Tackling Covid-19’s social isolation of seniors – one tech at a time

Source https://www.ageinplacetech.com/blog/tackling-covid-19-s-social-isolation-seniors-one-tech-time

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. In an article in the NY Times, Paula Span’s title said it all: Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation. The article attempts a number of references to mitigation, including the use of GrandPad in two Pace programs. These are compelling, but the overall story is about the oldest on the wrong side of the Digital Divide, which is notable and particularly pitif…

Source https://www.ageinplacetech.com/blog/tackling-covid-19-s-social-isolation-seniors-one-tech-time

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. In an article in the NY Times, Paula Span’s title said it all: Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation. The article attempts a number of references to mitigation, including the use of GrandPad in two Pace programs. These are compelling, but the overall story is about the oldest on the wrong side of the Digital Divide, which is notable and particularly pitif…

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