They also do it: Internet use by older adults living in residential care facilities

Seifert, Alexander; Doh, Michael; Wahl, Hans‐Werner

doi:10.1080/03601277.2017.1326224

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“…While ICT use has potential ramifications for maintaining social contact, data on ICT use in LTCFs remain rare, with a handful of notable exceptions ( Berkowsky et al, 2015 ; Cotten et al, 2017 ; Francis et al, 2019 ; Rikard et al, 2018 ; Seifert et al, 2017 ). For example, Seifert et al (2017) have shown that 14% of retirement home residents used the internet. Seifert et al (2017) also found that, compared with non-users, internet users were more likely to be younger, healthier, and functionally unimpaired.…”

Section: Ict Use In Ltcfsmentioning

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A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

Seifert

Cotten

Xie

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital services because they opt not to use the internet, lack necessary devices and network connectivity, or inexperience using the technology. Older adults who are frail and are not online, many of whom are in long-term care facilities, struggle with the double burden of social and digital exclusion. This paper discusses the potential outcomes of this exclusion and provides recommendations for rectifying the situation, with a particular focus on older adults in long-term care facilities.

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Section: Ict Use In Ltcfsmentioning

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A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

Seifert

Cotten

Xie

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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“…While modern ICT use (such as the use of the internet, smartphones, and tablets) in healthy older adults has increased precipitously in recent years, the situation differs for those with multiple medical comorbidities and functional impairments and those with advanced age who are the primary residents of LTCFs (19)(20)(21)(22)(23). Seifert and Cotten (19) showed in their 2019 study that 21% of retirement home residents used the internet, 13% used a smartphone, and 5% used a tablet.…”

Section: Ict Use In Long-term Care Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Telemedicine in Long-Term Care Facilities During and Beyond COVID-19: Challenges Caused by the Digital Divide

Seifert

Batsis

Smith

2020

Front. Public Health

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“…Nevertheless, empirical studies have observed a digital gap between generations (see e.g. Chang, McAllister, & McCaslin, 2015;Hunsaker & Hargittai, 2018;Olson, O'Brien, Rogers, & Charness, 2010;Seifert, Doh & Wahl, 2017). Differences between generations remain, even though the trend is increasing internet use among older adults; for example, in the United States of America, 67% of 65-year-olds and older are online (Pew Research Center, 2017).…”

Section: Internet Use Among Older Adultsmentioning

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Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

Seifert

Hofer

Rössel

2018

Educational Gerontology

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A great deal of information and many services can now be accessed digitally. In order to make use of such services, however, it is necessary to have some form of Internet access. A lack of involvement in digital society may produce new forms of social exclusion. Older adults are particularly at risk of Internet-related social exclusion, since they tend to use the Internet less than younger adults. Little is known, however, about whether this lower level of Internet use among older people is in fact accompanied by a sense of social exclusion. In order to investigate the subjective sense of digital social exclusion resulting from a lack of Internet usage, we conducted a secondary analysis of a representative, cross-sectional telephone survey of 1,037 adults aged 65 years and over and living in Switzerland. We found that 33% of "onliners" reported that they would feel socially excluded were they to stop using the Internet, compared with 14% of "onliners" who felt socially excluded on account of their lack of Internet use. Our analyses show that onliners' attitudes toward Internet use and the variety of online applications available were related to their sense of social exclusion. By contrast, offliners' attitudes toward Internet use and their feelings of loneliness in general were predictors for their sense of social exclusion as a result of not using the Internet. The results of the study as well as its implications for research and practice are discussed. AbstractA great deal of information and many services can now be accessed digitally. In order to make use of such services, however, it is necessary to have some form of Internet access. A lack of involvement in digital society may produce new forms of social exclusion. Older adults are particularly at risk of Internet-related social exclusion, since they tend to use the Internet less than younger adults. Little is known, however, about whether this lower level of Internet use among older people is in fact accompanied by a sense of social exclusion. In order to investigate the subjective sense of digital social exclusion resulting from a lack of Internet usage, we conducted a secondary analysis of a representative, cross-sectional telephone survey of 1,037 adults aged 65 years and over and living in Switzerland. We found that 33% of "onliners" reported that they would feel socially excluded were they to stop using the Internet, compared with 15% of "offliners" who felt socially excluded on account of their lack of Internet use. Our analyses show that onliners' attitudes toward Internet use and the variety of online applications available were related to their sense of social exclusion. By contrast, offliners' attitudes toward Internet use and their feelings of loneliness in general were predictors for their sense of social exclusion as a result of not using the Internet. The results of the study as well as its implications for research and practice are discussed.

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They also do it: Internet use by older adults living in residential care facilities

Cited by 55 publications

References 24 publications

A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

Telemedicine in Long-Term Care Facilities During and Beyond COVID-19: Challenges Caused by the Digital Divide

Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

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