PulseLine, I appreciate your article and I really like your newspaper but as a senior I’m sure I’m probably speaking to three-quarters of your readers, we don’t have computers, because it’s not from our generation, and in our lifestyle, they’re not very useful to us. That’s why we hope you keep your phone number available to us. Thank you for being there. One comment I would like to make about the Southwick police department is: I wonder what happened to the woman police officer? Why don’t we have a female on this department? Thank you. Good day. We assume the officer left for another opportunity. The reality is that the younger seniors (65-74) are more computer savvy than the older seniors (75-85+) in general. The Westfield Council on Aging offers half-hour, one-on-one computer support tutorials at the Westfield Senior Center on Wednesday mornings. Participants must sign up in advance. There is no charge for this service. Interested readers can call the Senior Center at 562-6435 to sign up for an individual session. The Russell Council on Aging has a computer learning center for seniors. They have classes several time a month and the center is open for seniors to use whenever the senior center is open. They have observed a gradual growth in the use of computers by seniors who previously had not used them. Often these seniors want to stay up with the times and communicate with their children and grandchildren. This past holiday season numerous seniors received laptop computers as gifts and are challenged by Windows 8, the new Microsoft operating system. As part of the Southern Hilltown Councils on Aging Consortium seniors from Blandford, Granville, Middlefield, and Tolland are encouraged to make use of the computer learning center and the classes being taught.
