blog 5

For my final blog I wanted to expand on the topic CMC and seniors, in lecture professor Jackson quoted “technology varies depending on your age”. In the beginning of lecture we were showed a youtube clip on seniors and how they get information from the local news. The news clip explained how senior citizens are the most targeted when it comes to getting scammed. Seniors are getting robbed for personal information and retirement. Another scam is dating websites for senior citizens. These websites are a scam because there have been situations where people only sign up to take financial advantage of lonely seniors. These scams are continuous and these are not the only ways seniors are being scammed, there are others ways that are evident, but I will not take further discussion on those.

Before going over this topic I had no clue that people actually did some of these things to the elderly for money but then again it was not a surprise. This is not a surprise to me because I always here things about how relatives use their relatives for special disability checks, or etc. They do these things for financial purposes. When you start to age, your body goes through a lot and some elderly people develop disabilities or become handicap in some sort of way and get checks through the state. Some elderly people sometimes cannot live on their own, then end in the custody of a family member. Some family members actually will volunteer to take care of a relative willingly just for financial reasons. I find this a scam right here.

A topic we discussed in lab was with CMC and seniors were the way our grandparents use cellular devices and them being on Facebook. I can say that both of my grandparents have cell phones; one having a smart phone. My grandmother being the one with the smart phone also has an ipad and a laptop. My grandmother isn’t that bad with technology, she actually stays on top of the new things more than me. I find these very interesting. But overall seniors do not have smart phones. In lecture Professor Jackson explained they rather straight forward technology, therefore a start phone is not needed.

On a more personal note I can say seniors are not that bad when it comes to technology. I do not understand why people feel the need to try and scam the elderly, knowing they are unaware of a lot of technical things. People always feel the need to take advantage especially when money is involved. It’s not that serious to try and take advantage of the elderly, but I believe sooner than later they will become more aware because I know for a fact my grandma is picking up on a lot of things fast.