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We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1118" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/05/we-are-leaving-older-adults-out-of-the-digital-world/" target="_blank"><strong>We are leaving older adults out of the digital world - Tech Crunch</strong></a></p><p></p><p>May is national <u><a href="https://acl.gov/oam/2019/older-americans-month-2019" target="_blank">Older Americans Month</a></u>, and this year’s theme is <em>Connect, Create, Contribute</em>. One area in particular threatens to prevent older adults from making those connections: the digital divide.</p><p></p><p>Nationally, <u><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/05/17/tech-adoption-climbs-among-older-adults/" target="_blank">one-third</a></u> of adults ages 65 and older say they’ve never used the internet, and half don’t have internet access at home. Of those who do use the internet, nearly half say they need someone else’s help to set up or use a new digital device. Even in San Francisco – the home of technology giants like Twitter, Facebook, and Google – <u><a href="https://sfcoit.org/digitalequity" target="_blank">40%</a></u> of older adults do not have basic digital literacy skills, and of those, more than half do not use the internet at all.</p><p></p><p>Mastering digital technology has become a key component of what it means to fully participate in society. If we do not provide technology access and training to older adults, we shut them out from society, worsening an already worrisome trend of isolation and loneliness among the elderly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1118, member: 1"] [URL='https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/05/we-are-leaving-older-adults-out-of-the-digital-world/'][B]We are leaving older adults out of the digital world - Tech Crunch[/B][/URL] May is national [U][URL='https://acl.gov/oam/2019/older-americans-month-2019']Older Americans Month[/URL][/U], and this year’s theme is [I]Connect, Create, Contribute[/I]. One area in particular threatens to prevent older adults from making those connections: the digital divide. Nationally, [U][URL='http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/05/17/tech-adoption-climbs-among-older-adults/']one-third[/URL][/U] of adults ages 65 and older say they’ve never used the internet, and half don’t have internet access at home. Of those who do use the internet, nearly half say they need someone else’s help to set up or use a new digital device. Even in San Francisco – the home of technology giants like Twitter, Facebook, and Google – [U][URL='https://sfcoit.org/digitalequity']40%[/URL][/U] of older adults do not have basic digital literacy skills, and of those, more than half do not use the internet at all. Mastering digital technology has become a key component of what it means to fully participate in society. If we do not provide technology access and training to older adults, we shut them out from society, worsening an already worrisome trend of isolation and loneliness among the elderly. [/QUOTE]
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