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Activities For Senior Citizens: Seniors On Facebook Building Productive Lives
Boomers and Social Media is a report from eMarketer.com that looks at data from May, 2009. That data found that 47% of all baby boomers who adopt the Internet maintain a profile on at least one social networking web site. That's an increase 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 way of maintaining a great quality of life for my aging friend, especially in the area of memory improvement. I, myself, have a Facebook account and a couple of other social media accounts, as well. I examine my Facebook page just about every day because it helps me keep up with individuals I know all over the planet. Actually, 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 find many activities for senior citizens, as well as special groups about everything you can conceive. It is quite likely 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 start a senior community of your own, or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a number of groups, and I subscribe to a number of of them myself.
If you are reading this it is likely that you are a computer user. As such, you will already be aware of the advantages to be gained by owning and using a personal computer. However, you in all probability also know that many aging folks are heedless of the things they can do with a computer, or are actively put off by the concept of using computers. This is a dilemma for both them and for us, because we miss the connections 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 certainly profit from providing that person a duplicate of this article!
Here are some of the capabilities of Facebook that make it so excellent for seniors:
The Wall is a area on every member's profile page that allows friends to post notes for the user to see.
Photos, where Facebook users can upload albums and photographs. Privacy settings can be specified 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 photo 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 picture.
Status, which allows users to apprise their friends of their whereabouts and actions. Depending on how privacy is set up, those 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, upcoming events, and birthdays of the user's friends, if users decide 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 friends
Marketplace, which lets users post free classified ads.
Facebook is truly easy to become a member, and the levels of privacy at your disposal will make most seniors comfortable. If you want to check it out without joining up, use your web browser to go to the Facebook internet page, Facebook.com. Once you have arrived at that page, click on the "Find Friends" link at the bottom of the page. On the following page, enter my name, Robert Alan McCluskey, in the space labeled Search for People, and press the enter key or click the magnifying glass. Next you will find a page that identifies me. Click on my name (Robert Alan McCluskey again) to verify that I am the appropriate person and you will see a abridged excerpt of my Facebook profile. If you are interested in proceeding, click on the Sign Up button to the right of my profile and follow the directions. You will soon observe the many activities for seniors, as well as lots of other exceptional things! See you on Facebook!
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