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Active Minds

Activities to keep seniors lucid, learning and linked

Characteristics of kiosk usersCreativityInitiativeSupportInterestDepressedIsolatedtime availableLimited mobilityCultureconfidenceActivity levelNetworksResponsibilityCommunity groupsCommunity involvementTravelChoicesBackgroundExperiencesTalentssharingattitudes

fromOlder Australians and the Internet; Bridging the Digital Divide September 2011 National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

Activities from the field

brainstorm

Helps mental health...helps fight depression

Part of my daily life

Working with machine...it’s not judgmental

Research..keepingabreast of things happening

‘You can find out lots

about history and

your ancestors’Keep brain active after

stroke..No brain...no

muscles!

‘I love

playing

games’

Learn at my own

speed...

can play things

over and not be

embarrassed

Connect with

old contacts

and speak to

grandchildren

Most of my entertainment

Read poetry

Expose to new things, especially

If homebound or not mobile

Enhance things...ebay, facebook, Amazon

Google docs –sharing

Documents,spreadsheets

‘Lost without it!’

using computers-quotes

Keep brain active..plastic

Quality of life

From Older Australians and the Internet; Bridging the Digital Divide September 2011National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

Ways from depression

INTERNET USE CAN HELP WARD OFF DEPRESSION AMONG ELDERLY Tom Oswald, Shelia Cotten

DEPRESSION is a serious health issue among older adults. Late-life depression affects ... nearly 8% of the aged population..However, new research ... found that Internet use among the elderly can reduce the chances of depression by more than 30 percent.“That’s a very strong effect,” said Shelia Cotten“And it all has to do with older persons being able to communicate, to stay in contact with their social networks, and just not feel lonely.”

In addition to bereavement, disability/health declines, and prior depression ....... risk factors for depression in older adults include social isolation, decreased social contact, and lack of emotional support...Using the Internet can help to reduce social isolation, loneliness, and depression, as well as enhance social support among older adults ...social contact, social connectedness, and greater satisfaction with that contact .

Reflections

Stories

Games – Monopoly, word games-crosswords, text twist. RummkubWeb searchNews from homecountryYoutube vids ...dancing, music, crime mysteriesGoogle Earth –places beenChannels-exercisePinterest Genealogy - MundiaReminiscing – dementia...where in England...industry in area....pottery chamber pot..Part of Lifestyle program...client-centred

Connecting...

...collaborating

Youtube videos forthings of interest

OnlineExercise programs

Images courtesy of en_wikipedia

Still watching...listening...remembering

Dementia : computer-generated forest ...of environments to beaches and holiday-themed scenes

Thanks for your

participationGeorgina Nou