Nena age platform-europe-presentation
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This document discusses perspectives on older persons' acceptance of information and communication technologies (ICT). It notes that age-friendly environments that enable older adults to remain active in their communities and that are accessible to all ages can help increase healthy years of life. While ICT offers opportunities for participation, older adults are a heterogeneous group and there is no single ideal older ICT user. Factors like affordability, accessibility, privacy, and how technology might improve life are important considerations for older adults in adopting new technologies. Training in digital skills is also significant to ensure older adults can access the benefits of ICT.
Nena age platform-europe-presentation
- 1. ICT acceptance the perspective of older persons Nena Georgantzi Legal Officer Carenet Conference - 26th February 2014 Brussels, Belgium 1
- 3. Guiding Principles Towards a society of all ages: Promote inter- and intra- generational solidarity Older people as a resource: take into account the cultural and professional resource represented by older people Older people as self-advocates: older people should be able to speak on their own behalf
- 4. For a society for all ages Age-Friendly Environments (AFE): play a crucial role in enabling older people to remain healthy and actively involved in their communities help lower the disability threshold and influence positively the number of years one can expect to spend in good health (HLYs) are based on concept of Design-for-All that help respond to the needs of all age groups in fair and sustainable ways
- 5. The framework CoE Recommendation on the promotion of human rights of older persons (2014) 10. Older persons should have the possibility to interact with others and to fully participate in social, cultural and education and training activities, as well as in public life. European Charter of the rights and responsibilities of older people in need of long-term care and assistance (2010) 6-4 You have the right to equal access to new technologies and to learning and support in how to use them Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2012) 40(b). Encourage and promote literacy, numeracy and technological skills training for older persons
- 6. Ethical principles Affordability Accessibility Privacy Non-maleficence
- 7. What matters to older people? Some results from the Qualitative Study of the Home Sweet Home project 18 people interviewed 3 pilot sites (ES, IE, BE) 3 use case analysis
- 8. Older people are a totally heterogeneous group and that is a vital point to learn. You have those who continue to decide on their daily living and those who at the same age have given up. You have those who will grasp the tele-control and flick through the channels and those who leave it in the drawer preferring to push the button. Angela Cluzel, AGE Expert on the occasion of the AALIANCE Final Conference, Malaga, March 2010 Who are older people?
- 9. Is there an ideal older ICT user?
- 10. I grow old learning something new every day Solon (c.639BC c.559BC)
- 11. Do I need it?
- 12. Can I afford it?
- 13. Can I use it?
- 14. Can I trust it?
- 15. How will it change my life? Its like those little gifts that you receive from somebody and that you cant put away but that you find terribly ugly. Participant from Antwerp
- 16. The importance of eSkills Without good links to where people live, without bus, train, taxi and other community transport it could mean we have provided housing suitable for older people to remain within, but we have simply put them in a well-equipped prison. Peter Rayner Housing Adaptations Scotland Conference 2013
- 17. AGE Platform Europe Rue Froissart 111 1040 Bruxelles Belgique Contact person: Nena Georgantzi E-mail: nena.georgantzi@age-platform.eu tel. : +32.2.280.14.70 fax : +32.2.280.15.22 www.age-platform.eu