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ICT acceptance – the perspective of older persons

Nena Georgantzi Legal Officer Carenet Conference - 26th February 2014 Brussels, Belgium

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AGE Platform Europe

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

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

The framew ork

• CoE Recommendation on the promotion of human rights of
• lder persons (2014)
• 10. Older persons should have the possibility to interact with
• thers 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…

Ethical principles

• Affordability
• Accessibility
• Privacy
• Non-maleficence

What matters to

• lder 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

“Older people are a totally heterogeneous group and that is a vital point to learn. You have those w ho continue to decide on their daily living and those w ho at the same age have given up. You have those w ho w ill grasp the tele-control and flick through the channels and those w ho leave it in the draw er preferring to push the button”.

Angela Cluzel, AGE Expert on the occasion of the AALIANCE Final Conference, Malaga, March 2010

Who are older people?

Is there an ideal older ICT user?

“I grow old learning something new every day” Solon (c.639BC – c.559BC)

Do I need it?

Can I afford it?

Can I use it?

Can I trust it?

How w ill it change my life?

“It’s like those little gifts that you receive from somebody and that you can’t put away but that you find terribly ugly”. Participant from Antwerp

The importance of eSkills

Without good links to w here people live, w ithout bus, train, taxi and other community transport it could mean w e have provided housing suitable for older people to remain w ithin, but w e have simply put them in a w ell-equipped prison.

Peter Rayner Housing Adaptations Scotland Conference – 2013

AGE Platform Europe

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• tel. : +32.2.280.14.70

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