Ivy Bean has passed away at the age of 104. Most likely the oldest regular user (if not user) of Facebook, Ivy Bean kept her (at last count) 4,949 friends up to speed with her life. On August, 15, 2008 an article described Ivy as being “the world’s oldest facebook user.” At that time she [...]

The Belvedere-Tiburon Library in Marin County will host a senior week from Tuesday, July 13th through Friday, July 16th. This will be a great event for Marin County residents that are interested in learning about homecare, caregiving, aging in place, Alzheimer’s disease in Marin, dementia and anything else related to being an elder or having [...]

Do you know a senior or elder in San Francisco (or anywhere in the Bay Area or world) that has a hard time with a computer but would love to use Skype? Asus (a Taiwanese company that makes laptops as well) has created a dedicated Skype Videophone that is called the AiGuru SV1T Skype Videophone. [...]

Engage As You Age has a page on Facebook (with 170 fans and counting!). Become a fan of us on Facebook and you’ll not only hear about our latest blog entries but also hear about Facebook-only discounts for new and existing clients. Are you a senior that would like to learn how to get on [...]

Ruth, 85, and Leonard, 87, had both been married for 60+ years! Recently widowed, each of these Colorado residents decided to go online to try and see if they could find a companion. Ruth says that that you “shouldn’t be afraid to venture out there.” Backing her words with actions, Ruth tried match.com, an online [...]

A recent article in the AARP presents an interesting angle about seniors and baby boomers embracing new technologies that are out there. The focus of the article is on the growing trend of baby boomers (and even their elder parents) “sexting” on their cell phones. “Sexting” is a recently coined term that essentially a play [...]

First and foremost, more and more seniors are getting online via personal computers. According to a 2009 Nielsen report, the number of seniors online has increased by 6.2 million since 2004 (from 11.3 to 17.5 million). We hear regularly from seniors in the San Francisco Bay Area that they’d love to learn what computers can [...]

On Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:30 PM, Engage As You Age’s founder, Ben Lewis, will discuss technologies that keep families connected at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library in Marin County. This discussion is a great opportunity to learn about ways to send and receive emails without a computer (or even an internet connection). He’ll also discuss [...]

Engage As You Age will be leading a panel discussion on “Aging In Place” at San Francisco State University on November 18, 2009. FACT: 9 out of 10 baby boomers and seniors want to remain in their own homes throughout their entire retirement. This panel discussion will cover not only what options are out there [...]

We recently had one of our clients ask us about Facebook. Lloyd, in his 80s, wanted to know what all the talk was about and if he should be using it. He ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth his time because he had been in touch via email with his family (and in particular his [...]