How Can Seniors Connect Via Social Media?

An old Indian woman using her tablet

 

Social media opens various avenues of engagement for senior citizens. Whether they’re interested in yoga or passionate about photography, social media offers them an opportunity to hone their skills and connect with people with mutual interests.

Multiple Social media platforms have millions of users from around the world. They offer senior citizens an opportunity to engage with people from different cultures and ideas – learning more about others and sharing their interests with other like-minded folks. Here’s how seniors can use the 3 top social media platforms. 

Facebook

Facebook is the most widely used social media platform, with 2.7 billion monthly active users worldwide. Currently, there are around 324 million Facebook users in India, which is 23.2% of its population.

With this massive population present on this platform, seniors can connect with their family and friends who may not live in the same city or country. By staying active on the platform and posting pictures and updates about their lives, seniors can tell their connection about their lives and know about theirs. 

A study by the University of Arizona found that seniors get a cognitive boost when they login to Facebook. The researchers concluded that seniors who use Facebook regularly tend to perform 25% better in memory tests than those who aren’t on the platform. 

Twitter

Unlike Facebook, Twitter allows people to communicate with celebrities, influencers, and companies efficiently. Twitter is ideal for senior citizens who prefer snippets of information. As posts are limited to 280 characters, people can only post one or two sentences at a time – thus acting as a platform that allows people to receive interesting bits and links to information. 

Although Twitter is not very popular amongst seniors in India, it is actually the safest among all social media sites as it allows you to stop unwanted people from interacting with you. 

Instagram

While Instagram is only available on smartphone devices, it had seen a rise in its senior users. It allows its users to share pictures with the people who follow them. It lets seniors make their digital photo album and react and comment on photos uploaded by their family and friends. 

Elder care services such as Sencoare can help seniors get familiar with social media and even set up accounts for them.

About Senocare

senOcare provides comprehensive elder care services at home across multiple cities, including Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida. You can choose from various care packages designed to support senior citizens, or they can also customize a package that caters to your specific requirements. senOcare can also arrange a tele-consult for your parents and you with a doctor, so that you can ask questions and make informed decisions. They offer a range of services related to health and fitness, home security and maintenance for elderly, technology help for elderly, forms and filing, and more.

Call them today on +91 8800 700 100 or email them at info@senocare.in.

 

 

Location: India

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