Pass IT on – There’s a ‘Moose in the
Hoose’!
Computers and information
technology (IT) are brilliant things. They bring the world to your
doorstep – but to be useful your door does need to be open!
Together, the City of Edinburgh
Council’s Health and Social Care
Department, Age Concern Edinburgh
Information Technology (ACE IT) and RSVP
Scotland (CSV’s Retired and Senior
Volunteer Programme) have set up ‘Moose
in the Hoose’ to open the ‘IT-door’ for
Edinburgh’s older people.
19 friendly, it-literate volunteers, all
themselves 50+, now provide computer
support and encouragement to residents
in 9 residential care homes in the City.
Their weekly visits allow people to
explore the Internet and access e-mail.
As new friendships are made across the
keyboard, contacts are made and
maintained across continents.
The project involves some complex
organisation – 3 agencies, 11 different
groups of older people, 11 different
staff teams, 19 busy volunteers – but
the real partnership comes from all
these people coming together, sharing
the exploration, frustrations ...And the
fun of IT!
That’s why we
don’t want to keep our
‘Moose in the Hoose’ a secret any
longer!
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