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The CAHNJ Program

Easy-to-Use Technology for Seniors can help older adults stay connected, informed, and engaged. Devices designed specifically for seniors offer simplified features, larger text, and easy navigation, making it easier to communicate with loved ones, access information, and enjoy entertainment.

Below are two technology options designed with seniors in mind:

Telikin Computer

The Telikin Computer is available in both desktop and laptop models and is specially designed to be simple and comfortable for seniors to use. Its easy-to-navigate software includes large fonts, a touchscreen, and clearly labeled buttons for commonly used features such as email, news, weather, games, contacts, internet, and calendar—conveniently located along the side of the home screen.

Our clients can use Telikin to handle everyday online activities like banking, shopping, joining Zoom calls, making calls, and scheduling doctor appointments. It also provides fun ways to stay entertained and connected, including watching movies, listening to music, and emailing family and friends.

For more information, visit www.telikin.com

GrandPad Tablet

The GrandPad Tablet is a portable tablet that runs on mobile broadband, so it can be used almost anywhere. Designed with seniors in mind, it has large, easy-to-read buttons that make it simple to access music, games, email, video chat, photos, articles, and more. If help is needed, users can press the Help button to connect directly with a live support representative who can assist them and update the tablet if necessary.

For more information, visit www.grandpad.net

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  • Before we ever bring a device to a client, we customize it for them — adding contacts, bookmarking their favorite sites, setting up email, and making sure everything is ready so that first session feels welcoming, not overwhelming..
  • When we arrive, we sit with each senior and train them at their own pace. We help them video call family, share photos, connect to church services, explore the internet, and use Zoom. For many clients, this is their first real experience with technology, so we come back as often as needed — there's no rush, and no such thing as too many questions.
  • We also take care of the practical things that stop most people in their tracks: arranging low-cost WiFi, covering the cost of device help lines that clients can call for free, and handling any repair or replacement ourselves. When a battery dies, a charger stops working, or the internet drops out, we fix it — because for someone without family nearby or the means to call a repair service, a broken device doesn't just sit idle. It means losing their connection to the world.
  • Our staff and interns stay involved for as long as a client needs us.

 

Contact us to learn more about the CAHNJ program

Email [email protected]

Our dedicated social workers assist clients with social service needs such as transportation, housing, food, access to medical care, and services like home health aides and medical equipment. They will help them sign up for programs such as Meals on Wheels, SNAP food stamps, food pantry deliveries, and Medicare or Medicaid. They will provide mental health support as needed, and referrals to counseling and support groups.

Other Examples Include:

  • COVID testing and vaccine information
  • Food delivery and meal programs
  • Transportation options
  • Medication access
  • Dental and Medical care
  • Medicare and Medicaid assistance
  • Home health aides, rehab, and long term care options
  • Technical support for their computer or tablet
  • Assistance accessing online activities such as Zoom, classes, bill paying, church services, music, and movies

“The Telikin computer is awesome. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is so easy to use. Thank you for bringing it to me. It will get many years of use.”

Andrew, 84 years old

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Lori Freudenberger-Nelson is a nonprofit professional with a passion for helping mission-driven organizations grow their impact through thoughtful fundraising and strong community relationships. She brings a diverse professional background that spans nonprofit leadership, law, and public service.

Before transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Lori practiced law and held roles at various law firms in New York City, where she worked in risk management and served as Manager of Legal Recruitment. She also served as a prosecutor at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and at the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. These experiences shaped her strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills and inform her collaborative approach to nonprofit development. She has worked closely with nonprofit boards, donors, and community leaders to strengthen donor engagement, support fundraising initiatives, and advance organizational growth.

Lori is deeply committed to community service and philanthropy and has been involved in numerous civic and charitable initiatives throughout her career.

As a doctor who has devoted his medical career to caring for geriatric patients, let me tell you a story about a patient I knew.

Day after day, she sat alone in her apartment, half-tuned to the TV. Her children lived several states away. She could not drive. There were times when she didn’t speak to another human for days. Sometimes she went weeks without a hot meal. This lonely, isolated woman— and many others like her — broke my heart and are the reason why I decided in to form a non-profit in 2012 called Connections at Home.

Based upon my patients stories, I could see the need was dire to help these seniors and the need remains just as critical today.  Connections at Home New Jersey offers a dedicated team of social workers and specially adapted technology that  addresses food insecurity, housing instability and the devastating effects of social isolation, and has dramatically improved the lives of thousands of seniors and provided peace of mind to their  relatives and friends.

Dr. Thomas McCarrick