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Tablets helps long-term care residents stay connected
Read full article: Tablets helps long-term care residents stay connectedFLEMING ISLAND, Fla. The Alzheimers Association has partnered with Floridas Department of Elder Affairs to provide senior-friendly tablets to nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. Seagrass Village, a long-term care facility in Fleming Island, received two of the tablets. But now he can get in touch with her with a video chat app that has been loaded onto the tablets. Campbell said the tablets are easier for residents to engage with than smartphones. So they just looked at the tablet, Thats my daughter, thats my granddaughter, thats my dog."