How gaming can foster stronger ties with your grandchildren during COVID-19

During COVID-19, our ability to physically connect with extended family further hampered amid travel restrictions. Experts suggest that video-gaming could be the answer to keep intergenerational connections alive despite the physical distance.

Older couple using device Source: Getty Images/Geber86

COVID-19 may have had an undesirable effect on how we connect with extended families, but some elderly residents at several Feros Care’s New South Wales residential villages have managed to transcend physical boundaries by gaming with their grandchildren in a virtual setting.

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Call the Be Connected helpline on 1300 795 897 or visit beconnected.esafety.gov.au for free information on how to use the internet.

For relationships advice, contact Relationships Australia on 1300 364 277 or visit their website on relationships.org.au

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