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Review: Toastess Coffee Maker

by DovC March 8, 2010

Elder friendly features: Automatic Shut-off, Safety Handle, Unbreakable Carafe, Accessible Filter Baskets, Large Visuals, Broad, Shallow Filter Baskets.

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Elder Friendly Features: Preprogrammed Settings

by Max Baumgarten March 8, 2010

A situation sometimes calls for using specialized settings, the kind of stuff that is too complex and nuanced for automatic overrides. Taking advantage of preprogrammed manual settings will allow you to transcend the limitations that automatic settings might impose.

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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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iPhone Apps for Seniors: Yoga STRETCH

by Max Baumgarten March 7, 2010

Because we are such big believers in the power of yoga for seniors, we want to let you know about one of our favorite iPhone applications — Yoga STRETCH. Let’s say you live in an area where there aren’t any yoga classes, you don’t belong to gym, or you just prefer to work out from the comfort of your own home, then it is not a bad idea to invest in Yoga STRETCH.

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Review: Canon Digital Cameras

by DovC March 7, 2010

Senior Friendly Features: Large LCD Screen, Easy to Feel Controls, Easy to See Controls, Simplicity, Image Stabilization, Durable Design, Viewfinder.

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