch across the miles or even just across town. It gives you an actual look at your senior. You can see their face, how they are looking and even their surroundings. Sometimes it might be hard for them to get the hang of it. You might just see their ceiling instead of their face as you’re video calling them, but with some practice and with their desire to learn, it can be a simple and easy way to stay in touch.
If senior citizens need a little more help with technology when family members and friends aren’t around, many Visiting Angels offices offer Social Care services, which help seniors embrace technology. The goal of the social care services is to help seniors stay connected with friends and loved ones using modern technology. Through this program, the Visiting Angels Social Care workers can help seniors use their cell phone, or to use it better with the features they actually need. The program can also help them text, send emails, Facetime, Skype, Zoom and more.
Studies have shown that many seniors love to stay in touch and see photos people post on Facebook. You can help your seniors connect via Facebook, send messages and more. Visiting Angels’ Social Care program can also help seniors with Facebook, even helping them to set up an account and then interacting with family and friends.
Another benefit of getting seniors into technology is helping to ensure they are aware of and can be a part of special moments, even if they can’t be there in person. They can see photos people post of baby showers and graduations. They can also be present at events such as piano recitals, soccer games and hikes through National Park via Facetime. You can bring them along for the events, even if they can’t actually be there on the ground for them. Seeing these things will help them feel more a part of them, and help them feel as if they aren’t missing out just because they can’t get there in person.
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