University Of Rhode Island: URI Program Helps Increase Tech Access, Decrease Isolationism Among Older Adults - Richmond, RI - However, the news generated mixed feelings. Before the COVID-19 vaccines had been developed, Fenton, like most people of a certain age, .
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Members of the URI Cyber Seniors program met via Zoom recently to discuss the progress they ve made becoming more tech-savvy.
During the height of the pandemic late last year, Warwick resident Patricia Fenton got the call she had been waiting for her new grandson had been born, a rare bit of joyous news during one of the most difficult years in recent memory for all of us.
However, the news generated mixed feelings. Before the COVID-19 vaccines had been developed, Fenton, like most people of a certain age, had to carefully avoid most people to avoid contracting the virus. She would be unable to hold her family s newest addition for the foreseeable future. But thanks in part to the University of Rhode Island s Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors program, she was able to meet her infant grandson, Archer, and spend some time with him, if only virtually.