Reducing the Digital Divide: Connecting Older Adults to iPad Technology

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-28

  Delello, Julie A ^a   McWhorter, Rochell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; community of practice; gerontechnology; iPad; metaliteracy; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; AGED; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85002253463     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464815589985     Document Type: Article

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