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Some terminology:

A post is a body of text, photo, video or quote that you “post” on the blog.

Commentsare responses to a post, which can be added under each post.

Tumblr is the name of the web-based organization that Care Watch uses for its Blog. It is not necessary to have a Tumblr account to post or comment on the Care Watch blog.

Why blog?

Similar to an organization’s web-site, blogs provide information about topics of importance to an individual or an organization, with one big difference; blogs are interactive! With a blog, you can have ongoing, on-line, interactive conversations, debates and discussions. It is about sharing information rather than just providing information.

Why Does Care Watch Want to Blog?

Care Watch wants to raise awareness and broaden the public debate about three important and related topics:

1. Ageism
2. Policies shaping delivery of home support services for seniors
3. Engaging seniors citizens in advocacy activities

We want to facilitate ongoing discussions and healthy debate with senior citizens about ways to “name and shame” ageism, so that our collective senior citizen voice can be better heard by policy makers on issues of equitable home support services for senior citizens.

Care Watch needs you to be part of this conversation!

 How to post on the CareWatch blog:

1. Go to carewatch.tumblr.com
2. On the right side bar, click “Before you submit” and read some of the blog’s posting guidelines
3. Choose the format of your post!
   1. Text – written statement, ideas, suggestions, opinion pieces etc
   2. Photo – make sure the photo is saved on your computer first, and that you have permission to use it
   3. Video – to have a video visible on the blog, copy the video URL (web-site’s address) from YouTube, Vimeo or other video hosting website
   4. Link – to share a link, copy any website’s URL (the web-site on-line address)
   5. Quote
   6. Accept the “terms of submission” by clicking the checkbox
   7. Submit!

 

How to comment on a post:

1. Navigate to the post you want to comment on. Near the bottom right hand corner of the post itself, there is a “comment” button. Click “comment”.
2. Once the page has loaded, there will be an option to comment via Disqus at the bottom of the page.
3. To comment, write your comment where it says“join the discussion.”
4. From this point you can choose to post your comment as a guest, or to login to another social media account (Disqus, Facebook, Twitter or Google):

Option A:If you do not want to link your comment to an existing social media account:

Write a name or nickname under “pick a name” and select “I’d rather post as guest” and enter your email.
As per the Disqus help website: Guest commenters are required to provide an email address for notifications and moderation purposes. However the email address will of course never be displayed.

Option B: Login with Disqus, Facebook, Twitter or Google and comment under an account with those services (it will pull your photo and name, and allow for less anonymity. Some may like to associate their comments with their twitter account for example.)

5. Submit your comment. All comments will be moderated before it is included on the blog.

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For more information on how to access or comment on the Care Watch Blog, email Care Watch at