Activities and games for seniors

1. Image courtesy learning-mind

2. Activities to keep seniors
lucid, learning and linked

5. Characteristics of kiosk usersCreativity
Initiative
Support
Interest
Depressed
Isolated
time available
Limited
mobility
Culture
confidence
Activity level
Networks
Responsibility
Community
groups
Community
involvement
Travel
Choices
Background
Experiences
Talents
sharing
attitudes

8. from
Older Australians and the Internet; Bridging the Digital Divide
September 2011 National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

10. Activities
from the field
brainstorm

12. Working with
machine
...it’s not
judgmental
Keepbrainactive after
stroke..
No brain...no muscles!Enhance things...
ebay, facebook,
Amazon ‘Lost
without
it!’
using computers-
quotes

13. Keep brain
active..plastic
Quality
of
life

14. From
Older Australians and the Internet; Bridging the Digital Divide September 20
National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

15. Ways from depression

16. INTERNET USE CAN HELP WARD OFF DEPRESSION AMONG ELDERLY
Tom Oswald, Shelia Cotten
DEPRESSION is a serious health issue among older adults. Late-life
depression affects ... nearly 8% of the aged population..
However, new research ... found that Internet use among the elderly
can reduce the chances of depression by more than 30 percent.
“That’s a very strong effect,” said Shelia Cotten
“And it all has to do with older persons being able to communicate,
to stay in contact with their social networks, and just not feel
lonely.”
In addition to bereavement, disability/health declines, and prior
depression ....... risk factors for depression in older adults
include social isolation, decreased social contact, and lack of
emotional support...
Using the Internet can help to reduce social isolation, loneliness,
and depression, as well as enhance social support among older
adults ...social contact, social connectedness, and greater
satisfaction with that contact .

17. Reflections

18. Stories
Games – Monopoly, word games-crosswords, text
twist. Rummkub
Web search
News from homecountry
Youtube vids ...dancing, music, crime mysteries
Google Earth –places been
Channels-exercise
Pinterest
Genealogy - Mundia
Reminiscing – dementia...where in England...industry
in area....pottery chamber pot..
Part of Lifestyle program...client-centred

20. Connecting...
...collaborating

23. Youtube videos for
things of interest

24. Online
Exercise programs

26. Images courtesy of en_wikipedia
Still watching...listening...remembering

27. Dementia : computer-generated forest ...
of environments to beaches
and holiday-themed scenes

35. Thanks for your
participation
Georgina Nou