Activities for Senior Citizens: Seniors on Facebook! I wholeheartedly
promote the combination of seniors on computers and the Internet as a
method of sustaining a high quality of life for my peers, especially in
the area of memory improvement. On Facebook you will find many
activities for senior citizens, as well as exceptional groups related to
everything you can conceive. It is quite possible that you will locate
alumni groups for your high school, people who grew up in your home
town, or even your family! If not, you can start a senior community of
your own, or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a
number of groups.
Boomers and Social Media is a research report from eMarketer.com that
analyzes findings from May, 2009. That information found that 47% of all
baby boomers who use the Internet have a profile on at least one social
networking web site. That's an expansion of 15% from 2008. Facebook
seems to be the social media site preferred by baby boomers as well as
the WWII generation. (via New Report Shows Boomers, Seniors Like Social
Media.)
I have passionately promoted seniors on computers and the
Internet as a great way of perpetuating a high quality of life for my
peers, especially in the sphere of memory improvement. I, myself,
possess a Facebook account and a variety of other social media accounts,
too. I monitor my Facebook page just about every day because it helps
me maintain contact with individuals I know all over the world. In
truth, I have never met some of them face-to-face, and others I haven't
seen for fifty years or more!
On Facebook you will run into many
Activities for Senior Citizens, as well as special groups about
everything you can imagine. It is probable that you will find alumni
groups for your high school, people who grew up in your home town, or
even your family! If not, you can begin a senior community of your own,
or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a number
of groups, and I belong to a variety of of them myself.
If you
are reading this it is probable that you are a computer user. As such,
you will already be aware of the advantages to be gained by owning and
utilizing a personal computer. However, you most probably also know that
many older folks are heedless of the things they can do with a
computer, or are manifestly put off by the idea of using computers. This
is a problem for both them and for us, because we want the interactions
we might have with them. In fact, if you are the child or grandchild of
a senior who doesn't use a computer or the Internet, you will almost
undoubtedly profit from providing that person a hard copy of this
article!
Here are a few of the capabilities of Facebook that make
it so great for seniors:
The Wall is a location on each Facebook
user's profile page that allows acquaintances to leave messages for the
user to see.Photos, where Facebook members can upload albums
and photos. Privacy settings can be established for individual albums,
limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For example, the
privacy of an album can be set so that only the member's friends can see
the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that any
Facebook users can see it. Another feature of the Photos application is
the ability to "tag", or label users in a photo. For instance, if a
snapshot contains a user's friend, then the user can tag the friend in
the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been
tagged, and provides them a link to see the photo.Status, which
allows user's to inform their friends of their location and actions.
Depending on privacy settings, anyone who can see a user's profile can
also view that user's Wall. Facebook also allows users to post
attachments to the Wall.News Feed, which appears on every user's
homepage and announces information including profile changes, future
events, and birthdays of the user's friends, if users opt to allow this.Facebook
Notes, a blogging feature that allows tags and embeddable images.Gifts
, which allows users to send virtual gifts and cards to their friendsMarketplace,
which lets users post free classified ads.
Facebook is truly
easy to subscribe to, and the numerous categories of privacy you can get
will make the majority of seniors comfortable. Why not try it out!
For more information on aging
with grace and seniors
on computers click on the links to visit these great websites!
method of sustaining a high quality of life for my peers, especially in
the area of memory improvement. On Facebook you will find many
activities for senior citizens, as well as exceptional groups related to
everything you can conceive. It is quite possible that you will locate
alumni groups for your high school, people who grew up in your home
town, or even your family! If not, you can start a senior community of
your own, or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a
number of groups.
Boomers and Social Media is a research report from eMarketer.com that
analyzes findings from May, 2009. That information found that 47% of all
baby boomers who use the Internet have a profile on at least one social
networking web site. That's an expansion of 15% from 2008. Facebook
seems to be the social media site preferred by baby boomers as well as
the WWII generation. (via New Report Shows Boomers, Seniors Like Social
Media.)
I have passionately promoted seniors on computers and the
Internet as a great way of perpetuating a high quality of life for my
peers, especially in the sphere of memory improvement. I, myself,
possess a Facebook account and a variety of other social media accounts,
too. I monitor my Facebook page just about every day because it helps
me maintain contact with individuals I know all over the world. In
truth, I have never met some of them face-to-face, and others I haven't
seen for fifty years or more!
On Facebook you will run into many
Activities for Senior Citizens, as well as special groups about
everything you can imagine. It is probable that you will find alumni
groups for your high school, people who grew up in your home town, or
even your family! If not, you can begin a senior community of your own,
or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a number
of groups, and I belong to a variety of of them myself.
If you
are reading this it is probable that you are a computer user. As such,
you will already be aware of the advantages to be gained by owning and
utilizing a personal computer. However, you most probably also know that
many older folks are heedless of the things they can do with a
computer, or are manifestly put off by the idea of using computers. This
is a problem for both them and for us, because we want the interactions
we might have with them. In fact, if you are the child or grandchild of
a senior who doesn't use a computer or the Internet, you will almost
undoubtedly profit from providing that person a hard copy of this
article!
Here are a few of the capabilities of Facebook that make
it so great for seniors:
The Wall is a location on each Facebook
user's profile page that allows acquaintances to leave messages for the
user to see.Photos, where Facebook members can upload albums
and photos. Privacy settings can be established for individual albums,
limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For example, the
privacy of an album can be set so that only the member's friends can see
the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that any
Facebook users can see it. Another feature of the Photos application is
the ability to "tag", or label users in a photo. For instance, if a
snapshot contains a user's friend, then the user can tag the friend in
the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been
tagged, and provides them a link to see the photo.Status, which
allows user's to inform their friends of their location and actions.
Depending on privacy settings, anyone who can see a user's profile can
also view that user's Wall. Facebook also allows users to post
attachments to the Wall.News Feed, which appears on every user's
homepage and announces information including profile changes, future
events, and birthdays of the user's friends, if users opt to allow this.Facebook
Notes, a blogging feature that allows tags and embeddable images.Gifts
, which allows users to send virtual gifts and cards to their friendsMarketplace,
which lets users post free classified ads.
Facebook is truly
easy to subscribe to, and the numerous categories of privacy you can get
will make the majority of seniors comfortable. Why not try it out!
For more information on aging
with grace and seniors
on computers click on the links to visit these great websites!
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