Tablets help seniors combat isolation and promote active aging

Tablets help seniors combat isolation and promote active aging

The equipment allows you to make video calls with your family, play games, watch mass live or get in touch with your neighbor in the next village. The Digital Pedagogical Villages project is being developed by Associação Azimute and covers more than 50 elderly people in the Bragança area.

The tablet arrived in Virgínia’s hands at Christmas and in just over three months she has already mastered a piece of equipment she didn’t know about. Virgínia is one of the 56 people awarded a tablet in the project developed by .

Learning was easy because tablets use accessible technology personalized to each user.

In Virginia’s case, the biggest benefit he takes from the new technology are the video calls he makes with his family who are far away.

Teresa also never imagined being able to talk to and see her children who live in France at the age of 87.

After this phase of full adaptation to the equipment, the objective will be to integrate useful services for these elderly people.

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