Dallas Senior Citizens Love Social Media
By Neil L.
The Dallas Morning News recently reported an amazing statistic. The largest percentage increase in Internet use since 2005 has been in the 70-to-75 age group. This was according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. The survey found that 45 percent of that age bracket is online, compared with 26 percent in 2005. In a touching story about Virgil Heidbrink, an 85 year-old former sales manager and public speaker who now lives in a senior living community, they explained how many senior living facilities in Austin and Dallas are forming virtual social media communities before the facilities are built and residents take occupancy. Many are also implementing programs for training seniors on social media.
Heidbrink spends three to four hours a day in the blogosphere – that virtual neighborhood of the Internet where he writes his blog and answers readers’ e-mail. A computer coach has helped the resident at the Edgemere retirement community in Dallas build and maintain his website.
Read the Dallas Morning News Senior Social Media article.
dallas , news , seniors , social media 
October 18th, 2009
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