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them by." A member of one of
Hechtman's first computer classes, she
sees herself as proof that someone who
once used an old-fashioned wringer
washer" and lived in the time before
television can adapt to changes.
Andrea Rosner Najer, acting adminis-
trator of Hechtman, taught the first
classes before the arrival of Barber. She
said some of the staff also sat in, "so they
could learn to help residents."
Though classes are set up with a les-
son plan, Barber finds
students "work at their
own pace, each wrapped
up in doing their own
thing."
Students may be
found banking online,
creating and sending
greeting cards, e-mailing
family and friends, or
even looking up side
effects for medications
they may be taking.
Damon J. Bradley,
Jewish Apartments and
Services development
Ellen Moss, Ann Barber (standing), Manny Koenigsberg
director, said the com-
Bertha Sonshine (standing) and Sadie Maltzman enjoy the
puter training aims to
computer class.
prepare older adults for
the federal government's
implementation of sending benefits, like
it group created from proceeds of the
Social Security, electronically"
sale of Sinai Hospital to the Detroit
When Sadie Maltzman announced,
Medical Center. The project is a part-
"I
never
dreamed I would get on a
nership with Operation Able, a comput-
computer,"
her feelings are echoed by
er instruction program for those older
others in the class. But Barber said the
than 40; Wayne State University's
seniors are at "a perfect age to sit and
School of Gerontology and the Hannan
learn. They are not learning this for a
Foundation.
job — they are just doing what they
Ann Barber, who teaches in all three
want to do."
apartment facilities, says about half of
With no end to what students are
the students have no computer experi-
finding
out about the computer,
ence. For them, she starts at the begin-
Maltzman said she finally got the hang
ning, pointing out the difference
of the basics, only to discover her
between the more familiar typewriter
computer could do something incredi-
keys and the lighter-touch, closer-
ble. Opening her e-mail, she found
together computer keys.
she had been sent a full-page color
And as far as the computer itself,
picture of her great-granddaughter
everything is new One class member
Julia
Rose from Chicago.
had nearly 50 e-mail letters awaiting her,
In a day when great-grandma carries
because although she had learned to
around books filled with e-mail address-
send mail, she did not know which keys
es and downloaded family photos, it is
to press to read what she received. She
becoming less unusual to walk into a
was then astonished that she could send
computer class filled with 80-some-
the same letter to her three nieces in dif-
things. With the efficiency of saving files
ferent cities at the same time.
onto
discs and sendina mail across the
Barber commonly hears gasps of,'
world
in a matter of seconds, it is no
"Oh my goodness," and, "How did you
wonder
that even those new to the com-
do that?"
puter world are starting to take its time-
Bertha Sonshine, a Hechtman resi-
savers for granted.
dent, is the class coach in her building.
One member of the JAS class was
She works with Barber, as well as meet-
overheard commenting on "old-fash-
ing with residents who sign up for
ioned" computers, saying, "At 85, I
between-class practice sessions. Sonshine
don't.
have 10 minutes to wait to con-
said she hopes to dispel the feeling
nect online." II
among seniors that "technology passed
All Jewish Apartments and Services
residents — including those at
Hechtman, and in Oak Park at the
Anna and Meyer Prentis and Harriet
and Ben Teitel apartment buildings —
are offered a chance at computer
instruction. At each facility, computer
teachers offer eight-week, hour-long
classes.
The computers were provided
through a January 1 999 grant from the
Jewish Fund, an independent, non-prof-
.