(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 14 – The health emergency has amplified the diffusion and use of technologies in everyone’s daily life, increasing the process of adaptation to digital even for over 50s, who are increasingly technological.
But the digital divide remains wide and needs to be addressed. This is the picture that emerges from a survey conducted by the 50Πù Association and the Leonardo Foundation, which created the volume ‘Hypothesis for the future of the elderly.
Technologies for autonomy, health and social connections’ which provides a picture of the current situation and the scenarios that the elderly population will have to deal with in the coming years. The volume, edited by the President of 50Πù, Carlo Sangalli, and by the President of the Leonardo Foundation, Marco Trabucchi, collects the contributions of 23 authors, who have analyzed the growing spread of technology among the older generations, and also includes the research conducted in collaboration with the Format Research institute ‘The perception of technology by seniors: a survey on over 50s’. From the survey conducted on a sample of over 1,500 people between the ages of 50 and 85, it emerged that the over-50s are large users of new technologies: almost 85% own a smartphone, over 61% have a PC, 21% about have a tablet, about 40% use a mobile phone without the Internet and finally, 8.4% use a smartwatch. If on the one hand technology attracts and is recognized by the senior population as an advantage – the survey still highlights -, on the other hand this demographic also needs to be warned of the dangers of the network. Some data show that the use of social networks favors the spread of fake news and a lack of knowledge in recognizing the sources of origin of the news. Just as the sentiment related to the use of home automation and voice assistants records a split between full acceptance (45%) and complete rejection (45%). “Technological progress is there for all to see, but making it accessible to all requires a targeted plan of funding, adequate networks and infrastructures, a constant commitment to training that considers the specific needs of each user, an incisive adoption of technological tools by the social and health services for the benefit of people – says Sangalli – a change that requires a direct and open gaze to new visions, the same gaze with which the 50Πù Association and the Leonardo Foundation observe the current technological revolution in relation to the needs of seniors “.
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