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When Elderly Parents Discover Digital Communication Too Late

My elderly father learned to text during the pandemic and now sends me streams of consciousness messages at 3am that worry me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Late-life adoption of immediate communication tools can disrupt established patterns of connection and create new forms of concern.

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Worth thinking about

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