Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: T echnology is pervasive, and for many people, it is central to their daily activities.Younger people who have been exposed to technology for their entire lives take this for granted, but older individuals often have had much less experience with it.Many technological developments that are now a part of most people's daily life, such as personal computers, cell phones, and automated teller machines (ATMs), have occurred in the past 4 decades, with the pace accelerating in the last 15 to 20 years.Such changes have had a substantial impact on older adults who were never exposed to these technologies during their working life.For example, an 85-year-old person who retired at age 65 would probably have not been exposed to wireless internet prior to retirement.Therefore, all of the tasks that they are now required to complete online would have been performed in other ways.Banking, accessing instruction manuals for new devices, and even scheduling and confirming health care appointments and accessing medical records all now require individuals to have a level of technological skills that many older individuals find challenging.At times, this can limit their ability to complete routine daily activities, and also can have clinical implications (Table , page 14).Interventions need to focus on both cognitive enhancement and functional skills training Helping older adults overcome the challenges of technology WILAPORN1973 Disclosures Dr. Harvey has received consulting
Source: Current Psychiatry
DOI: 10.12788/cp.0021
Authors: Philip D Harvey, Vanessa Nascimento
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3084643356