Older Adults Technology Services Inc

Programs: Senior planet exploration centerthe senior planet exploration center, which opened in january 2013, saw continued growth and success in 2014. Located in a street-level retail space at 127 west 25th street in manhattan, the center provides a welcoming, attractive and supportive space for older adults (aged 60 and over) to learn new skills and explore ways to thrive in todays digital world. The free center provides access to free high-speed connectivity and a range of digital technologies and offers a variety of multi-week technology training courses, and many tech-related programs including a speaker series, workshops, film screenings, professional conferences related to aging, and other events. The 2,700 square foot center is open monday to friday from 9:00 a. M. To 4:00 p. M. And some evenings, and recorded over 12,800 individual visits in 2014. Seniorplanet. Orgby presenting a rich mix of original and curated content that celebrates aging with attitude the award-winning seniorplanet. Org website continued to gain international visibility and strong growth in traffic throughout 2014. The free site introduces seniors to the best online tools, highlights the most thought-provoking ideas in aging, reports on the latest in digital culture, and publishes a popular calendar of events happening in and around new york city. In 2014 an average of 100,000 unique visitors per month accessed the site, accounting for 2,238,000 page views. The seniorplanet email subscriber list grew by almost 23%, to over 10,000 subscribers. The seniorplanet. Org community also engaged in robust and online exchanges in the site's comments sections, with site visitors discussing a range of issues that included various technologies, lifestyle issues, relationships, and staying fit. The uniqueness of the senior planet exploration center and the excellence of its programs continued to draw widespread attention in 2014. Oats won the community organization of the year award from both prweek and the national association of telecommunications officers and advisors (natoa). Senior planet community programs throughout new york city2014 witnessed a significant increase in the breadth and depth of oats programming in new york city. Fueled by the start of a five-year training and support contract with the nyc department for the aging and enhanced city council support including a substantial new digital inclusion initiative, oats trainers conducted 170 five and ten-week courses for older adults throughout all five boroughs of new york city. Course topics ranged from computer basics for older adults (pc) to job searching in the digital age, and three new courses were added to oats extensive training curriculum: build your own website with wix. Com, fundamentos del ipad para adultos mayores, and tablet basics for older adults (nexus 7) and were well received by senior participants. Also oats revised the ipad basics curriculum to meet the needs of emblem healths new neighborhood care centers in new york city, provided ipad trainings at these sites, and supported emblem health staff in working with older adults and technology. 2014 also marked the seventh year of a partnership with acria that provides hundreds of seniors with tech-based training on hiv and aids and the unique issues facing hiv-positive older adults.