engagement, isolation and the power of technology, now

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Engagement, Isolation and the Power of Technology, Now More Than EverJack York

President/Co-Founder

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• Connect with friends with share interests

• Being known in the community

• Being connected with family

• Simply being relevant

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Engagement Matters!

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• 1 in 3 U.S. adults is lonely*

• The effects of prolonged isolation are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day*

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Connection Is More Important Than Ever

*AARP

• Isolation and loneliness are connected to anxiety, sleep disorders, falls, cognitive decline, and symptoms of depression

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We’re the

Jetsons!

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So Many Creative Ways to Stay Connected

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Resident driven experiences

• Set up livestreaming through YouTube

• Instructions

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“Visit” an exhibit at a famous museum

• For a full list of free museum tours, visit the Google Arts & Culture website • https://artsandculture.google.com

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Creating Connection: Cognitive Activities

Some of our favorites:

British Museum, London

Guggenheim Museum, New York

LIFE Magazine Photo Collection

Georgia O’Keefe Museum, Santa Fe

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The Louvre, Paris

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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When clergy can’t visit, create spiritual and religious experiences with technology

• Livestream sermons from Our Daily Bread

• Daily devotions and inspirations from Utmost

• Rosaries from Come Pray the Rosary

• Create an entire worship service of sermons, devotionals, hymns, and more using technology

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Virtual Spirituality

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If allowed, keep residents safely distanced in their room doorways and host activities from the hall

• Include inspirational quotes or trivia questions on food trays and discuss as a group during meals

• Bingo

• Host a hallway book club to discuss audio books or short stories

• Daily devotionals and hymn singalongs

• Crafts

• “Quarantunes” hallway karaoke

Creating Connection: Hallway Activities

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If allowed, keep residents safely distanced in their room doorways and host activities from the hall

• Include inspirational quotes or trivia questions on food trays and discuss as a group during meals

• Bingo

• Host a hallway book club to discuss audio books or short stories

• Daily devotionals and hymn singalongs

• Crafts

• “Quarantunes” hallway karaoke

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Creating Connection: Hallway Activities

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Free Resources Galore!

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• Free classical concerts you can listen to and watch online - Classical Concerts

• Royal Albert Hall, England – Royal Albert Hall

• Wide Open School, activities for the whole family - https://wideopenschool.org/

• National Geographic - National Geographic

• PBS Programming - PBS

• Descanso Gardens virtual tours - Descanso Gardens

• GoNoodle Good Energy at Home, entertaining videos and educational at-home activities that encourage movement (available in English and Spanish) - Go Noodle

Cool Free Sites

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• Free Spanish online movies - Spanish Movies

• Free French online movies - French Movies

• Free German language and culture blog- German Movies

• Free Italian movies - Italian Movies

• Free – 101 Silent Films – the Great Classics - Silent Movies

• Free Virtual Garden tours - Virtual Garden Tours

• Incredible Virtual Tours to help you pass the time - Virtual Tours

• Best Virtual field trips - Virtual Field Trips

And More!

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And More!

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Resident Packets:Out of this world resident packetAll American food resident packetWild for animals resident packetAmerican history resident packet

Blog Posts:Keeping up staff morale up during covid-194 Senior Living Technologies for physical distancing11 Activity Director approved tips during coronavirusInnovative physical distancing activities from activity professionals

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Free Resources from iN2L

www.iN2L.com/covid-19

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Customer Resources from iN2L

COVID-19 Ideas button provides quick access to

• Group activities (can be modified)

• 1:1 activities

• Video chat tools

• Virtual tours

• Printables

• COVID-19 info and resources

• And more!

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Community Creativity

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CLC Socially Distant Exercise…

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Birthday Zoom at WC Lynchburg

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Shout out for Lisa Wilkerson from Covenant Woods

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Texas Hugs – Methodist Retirement Communities

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CABHI – “Robots” Deployed at Baycrest

• Multiple adaptive devices

• Telehealth – digital stethoscope

• Face time

• Ipads

• For details, contact Mel Barsky -mbarsky@cabhi.com

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24Seniors Advisory Panel co-designing our online community

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And a Pub Cart!

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- And Horse Visits????????

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And yes, Virtual Goat Yoga!lovegoga.com, instagram: @lovegogaatl Facebook: @lovegogaatl

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Virtual Chocolate Tasting….

• Zoom Description of How Chocolate was made

• 45 packets delivered to residents!

• 1.5 hour activity

• Reach out to local businesses

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• Incredible work being done

• Be proactive with media

• If you see negative story, reach out to tell the other side

• Chance to shape image, you’re under the microscope

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Now is Your Time to Shine

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Evolution through the Pandemic

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We Are All Unique! So is the iN2L Tablet

Keeping Seniors Connected

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Every Person has Their Own Experience…….

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• Lives alone in China Grove, NC

• Loves going to church, her family, card games, and fishing

Like many of our grandparents, the pandemic has been really hard on her.

Meet Becky “MawMaw” Lyerly

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Meet Becky “MawMaw” Lyerly

Her Favorite Things to Do Pictures of the Family+

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• Issue of isolation is not going away

• Through the tragedy, positive lessons learned

• We all need to rethink the way we operate

• Thank you for all you do

• jyork@in2L.com / njones@in2L.com

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Wrapping Up