Older people and digital disengagement: A fourth digital divide?

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 564-570

  Olphert, Wendy ^a   Damodaran, Leela ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divides; Digital inclusion; Digital technology; Disengagement; Information and communication technologies

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AWARENESS; COMPUTER; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERONTOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIETY; AGED; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIGITAL DISENGAGEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEHEALTH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84887045711     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353630     Document Type: Review

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