Tech Adoption Climbs Among Older Adults

By Monica Perrin. 2017

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Improving health literacy using the power of digital communications to achieve better health outcomes for patients and practitioners (2023, background): “Access and connectivity barriers continue to hinder the equitable use of these tools, particularly among underserved populations (43, 109, 110) .”
Dividing the Grey Divide: Deconstructing Myths About Older Adults’ Online Activities, Skills, and Attitudes (2018, background): “Older adults have lagged behind younger generations in the use of digital media such as websites, social media, mobile phones, and tablets (Anderson & Perrin, 2017; Comunello, Ardèvol, Mulargia, & Belotti, 2016).”
Measurement of Digital Literacy Among Older Adults: Systematic Review (2020, background): “Consistent with this trend, the proportion of older populations using digital technology has increased exponentially [2], although this proportion is still smaller than that of younger generations.”