Technology and older people
Report
Digital lives of older Australians
This research report explores the levels of online engagement of Australians aged 65 and over. It includes how often the internet is used, where it is accessed from, the devices used and activities undertaken.
Report
The digital age project: strategies that enable older social housing residents to use the internet
This publication provides insights into the factors affecting technology adoption for older and disadvantaged people, and provides training and interface guidelines and a potential model for other public housing communities to become more digitally aware.
Report
Technology and older people: findings from the VicHealth Indicators Survey
This report identifies the characteristics of older Victorians most likely to use digital technologies compared to those at risk of being socially excluded as a result of not having access.
Report
Older Australians and the internet
What do older Australians who never or rarely use the Internet know about the types of online products and services available to them, and how they might use these products and services to improve their daily life? This project aims to support current and future strategies and initiatives by: 1) exploring the extent to which...
Conference paper
Older people and the internet
The change in policy focus from basic (i.e. dial up) Internet infrastructure to broadband network provision may lead one to assume that all is done as far as basic Internet provision is concerned especially for people in urban areas. However the assumption that with the achievement of basic Internet network provision every one will take...