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Activities For Senior Citizens: Seniors On Facebook Building Healthy Minds
Boomers and Social Media is an article from eMarketer.com that looks at findings from May, 2009. That information found that 47% of all baby boomers who use the Internet maintain a profile on at least one social networking online site. That's a gain of 15% from 2008. Facebook is the social media site used by most baby boomers as well as the WWII generation. (via New Report Shows Boomers, Seniors Like Social Media.)
I have passionately advocated aging folks on computers and the Internet as a great way of sustaining a uplifted quality of life for my aging friend, in particular in the area of memory improvement. I, myself, use a Facebook account and a variety of other social media accounts, as well. I examine my Facebook page practically every day because it helps me maintain contact with persons I know all over the planet. In truth, 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 discover many activities for senior citizens, as well as special groups about anything you can conceive. It is quite likely that you will find alumni from your high school, people who grew up in your home town, or even your family! If not, you can launch a senior community of your own, or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a number of groups, and I belong to a variety of of them myself.
If you are reading this it is likely that you are a computer user. As such, you will already know of the advantages to be gained by owning and making us of a personal computer. However, you almost certainly also know that many aging folks are unmindful of the things they can do with a computer, or are patently put off by the thought of using computers. This is a dilemma for both them and for us, because we desire 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 undeniably gain from providing that person a reprint of this article!
Here are a few of the qualities of Facebook that make it so excellent for seniors:
The Wall is a area on each Facebook member's profile page that allows acquaintances to leave announcements and questions for the user to see.
Photos, where Facebook users can upload albums and photographs. Privacy setups may be specified for individual albums, which determine the users that can view an album. For example, the privacy of an album can be set so that only the Facebook 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 photograph 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 permits Facebook members to inform their friends of their whereabouts and what they are up to. Based on how privacy is specified, a person who can see a user's profile can also view that user's Wall. Facebook also permits users to post attachments to the Wall.
News Feed, that appears on every user's homepage and publicizes information including profile changes, imminent events, and birthdays of the user's friends, if users want 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 pretty effortless to become a member, and the many levels of of privacy you can get will make most seniors comfortable. If you want to check it out without committing, use your web browser to navigate to the Facebook web 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 corroborate that I am the valid person and you will see a abridged excerpt of my Facebook profile. If you are interested in proceeding with a free membership, click on the Sign Up button to the right of my profile and follow the instructions. You will promptly notice the many activities for seniors, as well as many of other exceptional features! See you on my friends list!
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