Samvedna Senior Care Team along with Helpage India conducted a smart phones workshop for the Senior Citizens Association of an apartment block in Rohini Sector 13, New Delhi. Our team taught seniors online payment transactions, WhatsApp and Facebook and answered their queries about these topics. The program started at 11:30 am with a brief introduction about Helpage and Samvedna Senior Care.
Seniors shared their fear and concerns about online transactions before the session. Samvedna speakers Abdul Basit and Samiya Iqbal with the help of a senior friendly presentation and simple examples talked about various online transactions. Utility bill payment, getting e-bills via email and modes of online payment were topics of interest for senior citizens. A query session and quick revision marked the end of the topic.
After a 10 minute tea break, we started the session on Facebook and WhatsApp. The participants were divided into 3 groups of 8-10 people each. One person from Samvedna was sitting with each group and resolved all the doubts regarding social media phenomena Facebook and WhatsApp. Everyone’s individual queries were taken up and resolved. Many seniors created Facebook accounts and sent request to their children and grandchildren!
Queries regarding WhatsApp groups, broadcast messages, sharing pictures and deleting chats were also addressed. Senior citizens shared positive feedback about the session and requested us to organize such sessions frequently. Mr. Shekaran from Helpage assured seniors that more such sessions would be conducted in near future by Samvedna Senior Care. At the end, we took group pictures and ended with some chit chat over refreshments.
Samvedna Senior Care was set up in 2013 with the aim of providing services for active ageing and dementia care in Delhi NCR.
We set up the Samvedna Senior Care Foundation in December 2016 to promote active ageing through senior centres, and events and workshops on subjects like learning smartphones, interpersonal relationships and more. We bring together dementia caregivers through a support group and have a programme for seniors with early dementia, depression or other minor cognitive impairments.
All our counsellors are psychologists or gerontologists.
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Great Times Club, which is a part of the Samvedna Senior Care Foundation, is our social and recreational club in Sector 57, Gurgaon, for members 55 years and above.Its a place where members come to get fit, meet like minded people and share their life experiences and give back to the community.
Activities at the club include fitness exercises, group meditation, mind stimulation, tambola, dancing, book reviews, movies, community outreach, and talks on health management. The club has a library, computer room, visits by physiotherapists and doctors, access to board games and cards, a fully functional pantry with healthy and affordable snacks and tea and coffee on the house.
There are special discounts for group memberships. The club is open Monday-Friday, 11am to 2pm.There are special classes for yoga, smart phones, computers, spoken english, dance, music and painting. Call Great Times Club at 9818421446, 0124-4229659.
Know more here – Great Times Club