Former Member 8 Years Ago Whilst I totally support the approach of getting people connected, the comment, "It’s vital that everyone, without exception, begins their digital journey" overstates the case. It took my two sons (in their 20s) and I 2 months to help my 95-year old father to correctly tune his television. He is an intelligent man, who manages household finances well, but i fear for thge World Wide Web if he were to try and access it! I'm also far from sure that my sanity would survive. 0 Reply as... Cancel
Former Member 8 Years Ago Hi Philippa, Is there any data on older vulnerable people who access web information via a relative or friend? Talking to councils about needs reviews and financial assessment reviews its clear a lot of contact via email etc is done via relatives who are supporting the vulnerable older person. Cheers Jerry 0 Reply as... Cancel Philippa Lynch Former Member 8 Years Ago Hi Jerry The straight answer is 'I don't know' - but I will look into it. And if anyone else does know of any data on this please post up a link. A quick search suggests that there is a lot going on in this area - e.g Age UK (http://www.ageuk.org.uk/no-one/we-enable-independence/), and BT (http://www.btplc.com/Inclusion/HelpAndSupport/UnderstandingImpairments/Understandingandusingtechnology/index.htm). If I find any data I will post a link up here. Best wishes Philippa 0 Reply as... Cancel Philippa Lynch Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago No specific data sources as yet, but some useful links to explore? - http://www.ukauthority.com/local-digital-news-blog/entry/5362/birmingham-city-council-led-project-launches-resources-for-better-informed-carers - http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2013/apr/22/helping-older-people-carers-online - http://digitalunite.com/spring-online-2015 - http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/For-professionals/Computers-and-technology/Older%20people%20and%20digital%20inclusion.pdf?dtrk=true - http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/digital-inclusion/Pages/importance-of-digital-inclusion.aspx - http://www.tinderfoundation.org/our-thinking/research-publications - https://myageingparent.com/technology/communication/digital-inclusion-older-people/ - http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_181.pdf - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy/government-digital-inclusion-strategy - http://ageactionalliance.org/theme/digital-inclusion/ 0 Reply as... Cancel Former Member Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago Thanks Philippa. Primary focus seems to be on individuals accessing themselves. Nothing as yet on assisted use - maybe there's a gap here in research - an opportunity? Assisted use has the added benefit of being more social than using on-line resources alone - despite social media :) Cheers Jerry 0 Reply as... Cancel
Philippa Lynch Former Member 8 Years Ago Hi Jerry The straight answer is 'I don't know' - but I will look into it. And if anyone else does know of any data on this please post up a link. A quick search suggests that there is a lot going on in this area - e.g Age UK (http://www.ageuk.org.uk/no-one/we-enable-independence/), and BT (http://www.btplc.com/Inclusion/HelpAndSupport/UnderstandingImpairments/Understandingandusingtechnology/index.htm). If I find any data I will post a link up here. Best wishes Philippa 0 Reply as... Cancel Philippa Lynch Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago No specific data sources as yet, but some useful links to explore? - http://www.ukauthority.com/local-digital-news-blog/entry/5362/birmingham-city-council-led-project-launches-resources-for-better-informed-carers - http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2013/apr/22/helping-older-people-carers-online - http://digitalunite.com/spring-online-2015 - http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/For-professionals/Computers-and-technology/Older%20people%20and%20digital%20inclusion.pdf?dtrk=true - http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/digital-inclusion/Pages/importance-of-digital-inclusion.aspx - http://www.tinderfoundation.org/our-thinking/research-publications - https://myageingparent.com/technology/communication/digital-inclusion-older-people/ - http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_181.pdf - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy/government-digital-inclusion-strategy - http://ageactionalliance.org/theme/digital-inclusion/ 0 Reply as... Cancel Former Member Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago Thanks Philippa. Primary focus seems to be on individuals accessing themselves. Nothing as yet on assisted use - maybe there's a gap here in research - an opportunity? Assisted use has the added benefit of being more social than using on-line resources alone - despite social media :) Cheers Jerry 0 Reply as... Cancel
Philippa Lynch Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago No specific data sources as yet, but some useful links to explore? - http://www.ukauthority.com/local-digital-news-blog/entry/5362/birmingham-city-council-led-project-launches-resources-for-better-informed-carers - http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2013/apr/22/helping-older-people-carers-online - http://digitalunite.com/spring-online-2015 - http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/For-professionals/Computers-and-technology/Older%20people%20and%20digital%20inclusion.pdf?dtrk=true - http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/digital-inclusion/Pages/importance-of-digital-inclusion.aspx - http://www.tinderfoundation.org/our-thinking/research-publications - https://myageingparent.com/technology/communication/digital-inclusion-older-people/ - http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_181.pdf - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy/government-digital-inclusion-strategy - http://ageactionalliance.org/theme/digital-inclusion/ 0 Reply as... Cancel Former Member Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago Thanks Philippa. Primary focus seems to be on individuals accessing themselves. Nothing as yet on assisted use - maybe there's a gap here in research - an opportunity? Assisted use has the added benefit of being more social than using on-line resources alone - despite social media :) Cheers Jerry 0 Reply as... Cancel
Former Member Philippa Lynch 8 Years Ago Thanks Philippa. Primary focus seems to be on individuals accessing themselves. Nothing as yet on assisted use - maybe there's a gap here in research - an opportunity? Assisted use has the added benefit of being more social than using on-line resources alone - despite social media :) Cheers Jerry 0 Reply as... Cancel