CRAS Urumari starts digital inclusion for elderly people in the Living, active and healthy aging program | Social Assistance | News

With the aim of include the elderly in the digital world, so that they can have the benefits and care when accessing the internet, Santarém City Hall, through the Municipal Secretariat of Labor and Social Assistance (Semtras), through the Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS ) Urumari, began this Wednesday, 24th, the activities of the program Living, active and healthy aging, aiming at digital inclusion for elderly users of the Coexistence and Strengthening of Bonds Service (SCFV).

According to coordinator Ingred Aguiar, twenty seniors are participating in this first group, which will have activities once a month.

“The objective is to include them in the digital world and guide them about the dangers of social networks. It will help them to do research, be connected, be able to contact distant family members, there will be many benefits for them”, he highlighted Ingred.

SCFV psychologist, Fernanda Brito, spoke about the benefits of digital inclusion in the lives of the elderly.

“Our audience here are people aged 60+ and will have great benefits, such as improving socialization. They will be activating important brain areas with digital activity, via computer, that many did not have access to. On a psychic level, it could delay dementia. So, any activity that the elderly person is not used to doing tends to activate important brain areas”, observed the psychologist.

Dona Marilúcia Pedroso, 63 years old, spoke about being able to participate in the program.

“For me it is very important to be learning something new, so that we can occupy our minds and be included in the digital environment, because it is very important, we increasingly need to learn things to have active aging”, said the user .

“It is very gratifying to be able to offer this program to our elderly people, we realize that they are still very active and want to learn more and more. Being able to bring the benefits and warn about the harms is also very important”, he said. Celsa Brito, municipal secretary of Labor and Social Assistance.