Keeping Seniors Safe Online

OVERVIEW

This presentation explores the rapidly evolving landscape of online risks that disproportionately affect older adults, including scams, misinformation, and privacy breaches. It provides senior healthcare leaders with practical frameworks for educating patients, families, and staff about digital safety. Emphasis is placed on proactive prevention strategies and organizational policies that protect vulnerable seniors in increasingly digital care environments. 

Internet safety for seniors in residential settings has become a core patient safety and quality-of-care issue, not a peripheral technology concern. Older adults are disproportionately targeted by online fraud, identity theft, misinformation, and financial exploitation, risks that are amplified in  living environments where shared devices, public Wi-Fi, cognitive impairment, and social isolation are common. When these threats go unrecognized, the consequences extend beyond financial loss to include emotional distress, loss of autonomy, erosion of trust, and downstream health impacts that healthcare workers are often left to manage.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the increased vulnerability of older adults to digital and phone scams
• Describe risk factors that increase vulnerability among seniors
• Demonstrate effective teaching strategies for online safety
• Apply healthcare roles in prevention and intervention and promote digital literacy and empowerment for residents

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Providers across the senior care continuum—from independent and assisted living to skilled nursing, life plan communities, home health, and community-based services.  This program is designed for  administrators, nurses, leadership, activities, social services, human resources, marketing and legal.

CE’s: Earn 1 CE

DATE

June 2,  2026

TIME

10:30 am-11:30 am CST

LOCATION

Online.

Virtual Link: Class Material and Zoom link will be sent two days prior

FACULTY

Ingrid M. Provident Ed.D, OTR/L, FAOTA, is a National Education Specialist, for Select Rehabilitation. Dr. Provident has held positions of Program coordinator, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and Associate Professor at major Universities in Pittsburgh PA.

Ingrid is a highly engaging speaker who holds clinical degrees in Occupational Therapy and Educational Leadership.  She has worked in multiple practice settings with the adult and geriatric populations. Ingrid has been an educator in formal academic settings and presented in more than 90 state, national and international venues. Dr. Provident is trained and certified in Mindfulness,  Dementia Care and has facilitated multiple presentations on wellness, communication, and interventions for quality health care.  She is a published author and mentor with a passion for assisting in the development of professionals.

FEES

Provider and Business Members: Free
Non-members: $99

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