CELEBRATING CEI IPAD TRAINING GRADUATES As a part of our partnership with the Center for Elders Independence (CEI), CTN instructors have spent the past year working with groups... read more →
NEW YORK (AP) — In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn’t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping —... read more →
Beverly Black's pre-pandemic life was busy, including work as a childcare provider three days a week until the March lockdown in New York City left her alone at home.... read more →
Dan Makevich’s terrible eyesight made him retire early from his beloved job of 15 years as a tour guide in the Bay Area and Yosemite. When the pandemic hit,... read more →
On a typical afternoon in The Before Times, the Cherokee Public Library in Cherokee, Iowa (pop. 4,900), would be full of kids. A chatty crowd of three or four... read more →
SAN FRANCISCO—“Community Tech Network,” a nonprofit organization that aims to provide the elderly with digital literacy, has launched the “Home Connect” program. This program will provide vulnerable seniors in... read more →
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — A San Francisco nonprofit focused on providing digital literacy to older adults launched a new initiative to bring internet, technology and training into the... read more →
During the COVID-19 crisis, seniors need to stay sheltered in place in order to stay safe, but in doing so they become isolated if they are not online. Community... read more →
Low-income San Francisco seniors are facing a connectivity crisis as well as a health crisis. For most Bay Area residents coping with the mandate to shelter in place as... read more →
CTN volunteers give San Francisco seniors access to computers/devices and basic digital skills training so they can learn to access resources and maintain connections with service and social networks.... read more →