Free smartphones and tablets were delivered to a Loma Linda hospital courtesy of an organization on a mission to keep seniors connected. https://www.telehealthforseniors.org/ We provide seniors and low-income communities with devices, instructions, and free tech-support to connect them to their physicians via TeleHealth, friends and family using digital connectivity, and wellness tools via apps. Lauren Radigan […]
Month: August 2020
Jefferson Awards: New App Brings Youth and Elderly Together
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two years ago, two Stanford business graduates put their heads together to find a way to serve lonely senior citizens. Madeline Dangerfield-Cha and Joy Zhang say they started their app Mon Ami to bring comfort and companionship to older adults. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/jefferson-awards-new-app-brings-youth-and-elderly-together/ […]
TRENDING NOW: Phone Banks Ease Isolation, Create Connections
As the Coronavirus carries on throughout the country, so too do the feelings of uncertainty and anxiety across all different populations. These feelings, sprouting from social isolation in many cases, worry many gerontologists because they know isolation is associated with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and dementia for older adults especially. https://www.matherinstitute.com/2020/07/31/phone-banks-ease-isolation-create-connections-in-time-of-covid-19/ […]
Good for self or good for others? The well-being benefits of kindness in two cultures depend on how the kindness is framed
In light of cultural differences in conceptions of happiness, we investigated whether members of independent (vs. interdependent) cultures would benefit from prosocial behavior when self-focus is highlighted (vs. when other-focus is highlighted). In a 1-week randomized controlled intervention, U.S. (N = 280) and South Korean (N = 261) participants were randomly assigned to read a news article […]
Why Being Kind Helps You, Too—Especially Now
Research links kindness to a wealth of physical and emotional benefits. And it’s an excellent coping skill for the Covid-19 era. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-being-kind-helps-you-tooespecially-now-11597194000?mod=hp_listc_pos1 […]
Telemedicine shines during pandemic but will glow fade?
Racked with anxiety, Lauren Shell needed to talk to her cancer doctor. But she lives at least an hour away and it was the middle of her workday. It was also the middle of a pandemic. Enter telemedicine. .https://apnews.com/8c96785b4c857811431ab94d080efe48 […]
The Benefits of Talking to Strangers
Casual connections with people we encounter in the course of daily life can give us the sense of belonging to a community. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/well/family/the-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&contentCollection=AtHome&package_index=0 […]
Gen Z volunteers are helping senior citizens fight lockdown loneliness with technology
Margaret Eiosikoff had her first Zoom call at age 89, and is part of a growing number of senior citizens using technology to overcome the longstanding problem of loneliness that plagues many of America’s elders. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-z-volunteers-senior-citizens-lockdown-loneliness-technology/ […]