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Virtual Senior Center Program Hits New York City

by Max Baumgarten March 7, 2010

New York City’s Department of Aging has teamed up with Microsoft to provide seniors who can’t leave their home with complimentary computers and video conferencing technology, so they could interact with older adults at the the Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Queens. As Milton Greidinger, one of the six seniors in the program explains, “it took me out of the nearly dead group and put me in the alive group.”

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The Unlikely Benefits of Nintendo Wii: Curbing Depression for Seniors

by Max Baumgarten March 2, 2010

A new study from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has given us yet another reason to invest our precious time in playing Nintendo Wii. Researchers found that the use of ‘exergames’ significantly improves the mood and mental state of older adults who suffer from subsyndromal depression, a form of mild depression common amongst seniors.

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What Does It Mean To Be Addicted To Technology?

by Max Baumgarten February 7, 2010

A new quiz courtesy of tech-blog Gizmodo asks the question, “Are You Addicted to Technology?” Relatedly, we ask, what does it mean to be a senior addicted to technology?

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Meet Ivy Bean: 104-Years-Old and on Twitter

by Max Baumgarten February 2, 2010

In many ways, Ivy Bean from Bradford, England is your typical internet celebrity: she has mastered the essence of social media to appeal to and communicate with a niche audience base. In her case, with about 55,000 followers, her digital platform of choice happens to be Twitter.

But Bean stands out from the rest of the [...]

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Strength Training for Women Sharpens Mind

by Max Baumgarten January 29, 2010

Recently a group of Canadian researchers in British Columbia found that elderly females who did an hour or two of strength training exercises a week end up sharpening their cognitive skills. Researchers had 155 older women work out with dumbbells and weight machines for about a year; they saw an improvement of about [...]

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Games to Keep the Brain Fit, Part I

by Max Baumgarten June 27, 2009

When it comes to the brain, if you don’t use it, you can lose it. Challenging the brain can provide protection from cognitive decline, which is associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

As ElderGadget mentioned last week, a new study shows that computer games can help older adults hone their memory and attention. This study just [...]

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