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Best Memory Apps for Seniors (Free and Easy to Use)

Best Memory Apps for Seniors (Free and Easy to Use)

This article explores the best free and easy-to-use memory apps for seniors, showing how simple digital tools can support cognitive health, daily organisation and mental engagement without feeling overwhelming. What you’ll learn: why memory and brain-training apps are helpful for older adults how these apps support focus, recall and mental flexibility which popular apps (BrainHQ, […]
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iPhone basics for seniors: 7 valuable tips and settings

This article introduces seven practical iPhone tips designed to make smartphones easier and more enjoyable for seniors to use. It highlights built-in accessibility features, communication tools, and safety settings that help older adults stay connected and confident with their devices. What you’ll learn: Why iPhones are a senior-friendly choice How to enlarge text and icons […]
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Online Safety for Seniors Avoiding Scams While Learning and Browsing

Online Safety for Seniors: Avoiding Scams While Learning and Browsing

The internet is an excellent tool for older adults. It allows you to stay connected with family and friends, explore personal interests and hobbies, and opens doors to lifelong learning, all from the comfort of home. Whether joining a virtual book club, reading the news, or video chatting with those who mean the most to […]
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Free Online Courses For Seniors in Canada

This article highlights a variety of free online courses for seniors in Canada, covering topics from technology and health to arts, languages, and financial literacy. It explains where to find them, eligibility requirements, and how they can enhance lifelong learning, engagement, and well-being in retirement. What you’ll learn: Technology skills training, from antivirus use to […]
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Ensuring Senior Internet Cybersecurity: Common Scams

Advancements in technology have emboldened cyber predators, making protecting your grandparents more crucial than ever. After all, a cyber attack can lead to monetary loss, identity theft, and other significant long-term damages. In order to help your loved one avoid falling victim to online and mobile phone crimes, it’s vital to help them stay informed. […]
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World Wide Web Day – Technology for Seniors

World Wide Web Day is almost here, and Seasons Retirement is preparing to celebrate with its residents.  World Wide Web Day (also known as WWWD) is the perfect time for people of all ages, including older adults, to spend familiarizing themselves with the latest technology. However, the team at Seasons Retirement doesn’t need a special […]
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Best Mobile Apps for Seniors That Promote an Active Lifestyle

The 21st century has seen massive advancements in technology that benefits older adults. For instance, with the help of mobile applications, your parents or grandparents can track their health and wellness, sharpen their minds, and build social connections much more easily. Because these apps for seniors are straightforward, with clear instructions on navigating, older adults […]
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Smartwatch for Seniors: Benefits and Recommendations

An incredible aspect of technology is how rapidly it has evolved over the years. For instance, smartwatches were initially designed for checking messages without opening your phone, but they offer so much more these days. Many individuals, especially older adults, can benefit from the slew of new, exciting features that smartwatches offer today. From monitoring […]
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Memory Care at Seasons Retirement Communities

At Seasons, our dedicated team is always looking for new ways to improve the lives of our residents. As the Canadian population ages, experts suggest that an increasing number of seniors and their families will be affected by dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, over 500,000 are Canadians living with […]
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Seasons team member first to get COVID-19 vaccine in Windsor

Krystal Meloche knew that she wanted to make a difference in the lives of seniors when she applied to work with us at Seasons Belle River Retirement Community. After her father and sister contracted COVID-19 from her mother who was an asymptomatic carrier, her father was placed on a ventilator and sadly succumbed to the […]
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How to celebrate a distanced Christmas

How to celebrate a distanced Christmas with loved ones

It’s guaranteed the holidays are going to be different this year. While it’s strongly recommended that we spend Christmas with the people in our immediate household to reduce the further spread of COVID-19, we can still find fun and meaningful ways to celebrate with those we love from a distance. Many people are choosing to […]
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Technology that helps connect us with loved ones

As we move into what looks to be the second wave of COVID-19, staying apart for the wellbeing of our loved ones will again become imperative. But social distancing does not mean isolation. Technology has become a smart and easy way for us to stay connected. While no technology takes the place of in-person human […]
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Internet safety tips for seniors

Canadian seniors, aged 65 and older, represent the fastest growing group of internet users. Internet awareness and security are becoming increasingly important topics to discuss, with 70 percent of these users going online every day. The statistics tell us that $10-million is lost every year by Canadian seniors in online scams. This is in proportion […]
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Seniors and technology: Which tablet is best?

This is one of the toughest questions to answer because nobody likes to hear “It depends.” Most tablets fall into one of three categories: iOS (Apple), Android or Windows. While there are many technical differences between these platforms they can all be used for the same things. In order for me to answer this question, […]
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Canadian seniors and the internet

As you might guess, there’s a generational gap as far as surfing the web goes. The good news is, it seems to be shrinking. In the 2000s, Canadian seniors greatly increased their Internet usage. According to a 2010 Statistics Canada study, 29% of people age 75 and over and 60% of those 65 to 74 […]
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Best Memory Apps for Seniors (Free and Easy to Use)

Best Memory Apps for Seniors (Free and Easy to Use)

This article explores the best free and easy-to-use memory apps for seniors, showing how simple digital tools can support cognitive health, daily organisation and mental engagement without feeling overwhelming. What you’ll learn: why memory and brain-training apps are helpful for older adults how these apps support focus, recall and mental flexibility which popular apps (BrainHQ, […]
Learn More
iphone basics for seniors

iPhone basics for seniors: 7 valuable tips and settings

This article introduces seven practical iPhone tips designed to make smartphones easier and more enjoyable for seniors to use. It highlights built-in accessibility features, communication tools, and safety settings that help older adults stay connected and confident with their devices. What you’ll learn: Why iPhones are a senior-friendly choice How to enlarge text and icons […]
Learn More
How to celebrate a distanced Christmas

How to celebrate a distanced Christmas with loved ones

It’s guaranteed the holidays are going to be different this year. While it’s strongly recommended that we spend Christmas with the people in our immediate household to reduce the further spread of COVID-19, we can still find fun and meaningful ways to celebrate with those we love from a distance. Many people are choosing to […]
Learn More
Residents video call using Zoom

Technology that helps connect us with loved ones

As we move into what looks to be the second wave of COVID-19, staying apart for the wellbeing of our loved ones will again become imperative. But social distancing does not mean isolation. Technology has become a smart and easy way for us to stay connected. While no technology takes the place of in-person human […]
Learn More
Seniors internet

Internet safety tips for seniors

Canadian seniors, aged 65 and older, represent the fastest growing group of internet users. Internet awareness and security are becoming increasingly important topics to discuss, with 70 percent of these users going online every day. The statistics tell us that $10-million is lost every year by Canadian seniors in online scams. This is in proportion […]
Learn More
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Seniors and technology: Which tablet is best?

This is one of the toughest questions to answer because nobody likes to hear “It depends.” Most tablets fall into one of three categories: iOS (Apple), Android or Windows. While there are many technical differences between these platforms they can all be used for the same things. In order for me to answer this question, […]
Learn More
Seasons-Canadian-Seniors-And-The-Internet

Canadian seniors and the internet

As you might guess, there’s a generational gap as far as surfing the web goes. The good news is, it seems to be shrinking. In the 2000s, Canadian seniors greatly increased their Internet usage. According to a 2010 Statistics Canada study, 29% of people age 75 and over and 60% of those 65 to 74 […]
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