They help seniors push back against a deluge of health misinformation
Older people face unique risks concerning online misinformation and fraud. Some have cognitive decline. Others may lack tech or social media savvy. PRWeb photo
The Washington Post
Gladys Williams has been a nurse, a social worker and a special ed teacher.
Now, she’s a one-woman bulwark against a geyser of misinformation and disinformation about health, medicine and money directed at older Americans in her community.
“Here,” she said, her eyes scanning the crowded luncheon tables at the senior center in Culpeper, Virginia, where she’s worked for 42 years, “they can come to me.”
As the senior administrator, she makes sure everyone is well fed, well entertained, well exercised — and well informed.
In recent years, “well informed” has become more challenging, as older Americans get inundated by misinformation and disinformation aimed at scamming them, scaring them — or both.
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