• Home
  • Find Your Community
  • Our Heart
    • In the Beginning
    • Culture of Radiance
    • Philanthropy
  • First Steps
    • FAQs
    • Decision Guide
    • Affordability
    • Veterans
    • Rooted Blog
  • Lifestyle Options
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
  • Wellness
    • Life Enrichment
    • Dining Experience
    • Clinical Services
  • Schedule Tour
  • Leadership
  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Resident BillPay
We are Vaccinated.  COVID-19 Response click here
  • Find Community
  • Contact Us
  • Leadership
  • Careers
  • Resident BillPay
×
MorningStar Senior LivingMorningStar Senior Living
  • Our Heart
    • In the Beginning
    • Culture of Radiance
    • Philanthropy
  • First Steps
    • FAQs
    • Decision Guide
    • Affordability
    • Veterans
    • Rooted Blog
  • Lifestyle Options
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
  • Wellness
    • Life Enrichment
    • Dining Experience
    • Clinical Services
844.501.0089

How to Get Seniors
Active on Social Media

« Back

How to Get Seniors
Active on Social Media

MORNINGSTAR SENIOR LIVING | April 30
SHARE
Facebook
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Instagram
LinkedIn
Share
Lifestyle, Rooted Blog, Senior Family, Senior Living |
When grown children move away, friends become fewer and mobility becomes a challenge, seniors may start to feel isolated and lonely.

Here’s good news. Connecting with family, old and new friends, and hobby interest groups is a mouse click away. Knowing how to get seniors active on social media is the first step to opening a whole new world of possibilities.

It’s a solution worth pursuing. There is growing evidence that seniors who use social media are more likely to maintain and expand their social network and live fuller, happier lives. In fact, AARP enthusiastically recommends that seniors go online. And a European study has found that social media use among seniors improves their health in terms of cognitive capacity. It also increases their sense of self-competence and may have a beneficial effect on mental and physical well-being.

Participating in social media is natural for seniors who are currently online or those who want to be. According to the Pew Research Center, 75% of people 65 and older were using the internet in 2021. That’s a big jump from 2010 when only 43% were online. The percentage of seniors that own a smartphone has climbed from 53% to 61% in the past two years; no surprise given the isolating impact of the pandemic, driving many toward technology in a rather desperate need for human connection. The Research Center found that 12% said they were more dependent on their devices than adults aged 30 to 64.

If you want to know how to get seniors active on social media, start by browsing options for the most emotionally fulfilling and mentally stimulating interactions. Here are a few of the most popular:


  • Facebook -- With over 1 billion users worldwide, Facebook is by far the most known of all social media platforms. It lets users who sign-up for a free profile account connect with friends and family. It also lets them send friend requests to people they know or want to become friends with online.

    Facebook allows seniors to share photos, videos, music, and articles, as well as their own thoughts and opinions with however many people they like.

    Other appealing features include being able to have private conversations on Messenger, buying or selling items on the Facebook MarketPlace, joining special interest groups, finding out about interesting online and in-person events, as well as being reminded about upcoming birthdays of their Facebook friends.

  • Twitter -- This free online news and social networking site is a place where people post short 280-character messages called tweets. Tweeting is posting a message for anyone who follows a user on Twitter, with the hope that they’ll find what you have to say fun, informative, interesting, or provocative.

    Twitter is a great way to keep up with what newsmakers or celebrities are talking about, what favorite companies and organizations are doing, or even turn yourself into a superstar thought leader that others will want to follow.

  • Instagram -- Available on both iPhone and Android, this free photo and video sharing app lets people upload photos or videos on the site and share them with their followers or a select group of friends. It also allows users to view, comment, and like photos and videos that have been shared by their friends on Instagram. Creating a free account is easy. Simply register an email address and select a username.

  • Pinterest – Self-described as a “visual discovery engine,” this free site is an easy way to find interesting ideas for recipes, home and style inspiration, hobbies, and more.

    Users create specifically named “boards” where they “pin” links to things they find appealing. Whether it’s a board featuring Bucket List travel destinations, favorite restaurants, great books, or quirky collectibles, users can save them to boards and keep their ideas and discoveries organized and easy to find. Seniors can also browse other boards and create Pins to share with other people on Pinterest.

    It's also a terrific place to create or access family and friends’ boards that feature their “objects of desire”. It's easy and convenient to share ideas for birthday and holiday gifts that will really be appreciated.

  • Senior Planet Community – Created by Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) — a nonprofit affiliated with and partly funded by AARP — this is a relatively new platform that offers in-person and online classes for older Americans. It bills itself as a place to “Make friends. Talk openly. Age with attitude.” All good things that can make life more rewarding.

When you think about the benefits of social media for seniors, it’s easy to see the many emotional and cognitive health benefits of staying engaged with life and maintaining relationships with other people. So, with appropriate cautions and safeguards, seniors should dive into social media and learn to swim—or at least paddle.

MorningStar Senior Living — Independent Living Community


Love the sound of built-in companionship, predictable budgeting and the security that comes from living in an independent living community? Our job is to take care of the day-to-day details of home maintenance inside and out, giving you more time to do the things you love. Whether fulfilling a calling, finding a new opportunity through volunteerism or playing and relaxing, contact us to schedule a tour of a community near you.

0
Share

Categories

  • Assisted Living
  • Food
  • Independent Living
  • Lavender Sky
  • Lifestyle
  • Memory Care
  • Philanthropy
  • Rooted Blog
  • Senior Care
  • Senior Diet
  • Senior Dining
  • Senior Family
  • Senior Health
  • Senior Living
  • Senior Living Dining Experience

Archive

  • 6 Tips to Help Manage Arthritis
  • How to Get Seniors
    Active on Social Media
  • 6 Signs Your
    Aging Parent Needs Help
  • Spring Cleaning
    Tips for Seniors
  • Considering Moving an
    Aging Parent Into Your Home?
  • Top 5 Health Benefits
    of Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 6 Tips to Keep Your
    Heart Healthy
  • How Assisted Living Makes Life So Much Better
  • What Makes MorningStar Senior Living Different
  • MorningStar Family of Communities Work Together During Marshall Fires in Colorado

844.705.0209
Home Page
Find Community
Leadership
Contact Us
Under Development
Resident BillPay
Careers Here button
Welcome to
MorningStar Living®
Privacy Policy
Our Heart

In the Beginning
Culture of Radiance
Philanthropy

First Steps

FAQs
Decision Guide
Affordability
Veterans
Rooted Blog

 

Lifestyle Options

Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Wellness

Life Enrichment
Dining Experience
Clinical Services

 The Fair Housing Act protects people from adverse treatment in any housing transaction based upon seven protected classes: race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status and national origin. In good faith, MorningStar engages in the interactive process to address reasonable accommodations.  If you have a physical or cognitive disability that requires reasonable accommodations or modifications, MorningStar is here in good faith to open the dialogue. How may we serve?
The ADA prohibits exclusion, segregation and unequal treatment in providing effective communication for people with hearing, vision or speech disabilities and other access requirements. In good faith, MorningStar is open to dialogue on any reasonable accommodations or modifications you may need.The ADA prohibits exclusion, segregation and unequal treatment in providing effective communication for people with hearing, vision or speech disabilities and other access requirements. In good faith, MorningStar is open to dialogue on any reasonable accommodations or modifications you may need.

×

MorningStar Logo


Website: Colorado Creative Designs, LLC © 2022 · MorningStar Senior Living • All Rights Reserved • Privacy Policy • SMS Policy • Site Map

  • Home-old
  • Request a Call
We use cookies for functions and purposes explained in our privacy policy. To withdraw your consent, please follow this link