Age-related digital disparities, functional limitations, and social isolation: unraveling the grey digital divide between baby boomers and the silent generation in senior living facilities

Chee, Shi Yin

doi:10.1080/13607863.2023.2233454

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“…Prime examples of this are the introduction of new technologies and of the multilingualism through which knowledge is now spread. Both increase the difficulty for older people to participate effectively in daily life [ 44 , 45 ].…”

Section: Situated Aging: Elements That Can Contribute To Defining Wha...mentioning

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Longevity as a Responsibility: Constructing Healthy Aging by Enacting within Contexts over the Entire Lifespan

Morganti

2024

Geriatrics

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Studying aging now requires going beyond the bio-psycho-social model and incorporating a broader multidisciplinary view capable of capturing the ultimate complexity of being human that is expressed as individuals age. Current demographic trends and the lengthening of life expectancies allow the observation of long-lived individuals in full health. These super-agers are no longer an exception. Indeed, individuals can have a good quality of life even over age 70 and living with chronic or neurodegenerative diseases. This change is driven in part by the cohort effect observed in people who are about to age today (e.g., better schooling, more advanced health conditions, and technologization) but more so by the gradual overcoming of ageist views. An aged person is no longer seen as a quitter but rather as one empowered to direct their own trajectory of potentially healthy longevity. According to this vision, this article proposes a situated lifespan perspective for the study of aging that integrates pedagogical models of developmental ecology with psychological theories of optimal experience to understand the individual motivational perspective on aging. At the same time, it does not disregard analyzing the daily and cultural contexts in which everyone situates and that guide aging trajectories. Nor does it forget that aging people are body-mind (embodied) organisms that, with contexts and through motivations, seize opportunities for action (affordances) to evolve in an optimal way during their lifespan. This theoretical reflection sheds new light on the aging process and on future trends in healthy longevity research.

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Section: Situated Aging: Elements That Can Contribute To Defining Wha...mentioning

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Longevity as a Responsibility: Constructing Healthy Aging by Enacting within Contexts over the Entire Lifespan

Morganti

2024

Geriatrics

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“…A growing number of studies have focused on different aspects of older individuals' use of ICT, including social media [5], smartphones [6], and computers [7]. Concurrently, the concept of the "digital divide", i.e., the difference between those who have access to and use (effectively) digital media and those who do not [8], has become highly relevant in the literature on ICT use among older adults [9,10].…”

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Title: Inequalities in Internet Access and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Adults’ Social Capital and Health: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (Preprint)

Valla,

Rossi,

Gaia

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology (ICT) became crucial for staying connected with loved ones and accessing health services. In this scenario, disparities in ICT use may have exacerbated other forms of inequality, especially among older adults who were less familiar with technology and more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 health consequences. OBJECTIVE This study investigated changes in ICT use, psychological and physical health, and social capital before and after the pandemic among the oldest old population (aged 80 years or older after the pandemic) and explored how internet use influenced these changes. METHODS We leveraged data from the InveCe.Ab study, a population-based longitudinal cohort of people born between 1935 and 1939 and living in Abbiategrasso, a municipality on the outskirts of Milan, Italy. Participants underwent multidimensional assessment at baseline (2010) and after 2, 4, 8 and 12 years. We restricted our analysis to cohort members who participated in the last wave (i.e., 2022) and who did not have a diagnosis of dementia (N=391). We used linear mixed models to assess the impact of COVID-19 and time on changes in social capital, physical and psychological health, and ICT use in a discontinuity regression design while controlling for age, sex, education and income satisfaction. Then, we assessed the influence of internet use and its interaction with COVID-19 on these changes. RESULTS COVID-19 had a significant impact on social relationships (β=-4.35, 95% CI 6.38 – -2.32, P= <0.001), cultural activities (β=-0.56, 95% CI -0.76 – -0.37, P= <0.001), cognitive functioning (β=-1.00, 95% CI -1.28 – -0.72, P= <0.001), depressive symptoms (β= 0.42, 95% CI 0.10 – 0.74, P =0.009), physical health (β= 0.07, 95% CI 0.04 – 0.10, P= <0.001) and ICT use (β= -0.11, 95% CI -0.18 – -0.03, P =0.008). Internet use predicts greater social relationships (β=3.34, 95% CI 0.61 – 6.07, P =0.017), cognitive functioning (β= 0.70, 95% CI 0.33 1.06, P = <0.001) and reduced depressive symptoms (β=-0.49, 95% CI -0.91 – -0.06, P =0.025) over time. The interaction term of internet use * COVID-19 was significant for cultural activities (β=-0.73, 95% CI -1.22 – -0.24, P =0.003) and cognitive functioning (β=1.36, 95% CI 0.67 – 2.05, P = <0.001). CONCLUSIONS The pandemic had adverse effects on older adults’ health and social capital. Contrary to expectations, even ICT use dropped significantly after the pandemic. Internet users maintained higher social relationships and psychological health regardless of time and COVID-19 status. However, COVID-19 was associated with a steeper decline in cognitive functioning among internet nonusers. Policymakers may develop initiatives to encourage ICT adoption among older adults or strengthen their digital skills. CLINICALTRIAL NCT01345110

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Seniors’ Knowledge-Based Digital Marginalization in the Era of Information Technology Advancements

Li,

Yang,

Shi

et al. 2023

J Knowl Econ

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Age-related digital disparities, functional limitations, and social isolation: unraveling the grey digital divide between baby boomers and the silent generation in senior living facilities

Cited by 18 publications

References 29 publications

Longevity as a Responsibility: Constructing Healthy Aging by Enacting within Contexts over the Entire Lifespan

Longevity as a Responsibility: Constructing Healthy Aging by Enacting within Contexts over the Entire Lifespan

Title: Inequalities in Internet Access and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Adults’ Social Capital and Health: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (Preprint)

Seniors’ Knowledge-Based Digital Marginalization in the Era of Information Technology Advancements

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