Aging Untold: The rules of texting and social media keep changing

(Aging Untold) — On this episode of Aging Untold, changing norms around texting and social media are blurring boundaries for older adults.

Then, hackers took over one woman’s Facebook to dupe her friends. We share ways to stay connected safely.

Plus, hear from world-renowned dementia expert, Teepa Snow, on bringing peace back to daily care.

The rules of texting and social media keep changing — what older adults should know

Texts, group chats and social media might not be the types of communication that you are most comfortable with.

However, they are not going anywhere if you want to stay connected with loved ones across generations.

There are unwritten rules about what to share, when to reply and who to trust, and the Aging Untold experts are walking you through them.

Read the full article here.

Dementia care educator Teepa Snow shares tips for families

Teepa Snow is a nationally recognized dementia care educator, occupational therapist and founder of Positive Approach to Care, and she joined Aging Untold to share her philosophy and some tips for families.

Instead of using language that focuses on decline, Snow uses the term “brain change.” The reason is that while people with dementia lose some abilities, they change others, she said.

“People think all the time of brain failure and brain loss, and I talk about brain change because the reality is neuroplasticity exists whether you have dementia or you don’t,” Snow said. “So let’s use what we have and let’s use what they have.”

Snow is sharing tips family members can use when a loved one with dementia refuses to shower, take medication or get dressed.

Then, Snow shares the one thing she wants families to know.

Read the full article here.

Woman said hackers hijacked her social media and defrauded her friends

A woman in Arizona said hackers hijacked her Facebook account and scammed her friends out of thousands of dollars.

She said they posed as her and said she needed to sell her father’s possessions to put him in assisted living. She learned about it when her father sent her a text.

Read the full article here to see what happened and how you can protect yourself.

One man’s search for a hiking partner became a 5,000-member group honoring history

Dennis Bussey was looking for someone to go hiking with, and his efforts have created a community of thousands of people who are not only hiking but also preserving Virginia history.

Bussey founded James River Hikers, which describes itself as “hiking with history.”

One of the hikers’ volunteer projects is cleaning gravestones at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, the final resting place for some of Virginia’s historic figures.

Read the full article here.

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