{"id":14250,"date":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/skjainnlit-til-eldri-borgara\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:05","slug":"screening-for-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/skjainnlit-til-eldri-borgara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablets on loan for screen visits during Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201eNot everyone is in<br \/>\nthat situation of having a large family around you that ensures social<br \/>\na need and a need for communication and for the need to \u201emeet\u201c someone to be fulfilled\u201c<\/em> says<br \/>\nSj\u00f6fn Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, Head of Support and Auxiliary Services at the Department of Family and<br \/>\nDepartment of Children's Affairs, City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<br \/>\ndecided to hand out tablets to a group of senior citizens for use during lessons<br \/>\nCovid-19. This is how the town wants to ensure that technologically skilled and interested older citizens<br \/>\nand that those who wish to learn to use technology in communication have the means to do so and<br \/>\nReceive appropriate teaching and guidance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_1299_1586272502383-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1299_1586272502383\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<p><sup>Mayor R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir has a good chat here with Magn\u00fas Bj\u00f6rnsson, a 93-year-old from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur who is one of those who regularly uses video calls with the town's staff.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regularly<br \/>\nscreen background <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project includes not only the device itself but also training on<br \/>\nthe device and the creation of an appropriate access so that an electronic connection can be established.<br \/>\nCommunication. Skype is pre-installed on all the tablets.&nbsp;<em>\u201eThus<br \/>\nThe group can also use the tablet to video call others around them. Also to view<br \/>\nnews and even listen to audiobooks. All according to the needs and desires of each individual.<br \/>\nWe provide assistance with the necessary setup and training, and there is interest.<br \/>\non\u201c<\/em> Sjafn says. The first tablets are expected to be handed over<br \/>\nnow for Easter and more straight after Easter. <em>\u201eWe<br \/>\nWe're getting to grips with the group that wants devices and wants to make use of the technology. That is<br \/>\nBasic conditions for delivery to ensure that the device is used\u201c <\/em>says<br \/>\nSeven at last.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201e\u00dea\u00f0 eru ekki allir \u00ed \u00feeirri st\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0 hafa st\u00f3ra fj\u00f6lskyldu \u00ed kringum sig sem s\u00e9r til \u00feess a\u00f0 f\u00e9lagslegri \u00fe\u00f6rf og \u00fe\u00f6rf fyrir samskipti og \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u201ehitta\u201c einhvern s\u00e9 uppfyllt\u201c segir Sj\u00f6fn Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir deildarstj\u00f3ri stu\u00f0nings- og sto\u00f0\u00fej\u00f3nustu \u00e1 fj\u00f6lskyldu- og barnam\u00e1lasvi\u00f0i Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar. Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r t\u00f3k \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0un a\u00f0 afhenda h\u00f3pi eldri borgara spjaldt\u00f6lvur til [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14250"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}