ConnectCommunities
@ConnectingComm
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Tackling isolation and loneliness with technology
Joined August 2013
#ConnectingCommunities is now in #EastSussex. If anyone/care homes in #Brighton and #Hove needs an 'Intro to IT' (for free) get in touch!.
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BBC News - Internet training would cut pensioner loneliness, says think tank http://t.co/iQkxPkeMfA.
bbc.co.uk
Loneliness among the over-65s could be tackled by training more older people to use the internet, according to a think tank.
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RT @bbchealth: VIDEO: Move to improve care home life http://t.co/CaMWi5tlwG.
bbc.co.uk
Jenny Hill visits one care home where a group of residents have used a webcam to form friendships with women on the other side of the world.
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Do you have lonely family in B'ham/Lichfield?Do you want to Skype them on Xmas day?Get in touch and we'll go over for free #ConnectChristmas.
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RT @TheInfoDaily: Digital literacy for all will advance preventative healthcare http://t.co/pGum5gQTSR
@TinderFdn @TotalMobile @digibrum @p….
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RT @talking_health: Jeremy Hunt may be concerned about loneliness but what is the government doing about it? http://t.co/37YXJP20CN.
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Government should do more to get 'marginalised' older people online via @Telegraph
http://t.co/fMW727VzTD Great article.
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@MrDarrenGormley @alzheimerssoc Fantastic information for many, the variety of interaction available through apps is very interesting.
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RT @alzheimerssoc: Great blog post by @MrDarrenGormley on his top 10 activities for people living with dementia using a tablet computer htt….
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One laptop later and Kevin has been on 2 holidays in 3 months! We went round to bookmark him some holidays sites. http://t.co/4SJPvpCrYn.
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Our first tweet; in the next week we hope to post photos of residents at Midland Heart tapping and swiping on their tablets. #ITforall.
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