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Rancho Cucamonga youth prepare to help seniors learn social media

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Seniors and youth gathered at the James L. Brulte Senior Center/Central Park last week for a documentary presentation co-sponsored by the city and the Rancho Cucamonga Service Council in conjunction with National Senior Center Month. The event kicked off a new program — Cyber Seniors — that the Senior Center and Service […]

Comments Off on In Support of Active Aging Week, a Lake Oswego Retirement Community Will Get a Sneak Peek at an Inter-Generational Documentary Cyber-Seniors

In Support of Active Aging Week, a Lake Oswego Retirement Community Will Get a Sneak Peek at an Inter-Generational Documentary Cyber-Seniors

Active Aging Week is a week-long observance to celebrate adults 50 and older as fully participating members of society and promotes the benefits of leading an active, healthier lifestyle. To celebrate, The Stafford – a boutique retirement community located at 1200 Overlook Drive, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 – will host two screenings of Cyber-Seniors – […]

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In Support of Active Aging Week, a Lake Oswego Retirement Community Will Get a Sneak Peek at an Inter-Generational Documentary – Cyber-Seniors

Active Aging Week is a week-long observance to celebrate adults 50 and older as fully participating members of society and promotes the benefits of leading an active, healthier lifestyle. To celebrate, The Stafford – a boutique retirement community located at 1200 Overlook Drive, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 – will host two screenings of Cyber-Seniors – […]

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Program helps seniors use the internet to stay connected

By Susan Hay. Anchor/Producer Watch Video Here. TORONTO- Cyber Seniors, an educational campaign, tries to help older adults stay connected by teaching them how to use the internet. Macaulee and Kasha Cassaday started the Cyber Seniors program and try to encourage older adults to tackle technology and give youth with a way to give back

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MD Youngsters Teach Elders a ‘Thing or Two’ about Tech

BALTIMORE, Md. – “If you need help with your computer, ask a kid.” That may be a joke on the Internet, but the American Association of Retired Persons is taking it seriously by partnering the non-tech savvy with high school students in Maryland. At one recent event, about 80 students helped 80 seniors with technology […]

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Helping seniors learn to use the Internet

Many among the thousands of residents living in this area have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren scattered around the country and around the world. In many cases, the opportunities to visit their family members are rare or non-existent. On Sunday, Oct. 12, a program designed to deal with this problem will be coming to Virginia for […]

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Cyber-Seniors – A Better Approach

A few days ago I published an article titled AARP Thinks I am Too Stupid to Use a Real Computer where I expressed my dismay that AARP would suggest that somehow people who are aged 50 and older are not capable of using current state-of-the-art computers and tablets. The article sparked a lively debate with many people […]

Comments Off on Metro Vancouver Geek Squad agents take Cyber-Seniors to heart

Metro Vancouver Geek Squad agents take Cyber-Seniors to heart

VANCOUVER — Director of Services Chris Sallans grins in his Burnaby office while trying to explain Best Buy Canada jargon to a curious outsider without sounding like an Abbott and Costello Who’s On First comedy routine. The geeks, all 1,582 of them in 207 Canadian locations, are referred to as “agents,” even though their signature […]

Comments Off on CBC Interview with Brenda Rusnak, Producer of Cyber-Seniors

CBC Interview with Brenda Rusnak, Producer of Cyber-Seniors

Excerpt: It’s a fun documentary showing in Thunder Bay. It’s all about what happens when a group of teens introduce retirement home residents, to the internet. Listen to the full interview here.

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Film follows of a group of senior citizens as they discover the Internet

Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT), in conjunction with OPP and sponsored by Leacock Retirement Lodge, is presenting a screening of the documentary Cyber-Seniors. To correspond with National Seniors Day Oct. 1, SALT is screening the documentary at the Orillia Opera House Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. There is no cost to attend, but SALT […]