16 iPhone apps for Sandwich Generation senior home care givers and grandparents, including games, ways to save money, medical info, and more.
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Sandwich Generation Talks Tech
News update for the Sandwich Generation:”Microsoft investigating ’screen of death’” so now is the time to make backups of all your files, defragment…
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Tech resources for the Baby Boomer Generation including tools to “clean up my slow computer” or “help me fix my computer” and more!
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SandwichINK Talks Tech abt iTunes 9, free Photoshop app for the iPhone & free PDF creator links, PLUS monthly reminders for great caregiving for your computer!
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As a caregiver, I need a reliable phone. AT&T explained that the Blackberry Pearl’s antenna was strong so it should work well for me and overall it does.
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Computer security concerns are in the headlines again, for Microsoft and Adobe Flash and Shockwave. This impacts the Sandwich Generation as well!
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Cell phone issues lead to one of my favorite new smartphones, a troubleshooting fix for the Matrix Pro sync issue, and a reminder to do your computer backup!
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Today is Current Events Thursday for the Sandwich Generation and I am writing about a lesser known, not stupendously huge, but somewhat irritating event that is currently happening, maybe even in your very own email box!
Twice in the last month I have received very nice invitations from people who “added you as a friend on [...]
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Technology is a big help to the Sandwich Generation as we care for both young and old. I’ve used baby monitors to help me in caring for both infants and my dad when he was on hospice. One grandchild has her own cell phone and I just convinced my mom to get one as well, [...]
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Well, it’s time for another round of tech tip reminders for all us Sandwich Generation caregivers who really don’t have time to deal with bugs, worms, viruses, etc. Unfortunately, that’s what the nefarious authors of such things count on. So here is SandwichINK to the rescue, thanks to one of my favorite White Knights [...]
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Writers love to write and I am no exception. I’ve decided to expand my writing universe and include writing for other sites as well as this blog. My first adventure has been to start writing for eHow.com. eHow is an interesting site where people explain how to do a wide variety of things. If you [...]
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The best laid plans of mice, men, and caregivers! If you gave a digital photo frame as a gift to an elderly parent, a grandchild, or others recently, be aware. At least one model by Samsung was inadvertently released with a nasty worm. I couldn’t find any information about it on the Samsung site itself, [...]
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Microsoft did something yesterday that they rarely do. They issued an update on a day different than their norm because it is required to fix an up-til-now unknown problem. This problem would allow not-nice people to complicate your life mighily with a nasty worm. As caregivers, our hands are already plenty full. We certainly don’t [...]
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I’ve been typing my posts into Word 2007 since it is supposed to be blog friendly. But I’ve noticed the formatting isn’t as neat as I would like. I love to learn and it works well around caregiving. I can carry books and notebooks with me everywhere to study in those scraps of time here [...]
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Men and women 65 years and older make up just over 12 percent of the US population*. Of those, only about 30% go online**. There are lots of reasons for that, I’m sure, including health issues. But I know from personal experience that fear stops many from giving it a whirl. Even if someone helps [...]
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