The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected human being in multiple ways all over the world. Senior citizens are more likely to get sick from COVID-19 compared to other age groups. ...Little is known about ways to deliver the messages to adult people to get the best outcome. We conducted a direct telephone/mobile phone-based cross-sectional survey among individuals who were aged >60 years old in Bangladesh. Verbal consent was taken and the snowball sampling method was used to reach the participants. This study showed that the most common sources of information about COVID-19 were family members, relatives, friends, and electronic media. Hence, 36.8% participants perceived that the media massages about COVID-19 were difficult to understand. Meanwhile, 53% participants could not understand the meanings news and information as those were presented using unknown terminologies. From the findings it can be concluded that the media messages should be communicated in a way that are context-specific and understandable, especially using more convenient terminology for better understanding for all levels of people.
•Internet use leads to higher social participation compared with those who do not use, but frequent use leads senior citizens to lower social participation.•Senior Internet users with higher ...cognitive functioning have higher social participation.•Internet use cause senior citizens with pension having lower social activities.•Frequent Internet use leads to female senior citizens having less social participation.•Government and communities should improve digital infrastructures meanwhile direct senior citizens to use the Internet in a reasonable manner.
Scholars have appealed to build a digitally inclusive society to include senior citizens. However, conclusions on the impacts of Internet use on senior citizens’ social participation are divided. In order to address the above issue, this study addresses two questions: 1) how Internet use is related to senior citizens’ social participation; and 2) what the specific impacts of Internet use are on different subgroups’ social participation. We aim to understand the specific impacts of Internet use on senior citizens’ social participation meanwhile explore the reasons causing the abovementioned inconsistence in prior studies. We ran different panel regression models to address these questions based on a dataset drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Our empirical results indicate that seniors who are Internet users have higher social participation than those who do not use the Internet even after controlling out other influencing factors; however, frequent Internet use leads to less social participation among senior citizens. For senior citizens with higher cognitive functioning, both using Internet or not and the frequency of Internet use lead to more social participation. Both using Internet or not and the frequency of Internet use cause senior citizens with pensions to engage in fewer social activities. For female senior citizens, frequent Internet use leads to lower social participation. These findings suggest that government and communities should improve digital infrastructures and offer senior citizens more opportunities to access the Internet; meanwhile, local communities, social workers, and family members should direct senior citizens to use the Internet in a reasonable manner.
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: Senior citizens may benefit from the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) despite the existence of several barriers and difficulties regarding their use. Skype is both a ...synchronous and asynchronous communication tool that enables to make calls and exchange messages. The purpose of this study was to assess the usability of Skype by describing and observing the difficulties of senior citizens in their use and to offer suggestions to improve the interface. In this exploratory study, direct observation and cognitive walkthrough were used and the participants were asked to perform the planned tasks in order to assess the errors, the need for assistance and task fulfillment, which were later compared to specific heuristics. Participants demonstrated difficulties in learning, efficiency and overpassing some mistakes. Most of them weren't able to conclude the proposed tasks, suggesting that Skype still needs some improvements in order to be considered agefriendly and therefore fully accessible
The pandemic of COVID-19 has arrested the life of 7.8 million people living on this earth. However, some people are more vulnerable to the risk of this deadly virus. The frailty of senior citizens ...put them at the top of this list. The past 6 months have not only presented a threat to their physical health but to mental health also. Although lockdown was necessary to check the spread of the coronavirus it culminated in an exponential rise in the problems of loneliness, anxiety, fear, helplessness, and depression. The present paper reviews the role of social networking sites, apps, and other digital platforms in saving and enriching the lives of the elderly, especially those who spent the lockdown alone and were devoid of a regular support system due to unavailability of transport and administrative restrictions on the movement of people. It also analyzes the efficiency of the virtual world in reducing their anxiety of being alone by connecting them with others and also make them feel empowered. The review is based on the online data collected about the insurgence in the percentage of elderly people using such platforms, recent studies analyzing the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on senior citizens. Besides this personal telephonic discussions were conducted with some elderly people who spent their lockdown alone in their homes. The study was primarily focused on three objectives. Firstly it attempts to understand the ways in which senior citizens made use of social networking sites and various digital platforms for managing life better. Secondly, it analyses the process of adopting technology, and finally, it examined the width and depth of the impact technology created in their life and also the permanence of this change. The analysis clearly suggests an increase in the digital life of elderly people. The process moved in distinct stages from utter confusion to relative ease in using technology, thereby significantly reducing the loneliness, and bringing relatively stable change in the way they lead their life.
Nursing research usually adds a theoretical basis, which helps comprehend the reality of a nursing phenomenon; however, when the existent theories do not have the necessary elements for the ...exploration of a certain phenomenon it is possible to opt for a theoretical derivation that contains the attributes necessary for the development of a research. This work pretends to develop a theoretical derivation based on the theory of self-transcendence, to approach the phenomena of spirituality and quality of life for senior citizens. The latter under the meth-odology of Jaqueline Fawcett, which integrates five steps for the development of concepts, propositions, and relationships from the proposed theory derivation. Also, it encourages to use this proposal in future research to prove its efficiency
Older people are encouraged to participate more in the economic, social, and governmental sectors as part of progressive aging policies worldwide. Very little is known about applying engagement ...techniques or carrying out strategies in Bangladesh that are important for involving seniors in social engagement. Therefore, this qualitative research was conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh, among 385 people aged sixty or above to assess their understanding of the quality of life and the gap in government policy. Results showed that between 60 and 65 were more mobile, creative, engaged in productive activity, and had significantly higher decision-making power (p<0.000). Aging greatly enhances dependency (p<0.000). Lower-educated people were significantly dependent on their families (p<0.000).
Moreover, elderly income and the cost of treatment were significantly correlated to abuse (p<0.001). Furthermore, 10% of participants reported negative relationships with family members (p<0.031). However, most (61.6%) were unaware of the 2013 Parent's Care Act. Though most participants (73.2%) knew of the government-funded Old Age Allowance, 92.5% received no non-governmental assistance. The research concluded that education and economic condition have a long-term relationship with reducing dependency. In recommendation, Government can increase the retirement age from 59 to 65 years which may increase self of security, respect, and self-esteem and reduce harassment. Parent's Care Act 2013 should implement. Government should include Community Health and Social Service centers for the quality of life of the elderly.
A self-balancing tray for elderly people Gupta, Ravi Kumar; Gupta, Mukur; Warkhedkar, Ravi ...
Materials today : proceedings,
2023, 2023-00-00, Volume:
72
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Peer reviewed
As statistical data reveal, there has been a constant demand for the products and services of a growing targeted group of older people. The activity presented in this paper describes a prototype to ...help the performance of older persons in daily activities in relation to their need for mobility support in their municipal. Recent research has shown that people prefer aging in their familiar areas, thus guiding designers to provide a safe and appropriate environment for older people, regardless of their physical condition and limitations. A survey was conducted to better understand the difficulties adults face and the concepts were designed to help their way of life-based on responses. A decrease in functional mobility resulting in loss of balance is a common scenario for aged people. Thus, a prototype of a self-balancing tray is presented and discussed in this work. The self-balancing tray can overcome major vibrations without spilling the contents on the tray. The design gives a basic proof of concept of such a variant of self-balancing trays intended to make carrying foods and other daily chores easier for older people.
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